"Moderate" quake hits Central Canada

Ottawa - A "moderate" earthquake shook eastern Ontario and western Quebec Friday night, with tremors shaking the ground under the shadow of the Peace Tower and reports of the quake being felt as far away as Montreal.

Sylvia Hayek, seismologist for Natural Resources Canada, said the earthquake, which struck around 8:39 p.m. EST, measured a 4.5-magnitude, but wasn't strong enough to cause major damage.

"It's a moderate earthquake, so we wouldn't expect any damage," Ms. Hayek said late Friday.

The quake was centred north of Thurso, Que., about 45 kilometres east-northeast of Ottawa, said John Adams, a seismologist with Natural Resources Canada.

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Praying for our friend

Divers are still searching the Ottawa River for a missing snowmobile driver who went through the ice on Sunday night. David Parker, 36, of Constance Bay was trying to cross the river near the dam at Fitzroy Harbour when the snowmobile fell through thin ice, sending him and his passenger into the frigid water.

The passenger, also 36, made it to shore and pull himself out of the river. It was the second time in eight days that a snowmobile went through ice near Fitzroy Harbour. The first incident happened on Feb. 12 and involved Kanata's Brendan Nash, who died in the incident. That same weekend, another snowmobile driver died in a crash.

Strangest buildings on earth.

Pickpocket robs Olympic athlete and attempts to outrun her.

"Contract of Wifely Expectations." The Smoking Gun has all the wierdos for you.

Guy that screwed up Katrina relief thinks it's just dandy if Middle Eastern firms take over vital American ports. What could possibly go wrong?

Jamaican man watches "Cool Runnings," moves to Canada, wins silver medal in bobsled.

Twenty things you didn't know about U.S. presidents.

Man who stapled his penis to a cross and set it on fire in a bar bet says he couldn't be more thrilled to have received a Darwin Award.

Olympic cheerleaders officially suck. NC Panthers cheerleaders set to retrain them.

Surviving Bee Gees reunite for charity concert, sign of apocalypse.

Today's mind-bendingly addictive flash puzzle game: Blueprint.

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Tod is new Champ!!

So, Tod Sloan got 9.7 million points on Microsoft's Pinball Saturday February 18th. Well, "Mr. Pinball Wizard", it only took you 5 months to beat the previous champ. And the previous champ only plays the game once a year, and the previous champ does not even have the game on his computer.

Ok, ok...Congratulations to you! I am sure your endless nights of practice everyday, and your tired eyes in the morning, finally paid off. Now you will have your wife staying up till 4 in the morning just trying to top your score. And you will be screaming at her to come to bed, not to enjoy your company, but to keep her away from your 9.7 million points.

Again YIPPEE!!! We are all very proud of your achievement and we want to know if you now have Carpal Tunel.

First booked camping of 2006

Friday May 19, for 2 nights at "Lake Of Two Rivers", will be our airing out of the camping gear. Who knows maybe we will get out before that (I doubt it). But, that is the first reservation made.

20" iMac Intel Core Duo

I did it. I went and bought the big one!

Build your own homemade Media Centre.

Linux beats Windows to Intel iMac.

Man invents flying Cadillac Escalade, sets up geek/bling convergence not seen since Del tha Funkee Homosapien's last album.

What do stormchasers do in the winter? Build Tesla coils in their basement, of course.


Today's "porn video mistakenly shown during lecture" story brought to you by Fukuoka police.

Man who got a nail stuck in his neck in 1970 while mowing his lawn has finally coughed it out (with pic ).

Little boy raised by monkeys is now a grown man living among humans. Likes to play guitar, wants to build a house and get married, but is having difficulty finding a woman who also enjoys throwing feces.

How to bury your dead: Reuters guide for the killer-to-be.

Urban legends for Valentine's Day.

Penis surgery: The long and short of it.

Funeral interrupted when the "deceased" phones his daughter to complain that nobody is visiting him.

The "heart" symbol is actually a representation of a woman's bum.

Ten-year-old boy forbidden to bring cardboard "Leafs No. 1" sign into Toronto Maple Leafs game because security considered it "a weapon," as well as an embarassing falsehood.

Canadians having more and more virtual sex. Especially when it takes 45 minutes to get fully undressed this time of year.

Study finds that pizza-topping preferences may indicate ideal dating partners. For instance, men prefering onions should date women prefering onions, whereas men prefering double-cheese, super-supreme thick crust should date Starr Jones.

Shout out to UK workers: February 24th is Work Your Proper Hours Day. Check out early, and smell the slack.

Tests show shopping-cart handles and mice at Internet cafes are the most bacteria-ridden public items.

Wayne Gretzky's gambling investigation compared to the crucifixtion of Jesus.

About the Firefox "memory leak"

A lot of people complain about the Firefox "memory leak(s)". All versions of Firefox no doubt leak memory - it is a common problem with software this complicated. We look to fix the issues where we can. David Baron and others have done a huge amount of excellent work in this area.

What I think many people are talking about however with Firefox 1.5 is not really a memory leak at all. It is in fact a feature.

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