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Canadian web applications looking strong


The following is about Canada. And Canadian web applications. Now it's understood that there are some people who, due to preconceived notions, automatically zone out when they hear "Canadian Technology." Sure they may be ignorant, and they may be the minority, but they're still people. So, as a service to them, at various points through this post, some unintelligent, stereotypical anti-Canadian jokes will be displayed in brackets. This way everyone can enjoy this post. For example: Statistics show that on average, Canadians use the internet more hours per month than anyone else in the world (Of course they're online longer, it takes forever to send packets via dogsled!). 70% of Canadian households have internet access (but how many have running water?) and broadband penetration is around 67%. With all that bandwidth someone had to be doing something productive (like watching hours of curling highlights and maple syrup tapping festivals?).

This article compiles a pretty good list of the top Canadian web applications, most of which you've never heard of yet (lumberjack dating sites), but might in the future. Most of the apps have gained users worldwide, and at least one has one a Webby this year. It's hard to say if any of them will really take off, like Vancouver born Flickr, or if they'll fizzle out, but they're at least worth checking out. They run the gamut from helpful travel tips to the largest user-written news site in the world to a just-for-kids virtual world called Club Penguin (what, ran out of seals to club?). Maybe you'll never come to Canada, but you can at least check out what it's all about (aboot) online.

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I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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