In an effort to clean out the basement, I’m selling off a bunch of the hardware I’ve accumulated over the years, or taking it to the dump or computer recycling place. If you’re in the Fraser Valley and are looking for any of the following, email me at alan@ufies.org to let me know. Links go […]
Buy My Stuff! Computer Sale! Read Post »
Finally got around to blogging about the Vancouver Strobist meetup that I went to a couple of weeks ago to learn more about off-camera lighting. Read about it over at my photography blog: http://k20dblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/may-strobist-newbie-meetup.html.
The Recent Strobist Meetup Read Post »
Well, Mr. Buck Stops here was on the ball all right. Less than 2 days after my Apple support debacle FedEx showed up at my doorstep with my new headphones. Yay!
New Headphones Arrived! Read Post »
Thanks to Meege at my previous work for passing this on. Turns out the famous picture of mine has once again been used illegally, and with malice! 🙂 This time it’s over on a video on youtube, which you can see it here. I grabbed a couple of screen caps of it for posterity (he
OK, this is going to be long and ranty I think, so I apologize in advance. About a month ago I bought a set of “premium” apple headphones for use with my iPhone. The default iPhone headset had been the victim of being crushed under my laptop, and the microphone/clicker wasn’t clicking properly. I figured
My Massive Apple Support Fail Read Post »
Another quick and dirty link…. this video of a cat sanctuary is something that haunts my dreams…. 6 cats already and I can only see myself turning into this sort of crazy cat man. Check out this video of Caboodle Ranch, a 100 acre cat sanctuary. They now have something like 150 cats. I calculate
The Cats Are In My Nightmares Read Post »
I don’t remember who I was talking to about this, but they didn’t believe me when I told them about “noodling”, the “art” of catching catfish by sticking your arm in the mud and letting them bit onto you, and then pulling it up. As you can imagine, this is mostly done by… shall we
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Had an absolutely incredible rainstorm here earlier this evening, torrents of rain, wind, thunder, lightning, etc. Got a couple of shots off of the rain and wind hitting the tree in the front yard. Sadly I’m not that good at conveying or capturing the power of the rain that there was…
Finally got a chance to see the new Star Trek movie. Read more to see my (very) spoilery review. The short (and un-spoilered) review is it is a near perfect movie, fantastic in almost every way. A definite go see, go see right now. Trekkies old and new will love it. Now, on to the
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Just a quick post of a picture of the train yard across from the Coquitlam (I think) station on the way home today, shot with my LX3.