This year, during Earth Hour, I played around with my camera and some tea lights on the floor. This photo is the result: It was printed in The Herald-Gazette from Barnesville, Georgia on March 31st, 2009. Someone at the newspaper found my photo on Flickr and sent me an email to ask permission to use…
As you may have noticed, I really like Crumpler’s products. I just found out that a store that sells nothing but Crumpler products just opened in downtown Vancouver (corner of Richards & Cordova). This is the next best thing to an Apple Store opening in Vancouver…and just as dangerous. Check them out in person or…
Today, I had the pleasure of seeing Dr. Lawrence Lessig give the keynote for the Privacy & Security conference I’m attending in Victoria (albeit from the back of the room due to a huge coffee lineup). I’ve been aware of Dr. Lessig’s work for a long time now as he is one of the original…
I think I have a problem. Is it weird for a guy to like gadget bags? I think I have a bag/pouch/container for just about everything gadget I own. I guess I like to protect my stuff. I especially like Crumpler bags. The latest one I bought a few months back was the Crumpler Keystone…
After picking up a new ginormous hard drive on boxing day (think Black Friday in the US, only much lamer), I went about adding it to my Powermac G5 tower (aka my server). For some reason, Apple always does things different than other computer manufacturers and the process of upgrading the hard drive is no…
With a tip of the hat to Mark Hurst, I thought I’d post the ‘good experience’ I just had with Alaska Airlines. When I was coming home from San Francisco last week, I got in fairly late to YVR and waited for my checked bag to come down the conveyor belt. Surprisingly it was the…