Archive for October, 2008

Test your Colour IQ

I had seen this a while back and meant to blog about it, and then noticed that Drawn! mentioned it today — this is a fun little test to see just how well you can discern varying hues. Good fun for all you visual-types :)

It doesn’t take that long to do, and in case you’re wondering [...]


Our Facebook page contest ends this Thursday

Back in July, I posted about a little contest we are having called “Be a fan of Blend Creations on Facebook“.

Well, the contest closes this Thursday, October 31 (Hallowe’en), and right now, our fan base is up to 304 fans, which means the winner of our draw would win $304 in Blend Creations merchandise* if [...]


The Story of Stuff

The Story of Stuff has been online for a little while, but I’m a little slow sometimes in catching up to everything interweb.  The whole movie is about 20 minutes long and gives a “fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns”.
The three teasers are below.  Good food for thought.


Vote for environment

On Tuesday, October 14th, there will be a Canadian federal election.  It’s dizzying trying to research each party’s platform on different issues and evaluate the best choice for us.  This site: voteforenvironment.ca was sent to me by my one of my brothers, and could be of interest to you if you’re in the “ABC”-minded way [...]


Diversions

Well hello there. Looks like it’s been a little while since there’s been a blog update.
The household was (and still is) under siege by some lovely cold virus that seems to be making the rounds. So priority has been given to sleeping more, resting more and trying to convince the smallest member of the family [...]