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Peter Tanner

Data Analyst
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Toronto, Canada
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Dec 2006
A computer scientist by trade, Peter is now an analyst for Capital One Financial. Before entering the financial sector, Peter received a Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo, studied computer animation in Sweden at the Lund Institute of Technology, and founded a web creative business. Peter has lived in three countries, diving into global trends wherever he goes. In his free time, he enjoys racing in sailing regattas in Toronto's Outer Harbour and playing ice hockey in the cooler months.
Nude In-Flight Videos
Nude In-Flight Videos
Air New Zealand Finds a Way to Get Excited About Safety
As a follow-up to their body paint ‘Nothing to Hide’ ad campaign, Air New Zealand has begun showing an inflight safety video with the flight crew wearing nothing except body paint. The video... MORE
Protesting With Footwear
Protesting With Footwear
Tibet Activists Throws Shoe At China Premier In The UK
A shoe was thrown by a protester at China’s premier Wen Jiabao Monday during a speech at Cambridge University. The shoe missed Jiabao, and the protester was escorted out of the auditorium. Unlike when… MORE
Axed Controversial Monuments
Axed Controversial Monuments
Giant ‘Bush Shoe' Removed From Tikrit and Destroyed
Just a day after a monument was unveiled in the Iraqi town of Tikrit to commemorate the throwing of a shoe at former president Bush, the giant shoe has been taken down and destroyed. The shoe was on the… MORE
Presidential Mobile Phones
Presidential Mobile Phones
Barack Obama Keeps His Blackberry, With Security Enhancements
President Barack Obama has gotten a ‘security enhanced’ super $3,000 Blackberry that he will be allowed to use as president. Obama used a Blackberry 8700 during the presidential campaign, but it looked… MORE
Human Biofuels
Human Biofuels
Plastic Surgeon Powers SUV With Fat
A doctor in California has been using the fat he removed from his patients during liposuction to power his SUV. A gallon of fat works out to being about a gallon of fuel and is environmentally friendly.… MORE
Electronic Super Bank Cards
Electronic Super Bank Cards
Credit Card With Keypad
An Australian company has developed a battery powered credit card to reduce credit card fraud. There is a keypad directly on the credit card that the user types a PIN into to get a one-time use code to… MORE
Caffeinated Body Changes
Caffeinated Body Changes
Coffee Consumption Linked to Cup Size
A new Swedish study shows that women who drink lots of coffee may have their breasts shrink in size. Helena Jernström of Lund University carried out a study that showed a strong correlation between drinking… MORE
Anti-Hockey Mom Movements
Anti-Hockey Mom Movements
Flyers Fans Say “Puck You Palin”
With Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin dropping the puck at the Philadelphia Flyers season opener on Saturday night, a ‘Puck You Palin’ movement has started by anti-Sarah Palin Philadelphia Flyers fans.… MORE
$4 Million Space Hotel
$4 Million Space Hotel
Galactic Suite To Open In 2012
"Imagine being in a weightless spa watching 15 sunsets in one day." Tired of Earth based hotels? A Barcelona based group is planning on launching a space hotel called "Galactic Suite" with an opening date… MORE
Santai Resort
Santai Resort
Secluded Australian Luxury
Secluded along the shore in the New Tweed Coast in northern New South Wales Australia lies the Santai Resort, Australia’s first five star Balinese style report. I recently reviewed this resort as an… MORE
Night Kayaking in New Zealand
Night Kayaking in New Zealand
For an intense 6 hour workout and adventure in New Zealand, take part in a kayak trip to Rangitoto Island near Auckland. Ferg's Kayaks, a New Zealand kayak company, offers night kayak tours from Auckland… MORE
Sexy Technology Journals
Sexy Technology Journals
Swedish Tech Journal With Busty Blonde
In a bid to shed it's geeky image by shocking its readers, Osqledaren, the technology journal of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm decided to spice up the cover. Instead of featuring technology… MORE
Mouse Rage
Mouse Rage
A study out of the UK is showing that poorly designed websites can negatively affect cardio functions, and the immune and nervous systems. This phenomenon known as "Mouse Rage" is identifiable by "a quickening… MORE
Equal Gender Traffic Signs
Equal Gender Traffic Signs
If you're trying to find the exit to a building in Vienna, look for the sign of the women running for the door. As part of Vienna's "Gender Mainstreaming" project, exit signs and traffic lights will now… MORE
Black Christmas Tree
Black Christmas Tree
After being the rage in England in 2005, the black Christmas tree has made its way to America. "People have black furniture and that perfect little black dress. So they think, why not have it all match?,"… MORE
Czech Inn
Czech Inn
Check It Out
Located outside of Prague's touristy Old Town, the Czech Inn is the spot for budget travelers looking for a hip place to stay. The Czech Inn offers both private apartments, and shared rooms for the hostel… MORE
Helicopter Hotel
Helicopter Hotel
Sentry Mountain Lodge
If you need to get away from it all, go to the Sentry Mountain Lodge hotel in remote British Columbia, Canada. You'll need to get there via helicopter, as that's the only way the lodge can be accessed.… MORE
Sudoku Cube -Rubik's Cube Meets Sudoku
Sudoku Cube -Rubik's Cube Meets Sudoku
Toy inventer Jay Horowitz has taken the 1980's craze of the Rubik's cube and combined it with today's popularity of Suduko. According to the Sukodu Cube website, "the concept of the Sudoku Cube is playing… MORE
Online Poker With Group Potty Breaks
Online Poker With Group Potty Breaks
Swedes will no longer have to hold it in while playing online poker. The state run gambling company, SvenskaSpel, now offers online poker tables with automatic five minute breaks for the whole table every… MORE
The Gladstone Hotel
The Gladstone Hotel
37 Artist-Designed Rooms
Sick of staying in the same hotel each time you travel to a city? For visitors to Toronto, the Gladstone Hotel is like staying in a different hotel every visit. The historic hotel, built in 1889 has been… MORE
Light Café
Light Café
Swedish Light Therapy Over Coffee
With Stockholm only receiving five hours of light a day in winter, the Swedish capital's office workers have found a new way to escape to sun. After taking off their shoes and slipping into white robes… MORE