Gnurple dot Net

I have a habit of making lots of blog posts for awhile and then lulling.
Is lulling a word? Vote now: 1-800-DEV-NULL.
As I was saying, the Gnurple dot Net post frequency is a journey of hills and valleys. Allow me to describe the current valley in a chronologically sorted sort of way (heh):
MEDIA […]

In an earlier post I mentioned participating in the 80k bike tour for charity. I was recruited by a friend to join him and his team. Here is my report on the event.

PRE-TOUR
The plan: wake up at 07h15, leave at 07h30. Arrive on site at 08h00, a half hour before the 80k […]

I was ready for my brain to let go of this whole light comparison thing when suddenly, from behind a bush along the sidewalk, the thought occurred to me: “What about strobe light?”
We know from last time on this subject that incandescents - or the sun or any black-body radiators - are true full-spectrum sources […]

I’ve been taking pictures for the Every Day Objects game - which has evolved into a sort of Project 365[1] for me (72 so far!).
Using a (near) macro lens means a very shallow DoF, so I end up using a tabletop tripod a lot. Trying to get everything positioned and focused can be tricky[2] […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

Electric Theatre
Like Expanding Mind before it, Electric Theatre is a result of one of my photo assignments, this time on Anthropomorphism.
The cute little socket faces are a different take on the classic drama / comedy theatre masks.

That’s right: a sunburn.
I did not go on vacation to Acapulco Bay for the winter.
I did not even spend the day skiing down the side of Cheval Blanc at Mont St. Marie.
No, I got a sunburn from shoveling snow all day. There’s a toque-line across my forehead.
As I wrapped my scarf around my neck, […]