Author Archive
Saturday, April 21st, 2012
Teaching Myself Composition
I’m trying to teach myself better photo composition today. So, this essay is as much me talking to myself as it is me trying to teach you something. Composition is very important - you can’t fix very much of it in post processing beyond cropping. In photography, it involves mostly where you position the camera […]
No Comments » - Posted in pictures, Podium by ralph
Sunday, April 15th, 2012
Tax time eased with StudioTax
Just finished doing my taxes using StudioTax. It’s completely free, no bullshit, no income limits. They just ask for a donation, of which they bug you about only once, when you go and submit your netfile file. Studio Tax isn’t some light weight program either; it handles most situations and small business just fine. I […]
No Comments » - Posted in internet, review by ralph
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
Turning Science Fiction into Science
In this day and age, so many years after the first man in space, first moon landing, first supersonic flight, first test tube baby I forget that just once in a while, there is still the occasion when we manage to turn science fiction into science. I was reading BBC, and was reminded that Curiosity […]
No Comments » - Posted in Podium by ralph
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
My iPrayer to Steve Jobs
Hello Mr Jobs.
I see you’ve been busy in your new role as heaven’s technology innovator. I really thought you’d take it easy for a bit, but no, you’re right back in it, stirring things up as you always did in the mortal world. But I have to ask: what did I do to deserve […]
No Comments » - Posted in WhoKnows?, Computers, rant by ralph
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
KD like it’s 1999!
Man, I never should have eaten that package of Kraft Dinner, about a month ago. It’s like getting back on drugs man, I’ve eaten two more boxes of the stuff since then! (Okay, not like drugs, but why would I want KD three times in one month after not having it for 5 odd years?)
Perhaps […]
No Comments » - Posted in Food, The system by ralph
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Magpie coming back!
When I was 17
I drank some very good beer
I drank some very good beer
I purchased with a fake ID
My name was Brian McGee
I stayed up listening to Queen
When I was 17
Okay - It wasn’t quite that long ago, but I did drink some very good beer from Big Rock sometime ago. It’s been gone a […]
No Comments » - Posted in review, beer by ralph
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
$3 Pizza review
So there I am at the mall at dinner time looking at the usual mall eateries. I’m not really feeling hungry, so I head over to Walmart, thinking I’ll grab some pasta and sauce and just whip up a quick meal at home. I wander through the frozen section and see this “Donatello’s” Pizza I’ve […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Food by ralph
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
3:2 where are you?
You’d think I’d be able to get a decent size digital picture frame in 3:2 format so I can display my DSLR pictures without having to crop the sides on all of them. For those of you that are going “huh?” here is a quick explanation:
Early in the motion picture age 35mm film became the […]
No Comments » - Posted in pictures, rant by ralph
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Do not support making the long form census optional
The government wants to make the long form part of the census optional - an important enough issue that I sat down and wrote a letter to my MP, despite being at work late again. I’ll let the letter speak for itself:
Dear Mr. Obhrai,
As a voter in the riding of Calgary East, I wanted to […]
No Comments » - Posted in The system, Podium by ralph
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Oy limp icks
Every 2 years I am faced with the usual summer / winter sports obsession known as the Olympics. It’s particular bad this year as since it’s in my country, everyone and their dog is covering the event.
I can live with that. I’ll even put up with the waste of cash that is “own the […]
