Author name: Arcterex

Kitten and Rex Friends

Well, maybe not friends, but tonight Rex was sleeping in “the circle thing” (the round red cat bed) and the kitten snuck up and made her way in…. slowly on the edge, then inside, then touching and then sleeping. Granted this was on the other side, but it was very nice to see the two […]

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Couple of Quick Personal Updates

Just a few updates to keep my future self reminded of what’s going on with present (past) self. Thanks to a bit/scratch/injury of some sort, Corny had a nasty wound on his back that ended up infected, and the vet had to remove some dead flesh (ick!). He ended up as a franken-Corny (again) (pictured

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ArcterSightings

Another instance of my famousness has appeared at Fake Steve Jobs site. I really must catalog all the occurances of this popping up online, as it is the legacy which I leave my family, my children, and their children. I hope they are proud! Anyone who’s seen my ass, specifically the ass you see to

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Corny To Vet :(

Ah, cats…. gotta love how they pay us back for housing and feeding them with making us pay their vet bills. Corny had a wound on his back which went from a scab to something fairly ugly looking, and I ended up taking him to the vet. Basically it’s not healing, there’s dead flesh in

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Pentax K20D Intro Video

I’m starting to lust more and more after this camera. Great video highlighting some of the high points! They are showing up in stock in Vancouver as well, so watch out credit card! Update: Found a place in vancouver with $100 less than normal price, working on my local guys to match it….. trouble….. danger

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Playing with My Flash Unit

No, it’s not nearly as perverted as it sounds. I finally dug up the manual to the flash unit (the AG360FGZ for anyone whose counting) and started going through the different settings, learning (by doing this time) about high speed sync, leading/trailing curtain, different wireless modes, etc. I’ve read through them before of course, but

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