Archive for 'General'

Advice to a friend.. advice to self?

February 21st, 2010 – 6:36 pm
Tagged as: General

A dear friend of mine is having a rough time right now. A very creative and talented recording artist, but currently weighed down by the onerous combination of the demands of artistic development and the realities of taking care of one’s self at the same time. In replying to a call for help and advice, [...]

New House Tour

June 22nd, 2009 – 8:32 pm
Tagged as: General

In very exciting news, we took possession of our new house today!
Although much renovating is to come in the next few weeks, and hopefully some great blogging to go with, here’s Mel giving a tour of the new place!
Not my best audio post production work, but what can you do with a point and shoot [...]

WWDC Keynote – Live Blogging

June 8th, 2009 – 11:51 am
Tagged as: General

Full room… was about 810th in line and managed to be about 2/3 the way back
New Dave Matthews music on the P.A. – Nice… need to check it out…
9:56 – Just starting up; Turn off cell phones etc…
10:00 – Program about to begin – lights are dimmed down
10:01 – “PC” is welcoming us to the [...]

Cheerleading…

March 6th, 2009 – 8:37 pm
Tagged as: General, Photography

I had a very interesting experience last weekend. I was given the opportunity to accompany a colleague (who has a side business photographing events such as dance festivals/competitions, cheerleading, hockey, weddings etc) to photograph the Ontario Regional Cheerleading competitions in Mississauga.
I haven’t shot many sports before, and I honestly have never actually watched cheerleading [...]

St. Lawrence Market

February 1st, 2009 – 3:43 pm

During the summer months, we were making a regular habit of heading over to Kensington Market (downtown, near Chinatown) each weekend to collect a weekly stash of fresh fruits and veggies, as well as meats and fish. During the winter, it’s a bit cold over that way, so we’ve been heading to St. Lawrence [...]