Decemeber 2011 7:00PM Letmewatchthis.ch/1channel.ch is currently down and throwing an 502 Bad Gateway error. We can’t access the site through IP (which is often possible when this error occurs) because Let me watch this is using Proxyshield which forbids direct ip connection. Just have to wait it out for now. In the meantime we are compiling a list of sites to tide us over if there is ever another 1channel.ch outage. You can check them out at 1channel/LetMeWatchThis Alternatives. Leave a comment on the article if you know of any…

Wooo partaaay! But where are you going to go tonight? Here is the list of the top 10 bars in Guelph (in no particular order) that you may love, or maybe you haven’t even been to yet!

Planning on going out tonight? Here is a quick guide for places to go once you stumble out of the bar/club off MacDonell and want food fast! (Maps included)

Getting tired of playing Flip Cup and Beer Pong over and over again? Are you looking for a new and bold game to play? Don’t really have the balls to actually play Russian Roulette? Well we’ve got what you’re looking for! The Basics of the Game: It’s almost the exact same as the original Russian Roulette game, the difference is that there’s no revolver and live round involved… actually the only similarity is that it’s a game of chance. Here’s What You’ll Need: 1. A Drink of Choice (Vodka for…

Sometimes when you’re browsing through chatroulette you notice some of your partner’s camera feeds are of recorded video or picture. You can do this too on your mac using Camtwist and Soundflower. Setting up the video and audio channels Camtwist can be found here and Soundflower here. Install and launch both applications. Soundflower should populate up on your global toolbar as a small flower icon like so.Thats all we need to do with Soundflower. Go over to camtwist and under the step 1 heading, click on Movie to select it…

How to combat junk snail mail – take prepaid envelopes that come in junk mail, fill a box with bricks or dirty underwear (the heavier the better = $$ from junk mail sender) and tape the label to the box and mail it! When a sender attaches a prepaid envelope, this means that they have already fronted the cost of you sending in your subscription for air conditioner maintenance or useless magazine subscription, so send them a token of wasted resources back by sending them back a useless box of…

This article explains both how to maximize the amount of money you get for your student loan as well as the best way to deal with any cash you receive that you might not need for your tuition or living expenses. It also explains the rules around when you are required to list your parents’ financial details on your loan application. Most student loans (or school loans) do not have to be paid back until at least 6 months after a student graduates. Additionally, student loans typically accrue no interest…

This guide explains how you can save your University of Waterloo Quest Calendar to a file (html, or Excel) Quest sucks, and the worst part has to be the calendar. First of all, why does it take 12 clicks to find it? (it’s under enroll if you were wondering… ya, because my CURRENT courses should be listed under enroll… obviously..) What’s even worse is how impossible it is to save the calendar – you can’t… even if you save the html page it doesn’t come out right. You also cannot…

By Nataliya Schafer Facebook has changed its privacy policies several times since the site first launched in September 2006, leaving many of its users confused over its latest privacy policy adjustment. In December 2009 the website changed its security policy for a third time, suddenly making information that could be censored from certain people (such as relationship status and sexual orientation) in to publicly accessible information unless settings were manually readjusted. According to Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg “people [nowadays] are more open to sharing information,” and their tweaked privacy settings…

By Nataliya Schafer So you had a few too many last night. It happens to the best of us, but unfortunately you’ll probably be paying for it this morning. While extra strength Tylenol and coffee are the most popular remedies there are lots of more effective preventative measurements to help you lick your hangover before you get it. Hydration, hydration, hydration. Never underestimate the power of a good glass of water. Alcohol dehydrates the body and causes a loss of electrolytes which  contributes significantly to a hangover. The regular recommended…

The majority of this site’s contributers are from the Kitchener/Waterloo area or go to school at the university of waterloo. While putting fingers to keys in our luxurious office (the Waterloo tech library) we overheard some exciting news, the University of Waterloo is hosting the Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference this summer. It’s a week long annual conference that has been running for 17 years and it hasn’t been hosted at Waterloo since 1996. This time around, it should be twenty times as good with some extremely well decorated keynote speakers…

For almost all of your 100 and 200 level courses, and some of your 300s and 400s, you can probably find the international copy of your textbook on eBay. These versions of the textbook are paperback, intended for resale in developing economies and, for that reason, are usually about a quarter of the price of their University store hardcover equivalent. Simply search for only the ISBN in eBay and look for the result that says “international copy” in the description. Make sure that the seller has a decent rating before…