Year: 2008

  • Google Reader Easter Egg…..

    For those of you using Google Reader…..here is a neat little distraction……type the following while google reader is the active browser window (up/down/left/right are cursor keys): up up down down left right left right b a fun stuff…..thank G :-).

  • It’s time to switch….

    If you ever needed a reason to switch to a mac and you were thinking to yourself, “well maybe I’ll wait a bit longer, after all, the malware/virus/trojan scene hasn’t caught up to me yet”, you might want to think again. Today marks the re-release of Virus.Win32.Gpcode.ak virus for the PC platform. This sucker was…

  • Portrait Session – Fruits and Flowers

    Just finished adding the final touches to the pics from a recent fashion/portrait shoot I attended/organized at Ryerson. The shoot actually happened on May 24, 2008, but since I was in Vancouver for a week I didn’t get a chance to work on them. The theme was loosely based on flowers and fruits, but once…

  • Lego-mania

    Came across this earlier on flickr….Very creative work done by Mike Stimpson. This guy is fantastic and his Lego recreations of important moments in history are really neat. definitely worth checking out.

  • G rocks!!!…Linux users rejoice.

    Yeah, in case you haven’t figured it out yet, I LIKE GOOGLE. I like their spirit and I like the way they do their business. They just made my day (again) by releasing their desktop based google gadgets for linux for free and totally open sourced under Apache License 2.0 to boot. This is fantastic…

  • Go to Disney World for Free…..

    Is google ever going to stop doing cool stuff? Can you imagine doing this type of thing for a living? Well, like it or not, the next time you decide to dive down the rabbit hole, you can turn to your computer and GE instead. Yep, Disney’s wonderland has been ported to google earth. Just…

  • Samsung SPF-83V Digital Picture Frame Review

    So I picked up one of these from future shop today. I was skeptical about the RSS feed capabilities of it, but figured that worst case I would return it. Well I’m glad to report that after playing around with it for the past 4 hours, it’s staying. This thing is really cool. Here is…

  • SysInternals goes online……

    SysInternals is probably the one set of tools that every Windows support person knows about. It is a collection of fantastic utilities that allows you to troubleshoot just about any problem under windows. It is so good that Microsoft decided to buy the company right out and I have to admit that they’ve done a…

  • Glide OS 3.0 Webtop syncs with you Desktop now

    For those of you who haven’t tried it, you should really head over to glideos.com and create an account. It’s an excellent Webtop that provides a widerange of application plus 5GB of online storage for free (there are also commercial accounts for a small fee). Not only do they have one of the cleanest interfaces…

  • And now for a little food for thought…..

    Tim Robins’ Keynote speech at NAB (National Association of Broadcasters). I missed this event at this years NAB, but I think it’s very much worth a listen. Tim really lays it out nicely. Complete in three parts in order.