December 2, 2008

Goodbye iPhone :(

Due to a faulty screen I had to give my iPhone back to Apple today.

As soon as I handed the phone over to the apple employee, I knew the time until I received the phone back would be terrible.

Those three minutes were excruciating.

My new iPhone is the exact same… except I reorganized my music collection and have some pretty baller tracks on this bizarro phone.

Maybe this new phone will receive an elusive kenyon designed background… All three kenyons may apply (I am expecting big things from the retired one).

December 1, 2008
I wish every month had some form of food based mini-door opening calendar!
I wish every month had some form of food based mini-door opening calendar!
November 30, 2008

To Be Twelve Again: Volume 1

  • Luke: Did anything interesting happen at school this week?
  • Twelve: No not really, we roofed a couple of balls and that was pretty epic.
  • Luke: Oh great!
  • *Twelve drinks Coca Cola*
  • Twelve: I love Coca Cola, if I was running away from that scary metal monster from the terminator... you know the one that had his face blown off and then it went all like *garrbbbllelaaguukk* and then reformed?
  • Luke: T-1000?
  • Twelve: YEAH! T-1000! If I was running away from T-1000 and I had like slipped down and fell and he had me cornered and I had like 10 seconds to live. I would grab the Coke sitting beside me and just drink as much of it as I could!
  • Luke: Oh my god! I really don't know how to take this story! Where is this coming from?
  • Twelve: This parking garage reminds me of the terminator.
  • Luke: Oh ok, sooo going on your previous assumption that there would somehow be a coke sitting beside you... let's make it a bit more complex! What if you had the coke on one side of you and a phone on the other that you could call your family on? What would you pick then?
  • *Twelve thinks*
  • Twelve: Well phones in parking garages are unreliable, and there is no guarantee my family would pick up as they probably wouldn't recognize the number and let it go to the answering machine and by the time that happened the 10 seconds would be up! So, drinking the Coke would be the safest and overall best thing to do.
  • Luke: Ok! Let's drop this topic before I get in trouble and let's get back to the balls you roofed this week.
  • Twelve: One was an Indian rubber ball, that thing was heeeeeaaavy! Imagine roofing a medicine ball? That would be ammmmmaaazzzzing!
  • Luke: I completely agree.
Prior to watching the new ‘Nirvana the band the show’ episode recommended by Smith check out the born ruffians (as they make a cameo).
November 27, 2008

I have some important things to say...

November 26, 2008
I unexpectedly received a raptors ticket at work today! I had to pay a small fee, but the tiket is awesome and I am absolutely stoked. Is it a bobblehead night? Of course it is!
I unexpectedly received a raptors ticket at work today! I had to pay a small fee, but the tiket is awesome and I am absolutely stoked. Is it a bobblehead night? Of course it is!
November 25, 2008

The Upside of Being Sick

I spent the better part of today in my bed, with a laptop, creating reports, napping, doing configuration, eating soup, and attending meetings. I had to cut my last meeting of the day short as I had a conflicting meeting with Dr.Bathroom Sink, which I had to attend due to a meeting a couple hours earlier with Mr.Lentil Soup that just didn’t sit well with me. I was hoping to schedule my follow-up to Mr.Lentil soup’s meeting with Mme.Toilet. However, the distance between her office and Dr.Bathroom sink’s made my meeting with him the more viable option. Not fun.

In case you thought I was eluding to something in that story, I was not… that was a literal story with some unfortunately named people.

So what is the upside of being sick? I have joined the ranks of nerdy celebrities Leo Laporte, Veronica Belmont, and Merlin Mann in finishing Neal Stephenson’s new book: ‘Anathem’. Why is this so wonderful? Because it was a 32 hour and 30 minute audio adventure that has been a part of every weekday of my life for the past 3 weeks. I listened to this book on my iPod in a really well dramatized unabridged format, and enjoyed it thoroughly. If you want to validate that I am telling the truth about how just a mammoth of book this was to read please click here.


After finally being able to listen to my friends at ‘The Sword and Laser’ deliver their review via podcast, I somewhat regret not having the paperback in front of me, as apparently the book had a glossary in the back which would have made my attempting to rewind parts to understand words much less difficult. So, as I recommend this book to everyone who liked the: His Dark Material Series, The Ender Saga, or Mr.Stephenson’s other book ‘Cryptonomicon’ - I do so with the recommendation of pursuing it in a median I did not - Trust me, it will make your life easier.

This book received a lot of hype on every single podcast I listen to. I was not disappointed. Thanks Anathem, I miss you.

November 24, 2008
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

I was driving home from work in a snowstorm today and had just finished listening to the most recent addition of the ‘This Week in Tech’ weekly technology podcast, at this point my iPhone had nothing in the queue and as a result nothing was coming through my car stereo. So, I did what most 24 year old, bearded, sweatered, caucasian IT workers would do while driving back to their Mother’s house (that they still live in) -I started singing Jay-Z a cappella. Somewhere in between the lines ‘Fresh out of the frying pan and into the fire’, and ‘check cheddar like a food inspector’ I remembered that ‘The Grey Album’ existed.

I love ‘The Grey Album’ and for some reason have lived without it for almost four years.

The Grey Album are the vocals from Jay-Z’s ‘Black Album’ over beats made from samples of the Beatles’ ‘White Album’. 

Black + White = Grey (This math work with paint, not with people… grey babies do not exist.)

DJ Danger Mouse made this album in 2004 and it shortly there after got condemned and burned by record labels due to the obvious copyright infringements - I have an underground copy that is ridiculously hard to find (if you are over 40).

How have you heard DJ danger mouse before? He is the beats behind Gnarles Barkley and DANGERDOOM!

Without further delay:

December 4th - Danger Mouse/Jay-Z 

I'm Feeling Lucky - An Important Google Search

Some people at my work read my blog - this is great! They get to see into my life, hold personal information over my head, and walk down the halls singing “tap tap” - I love it.

I heard this story while at a work party last week and I absolutely loved it.

I work with a guy named Eddie, he turned to a british colleague of mine and said: “Hey, I bet you if I google that ‘Jeff forbes is an asshole’ vigeant’s blog would pop up in the search results”.

Not only did it pop up, it was the first hit. Try it! Go to ‘www.google.com’ , type in ‘Jeff Forbes is an Asshole’, and click the ‘I’m feeling luck button’ and prepare to come right back to this blog!

This led me to try and find other items that would bring this blog up as the top hit!

‘Luke Vigeant’ does (OMG! SO SURPRISING!!! WTF!)

‘Beard Vigeant’ brings you to barrett.dudevice.com (nice adam)

‘dudevice’ brings up everyones blog but mine on the front page (fuck)

‘a hairy vigeant’ brings up my personal ad as the top hit (Which I wish someone would work on distributing)

‘gnomes how do you like your kit-kat’ brings up this site as a top hit (crisp).

This is a fun game I will be playing for a while… try for yourself!

November 23, 2008
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Is it possible that I am starting a tapdancing troop? Yes.

Is it possible that this tapdancing troop is 3 members long, and that it is called “tap tap”? Of course it is.

Is it possible that we have yet to start practicing as one of our members selfishly went on vacation for a week? Yes, this is possible.

Welcome back to the internet silvertooth - please enjoy this rough cut of the first entrance song for “tap tap” titled “tap tap”.

Dear rest of the internet, look forward to the full song and tapdancing videos shortly.

November 19, 2008
Solo I went to jeffs house wrote a work event and stumbled across this gem.
Solo I went to jeffs house wrote a work event and stumbled across this gem.
November 16, 2008
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

I recently procured the newest ‘The Go! Team’ album.

I am a pretty huge fan of this band and although I have never taken speed, I imagine that the feeling I get from listening to this album is very similar.

This is the lead-off song/single Grip Like a Vice… but, The Go! Team are really a band who you should listen to from first song to last song.  A band this trendy looking can’t be bad! Give them a shot - not you strongbeard, I don’t think they will be your cup of tea.

November 15, 2008

This is the kind of residence I am interested in...

I talked to my good buddy cher last night who lives in Montreal. This prompted me to look at real estate in Montreal that I could buy to move closer to Cher (which is a fantastic move all around).

I found this property and pretty much had the shakes for the balance of the night because I think it would be just a marvelous project to take on (although I don’t think I can just pack up and move to Montreal (yet)).

This entire building costs a cool $319,000 - Pardon my use of the word ‘fucking’, but buying 600 square feet in Toronto for $319,000 seems likes a fucking rip off after this!

2374 Square Feet over 3 floors and Zoned to turn into multiple residences (if I want to get entrepreneurial)

Owning a building such as this, and living there with a handful of friends who wanted to work on turning it into a proper residence would improve my quality of life exponentially.

Who wants to pack up and move to Montreal?

Applications now being accepted.

Check out the listing for yourself!

November 14, 2008
“ When I’m stressed out I just eat a lot of rice.
double k
November 13, 2008
Ch tower on a thursday? Why not!
Ch tower on a thursday? Why not!