Monthly Archives: May 2008

Cuba in Pictures

Rita and I returned from Cuba a earlier this month and I was planning to write a review of how it was and what we did, but have been busy getting ready for B.C.. Instead, I’ll just post a link to the pictures and let them tell you about our trip. You can view the [...]

Victoria Day Fireworks ‘08

Rita and I went to see some fireworks for the May 2-4 weekend tonight. I brought the Nikon along to grab some shots and was satisfied with the results (first time shooting fireworks). Some pointers for next time to make the pictures better would be: i) include other objects in the image–fireworks are nice, but [...]

Microsoft’s Big Ass Table

Here is a funny video mocking Microsoft’s new “Surface” computer, which is basically a table with a touchscreen:

Review: Sharkwater

Bound to bring even the most hardened of people close to tears, Sharkwater is an international award-winning documentary by Rob Steward that looks into the world of sharks—uncovering not only the myths about these amazing creatures as blood-thirsty killers, but also the billion-dollar finning industry that is wiping them from our planet.
“For filmmaker Rob Stewart, [...]

Flying to Cuba

I’m likely on a plane heading for Cuba as this post is released. I scheduled it on Friday night just as a pre-celebration, since I won’t be able to express my excitement here from the plane :-p. Anyway, I’ve also got a review post of the award-winning documentary Sharkwater coming out in a couple days, [...]

Packed for Cuba

Well, we leave for Cuba tomorrow and I’m all packed and ready to go! I just had to take a picture of my luggage since it so wonderfully reflects my priorities for this trip. The largest bag is dedicated to my scuba equipment, the carry-on is dedicated to my camera equipment, and the medium-sized bag [...]

Reduce Cell Phone Charges in 5 Minutes

I received my cell phone bill from Rogers today and I was charged an extra $24 for using 80 extra minutes over my weekday limit! Considering I already pay ~$45/mo. for my plan and all of the company’s stupid fees I was pretty upset. Without hesitation I called Rogers and was connected with a billing [...]

New Camera and Underwater Housing

Today I received my new Canon Powershot SD750 along with it’s underwater housing! I’ve been wanting a point-and-shoot camera for a while now for those times when bringing the DSLR just isn’t possible or practical. At the same time, I wanted to buy one that had an underwater housing available that I could use to [...]