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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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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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Magpie coming back!

Posted on Thursday, 2011-Apr-14th by ralph

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 … Continue reading →

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Google Streetview in Calgary Peculuarities

Posted on Wednesday, 2009-Oct-7th by ralph

Google Streetview for Calgary got released today. I ended up blowing away more time at work looking at this that I should have, but oh well, it’s not every day that Streetview gets released for your city, and being a … Continue reading →

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Canon T1i review

Posted on Sunday, 2009-Sep-6th by ralph

I bought the Canon Digital Rebel T1i, the 10-22mm Canon lens and the 70-200 F4 L lens + 1.4 extender, along with the kit lens, 18-55mm. Having previously owed the original digital Canon Rebel, I found my T1i to be … Continue reading →

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Meta Phography Equipment Review – Canon focus

Posted on Tuesday, 2009-Jul-14th by ralph

def: meta Something of a higher or second-order kind – AskOxford.com Or, this is a review about review sites. Specifically, photography equipment review sites.

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Wacom Tabet saving my wrist so far this spring

Posted on Tuesday, 2009-Apr-14th by ralph

I got a Wacom tablet this spring to help stave off carpel tunnel on my mousing wrist. I was expecting to use it only for drawing site maps, where the continual mousing all day drawing was becoming a strain. I … Continue reading →

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1TB External eSATA/USB unit @ $150

Posted on Thursday, 2009-Mar-26th by ralph

‘Ya know, having to buy computer stuff for work means you end up buying a lot more stuff for yourself. But based on the previous 2 days happenings, I think I have a pretty good excuse. Besides, $150/TB of external … Continue reading →

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My Style of Webcomics

Posted on Wednesday, 2008-Dec-24th by ralph

I don’t know why I’m not big into the Calgary comic expo, because I do like comics. I attended in 2008, and mostly went for the SF BSG, and ST:TOS guests. But for the comic part of the convention? Meh. … Continue reading →

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