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.

Traffic jams you won’t see in Calgary

Posted on Thursday, 2007-May-24th by ralph

Exploding whale stops traffic in Tainan, Taiwan Well, there is only so bad that traffic can get in Calgary. At least we don’t have to contend with whales in transport exploding on the Deerfoot. Although the concrete truck I saw … Continue reading →

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Oh what a site nature and man hath wrought

Posted on Sunday, 2007-May-20th by ralph

Every once in a while I see something from the window of my house that make me run and and get a camera. I had stepped out onto my deck to take a look at the colors of the setting … Continue reading →

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Now that’s photo irony

Posted on Thursday, 2007-May-17th by ralph

So I suddenly find my self being asked permission to use my photos on some small media site, (nowpublic.com) in an article about a grandmother who was legally strong-armed by Syncrude to pull photos she had taken. I decided to … Continue reading →

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Calgary the Cosmopolitan City

Posted on Tuesday, 2007-May-15th by ralph

Since I’m posting this rant on Flickr’s discussion boards, I’ll blog it as well, cuz, well, it’s too good not to blog as well. — Personally, I want the “cosmopolitan” character we have now with about half the people. I’m … Continue reading →

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Dirty Blonde + Halloween brew = goodness

Posted on Monday, 2007-May-14th by ralph

I remember when Melvin/Bug/Zarq brewed “Hi Honey I’m Drunk” and “Black Hole Brew”. Individually, they had serious flaws (sickly sweet and bitter beer face bitter) but together, they were something fantastical. Well, I have discovered my own version thereof. My … Continue reading →

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Dirty Blonde dissapoints

Posted on Tuesday, 2007-Apr-17th by ralph

My current home brew I have just started drinking dubbed “Dirty Blonde” has been a bit of a disappointment. It comes off with a strong lemon flavor, finishing on a grapefruit note, minimal hop flavor. The left over yeast has … Continue reading →

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A Tail of Two Cities

Posted on Friday, 2007-Apr-13th by ralph

Okay, this isn’t exactly about two “cities”, Fort Saskatchewan (hens forth, “The Fort” as the locals like to abbreviate) is not exactly a city, but close enough when talking about “small cities” (15K as of 2006) compared to Sarnia, of … Continue reading →

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New levels of bandwidth abuse

Posted on Thursday, 2007-Mar-29th by ralph

A while back when web pages were new, you had bandwidth hogs – people who designed web pages that were too large for their own good. One of the “tricks” used was to use an image to display text, when … Continue reading →

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Why use Gmail video?

Posted on Wednesday, 2007-Feb-28th by ralph

I’ve been using Gmail for a bit, as a secondary account. Now, Gmail is now available to anyone and their dog. The engineers have made a video, telling you why you might want to use Gmail: Why Use Gmail? video … Continue reading →

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Darwin Awards emails: Good Idea or Tool of Satan?

Posted on Wednesday, 2007-Feb-7th by ralph

Darwin Awards – anyone who has had internet access for the last ten years must surely know about them. In the last month I have received two emails regarding this year’s Darwin Awards. One was a link to the Darwin … Continue reading →

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