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Archive for April, 2008

The Gadget Infinity Antenna Mod

Posted in Gadget-related, Photo / image, Photography on April 28th, 2008 @ 16:10 No Comments »

PROLOGUE
My foray into the off-camera flash world began with a PC sync cable plus a pair of hot shoe adapters for camera and flash.
It works, but having a cable hanging off my camera gets in the way and tangles in the camera strap. The coiled wire is a spring that, like a mischievous cat, […]

CFL vs. Incandescent: The Bulb Shoot-out Continues

Posted in Photo / image, Photography on April 27th, 2008 @ 21:45 3 Comments »

WHAT’S ALL THIS, THEN?
Jim Talkington is a photographer in Cincinnati, Ohio who makes a living making pictures. In today’s world, that’s worth a few nods of respect. Further, he shares his wisdom at his blog, prophotolife.com.
How awesome that is, or how Jim honed his amazing time management skills, is not what I want […]

Tour Nortel

Posted in Diary on April 16th, 2008 @ 15:19 1 Comment »

So Nortel (Telecom company in Ottawa) has this bike tour they do every year to support children’s cancer charities. That’s right, you can help me give children a free cancer!
I’ve decided to join the 80k tour. For me this is a lot of biking, but based on my 140km trip last year, I […]

Grrr! (a.k.a. the bike stays home)

Posted in Diary on April 16th, 2008 @ 12:09 No Comments »

Be forewarned, this post has no pictures.
NO PICTURES!

YESTERDAY
So, yesterday evening after taking pictures for the Weekly Assignments, I went around to make sure I had everything I needed to bike to work this morning.
Warm gloves? Check.
Ski pants? Check.
Sweater? Check.
Panniers, loaded[1]? Check.
Brain bucket? Check.

THIS MORNING
I get up. That […]

Simplicity

Posted in Diary on April 2nd, 2008 @ 15:09 No Comments »

Savage Chicken is an interesting cartoon:

© 2008 Doug Savage
I appreciate how simple and easy these *appear* to be even though the ideas, the essence of funny contained within each, take inspiration and talent to conceive and express.