Month: October 2009

  • Russian Lenses Rule :-)

    It’s late fall here in Toronto and I thought I give my M42 Russian lens, Helios 40-2, one more test. This time going for colour and as much swirly bokeh as this thing can produce….. The colour reproduction of this lens is muted. It needs a bit of a kick, but once you kick it…

  • Fix Ctrl-Alt-Backspace problem with Ubuntu 9.10+

    Downloaded and installed 9.10 yesterday and what do you know, someone decided to take away Ctrl-Alt-Backspace — or what I call “Three Finger Salute for Linux”. Whhhaaattt!!!! How the heck are you supposed to kill and restart X without that…..A coworker suggested Alt-PrintScreen-K, but that just restarts GDM, not really useful when X decides to…

  • TPMG Fall Colour drive….

    This is slightly old, but it’s still officially fall…..so here are a bunch of fall colour shots from a recent Toronto Photographers Meetup Group trip to Hockley Valley, Cannings Falls, Hogg’s Falls, Eugenia Falls and Old Baldy Lookout Point. Complete flickr set can be viewed here….. More fall colours to come…..stay tuned…

  • Solaris 10 Configuration Notes: How the hell does this thing work again….

    It’s been a while since I’ve had the pleasure (read: pain) of working with Sloowaris, but now that we have two 48TB Sun X4540 Thumpers in house, I have to…..Uggghhhh :-). Here are some notes: Remember sudo -i does not work. Use “su -” to get the root environment through ssh (login as regular user).…

  • …and one final Windows 7 Launch Party Video…….

    MMmmmmm…..Windows 7 Space Cake…….MMmmmmmm :-) Hosting Your Windows 7 Torrenting Party – watch more funny videos

  • Ninite: Number 1 application you need in Windows…..

    There are a lot of fantastic free software packages out there for the PC if you’re running windows. VLC, Firefox come to mind. The problem is that it takes a long time to install all of them on your PC. You know the routine, click, wait for download, double click, next, next, next, etc……Well, why?…

  • Windows Launch Party….maybe it wasn’t such a good idea…..

    Here is a video for all the people who attended — or god forbid hosted — a windows 7 launch party yesterday. This will give you a rough idea of what people will think of your party video in about 17 years……hehehehe :-)

  • Microsoft Photocopies Apple Store…..Literally.

    Holy crap…..MS has literally photocopied the Apple Store, replaced the Genius Bar with “Answer Bar” and the Genius’ with Guru’s……Does Microsoft ever come up with something original? :-) Here comes “Attack of the Clones”…..hehehehe

  • FastPictureViewer RAW Codec Pack….FREE

    If you’re using any one of Windows XP, Vista or 7 Platforms in 32 or 64 bit mode, you might be interested in the FastPictureViewer RAW picture codec pack from Axel Rietschin Software Developments. They are FREE for personal and educations use and give you fast access to preview RAW images taken by just about…

  • Windows 7….Bad for your Health

    ….Atleast if you’re in Japan. Take a look at this monster…seven freaking patties stacked up in between two buns…..in time to celebrate Windows 7 launch. You’ll pay (roughly) $17.10 for the pleasure of clogging your arteries with this 5.1 inch tall monster. Once you’re done — if you’re still alive — you’ll finally understand how…