Author Archives: ralph

About ralph

Just another blog to share some thoughts with the world. Want to comment? If you know how to contact me, I can manually set up a commenting account for you. Sorry, commenting is not open to the general public at this time.

Nexus 10 review

Posted on Thursday, 2013-Mar-21st by ralph

I decided to drink the Google kool-aid and buy the Nexus 10 Having used it for almost a month now, I’m somewhat surprised at how much I’ve used this tablet around the house. I’m a first time pad user, but … Continue reading →

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Canon Image Square

Posted on Tuesday, 2013-Feb-12th by ralph

Went to the Canon Image Square store last week. I wasn’t really that impressed, but YMMV. I decided to try them out on three things retail sucks at:

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Your next great photo is just around the corner

Posted on Friday, 2012-Dec-28th by ralph

I decided yesterday to walk over to the mailbox to drop off a letter. The temperature had climbed to a balmy -16C and I was tired of being in the house all day. I took the DSLR with my 10-22 … Continue reading →

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Viewsonic 15″ digital frame

Posted on Tuesday, 2012-Dec-4th by ralph

Since I took the time to post on amazon.ca, I might as well re-quote it here: Viewsonic’s 15″ digital frame is a cut above the no-name brand frames in terms of both picture quality and frame quality. The frame has … Continue reading →

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Security Camera D-Link DCS-942L

Posted on Saturday, 2012-Oct-20th by ralph

Synopsis: The D-Link DCS942L camera is a feature rich security camera, but a bitch to configure manually. Even the setup wizard, once I finally got it working, didn’t work without some issues. It turns out most of the wizard issue … Continue reading →

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Teaching Myself Composition

Posted on Saturday, 2012-Apr-21st by ralph

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 … Continue reading →

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Tax time eased with StudioTax

Posted on Sunday, 2012-Apr-15th by ralph

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 … Continue reading →

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Turning Science Fiction into Science

Posted on Tuesday, 2012-Mar-6th by ralph

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 … Continue reading →

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My iPrayer to Steve Jobs

Posted on Wednesday, 2011-Oct-12th by ralph

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 … Continue reading →

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KD like it’s 1999!

Posted on Wednesday, 2011-Apr-20th by ralph

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 … Continue reading →

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