The Jacob Harris Shrine

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Hello from the island

2008-08-16T11:02:00.008-04:00

I am currently staying in ile perrot, an island off of montreal, it is a very nice area with stores, cafes and all of the other essential utilities within close reach of where I am staying. I purchased a number of things at the mall, at which there are many sales and low prices, I am glad that they have more urban elements here, while still remaining residential.

2008-07-16T15:18:00.008-04:00

2008-07-06T20:29:00.002-04:00

Montreal Fireworks Competition Korea Videos

2008-07-05T23:39:00.005-04:00

I just attended the Montreal Fireworks Competition, today was the korean entry. I brought my digital camera and got to work making videos, I am quite impressed by my cameras video capabilities, compared to other cameras. I may attend next saturday as well. In any case, more videos coming soon! Stay tuned.

The mighty mice of quebec city

2008-07-02T23:40:00.006-04:00

I have been consistently carrying my camera with me in my jacket pocket, I personally find this extremely efficient as I have it with my everywhere, everytime. Here is my latest selection of photos, I am also looking forward to taking photos during my vacation, which is starting on the 26th of july. I have been buying a lot of things recently, since I now have a consistent income. I am going to be buying a mighty mouse on friday, it is compatible with PC, and when I get a mac in a few more months or so I will have the mouse to go with it already. But after this week I will mostly just save my pay so that I will have enough spending money to enjoy my vacation thoroughly, I am paid weekly, rather than bi-weekly, which is a good thing, also I am paid cash, so I am more inclined to spend like I have been, as I am a bit in debt. I personally like the freedom and mobility of having just enough possessions to fit into a backpack and suitcase, I tend to actually get agitated when I have too much.

I am not able to get that much sleep lately, I have been feeling somewhat depressed, and leaning towards more immediate materialistic pleasures, although, I find that overall, that is the only kind of happiness that I have mostly.

Im campaigning in the champagne.

2008-06-24T11:46:00.005-04:00

I feel that it was quite a wise decision to buy this new camera as now I am taking many more photos. I will post more later today.

I have been following the american elections, online mostly, since I don't own a television, which is likely a good thing since it becomes an obsessive habit after a while, I can watch news clips and TV online though, as well as download or rent films and shows. The democratic elections alone were interesting, since it could either mean the first woman as president, or the first colored man as president. It will be interesting to see Obamas campaign as president, rather than solely as a senator, or democratic Nominee.

It is Saint-John the Baptist day in quebec, personally I am not much of a fan of any of these minor national holidays, or holidays like Halloween. I am getting a day off work today though, but there is nothing really going on in particular, there are fireworks on saturday, perhaps I will take photos or videos, since my new camera is capable of making videos as well, which is a plus, considering that certain things are best to be recorded in motion, and Digital Camcorders seem to start at several hundred dollars, and so for the price I paid for this camera I get both a miniature camcorder and the digital camera, (which camcorders do as well, but it is good to have both with me at all times, which I can do since it fits into my pants pocket comfortably.) I am looking forward to posting some videos at some point soon, on youtube.

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The latest

2008-06-17T16:20:00.005-04:00

I have been quite busy lately, I have started working again, to get some extra cash mostly, it is part-time, but I find it enjoyable and a kind of work which is not very stressful, as I can proceed at my own pace etc.

I purchased another digital camera, a small pocket model, which is useful as I can now walk around everywhere with a small unobtrusive and inexpensive camera in my pant or jacket pocket, and still be able to take good photos, I am quite impressed by it, considering the low price (about 100$ CAD) and the specs and features (8mpx, 3.5x zoom, 2.5" screen etc) So now I have a convenient expendable camera that I can use daily and that I do not have to worry about. I bought it online, and so I only paid a fraction of the retail price.

I am going to quebec city during the construction holiday in the last half of july. I have never been there before, I am looking forward to going, also I am going to be able to experience the 400th anniversary which is supposedly a once in a lifetime occasion.

2008-06-16T01:24:00.001-04:00

I can't sleep at all these days, I have headaches, and my mind is always so active. Here are some photos.

They better make a combo bed/sofa/ironing-board one of these days!!

2008-05-17T03:21:00.001-04:00

2008-05-17T02:30:00.001-04:00

I have been away for a good deal of time, not altogether, but cybernetically and internationally I certainly seem to have been. Lately I have mostly been thinking and writing, apart from that however, not too much else. I am planning to see a film in the cinema on sunday, and in the summer I will probably visit quebec city, as I have never been there before, despite its close proximity to montreal, and the ease at which one can actually get there.

I have not been engaging in much photography work lately, mostly just photos of items that I am selling online, on ebay/ craigslist etc. I have essentially just been liquidating much of my old junk, not so much for a bit of extra cash but more just to get more space and in a sense gain a feeling of non-attachment.

I find it somewhat ridiculous and somewhat perverse how the computer and technology industries pour billions of dollars into an industry, or conglomerate of industries, which has essentially become purely hedonist, in that often these new creations are just improvements over previous extravagances etc. All the while, other sections of the worlds industries or elements, such as health care, and related items which are effectively necessities, not to mention warring and death, near-famines etc, which are not being attended to. The initial concept of capitalism was essentially that the needs of society would drive economic growth, however that has become so that the exorbitant desires and wants of society drive economic growth to unprecedented proportions, and in the end causing inequality overall.

It is unfortunate that my bicycle is actually inoperable right now, after having the repair estimate at around 120-130$, I might be willing to spend the money if it was absolutely necessary, but I will probably just wait a few months or so.

I am actually interested in buying a mac laptop, however beforehand I would like to sell this machine though, for around 400$, I have in fact put it up online for sale.

Monotony, monotony,

2008-04-22T18:52:00.000-04:00

I have been very busy lately, mostly just trying to catch up on things. I should blog more though, or put up some of my actual writing. I have been reading a lot, I have such a great number of unread items, I am just trying to dig through that.

I have also found that lately I have just been very depressed and agitated. Not outwardly, not caused or triggered by anything. Just a generalized sensation, there are reasons though, but none which can be sufficiently articulated, to anybody, anybody who lacks similar experience. It would be difficult to even sum it up, let alone accurately describe and articulate it.

I hope that I will be able to get some more things done this summer, things that are actually productive, and which have some intent behind them, at least some intent.

2008-04-12T19:45:00.001-04:00

Over and over again......

2008-04-08T16:05:00.000-04:00

I haven't blogged in some time, I should, and with frequency, and with more direction than right now. I have been reading a number of magazines, including walrus, utne and Harpers. I was quite surprised upon receiving the first one, however I discovered that I actually got a free trial subscription, I have been offered a number of these lately, including to The Economist, personally though I prefer the monthly or bi-monthly magazines, rather than weekly or even more frequent ones, if it is a monthly one then it is easier for them to include everything of interest- and nothing else into the magazine, I find that the weekly ones are too short, or have too little interesting information, in short, my criticisms of the weekly ones are greater and more frequent than those of monthly ones.

I have recently purchased a cell phone, something I have been hesitant about for literally years, since I have heard about the sometimes exorbitant prices, actually I set up a pay-as-you-go plan, since that way you literally get what you pay for, and is easier to monitor, and is (for people like me who make very few, if any, calls) cheaper.

Summer seems to be rolling in now, montreal has no in-between state, not really, not like other places, right now I am uncomfortable with even a light windbreaker on, but then, I find that I have a relatively low sensitivity to the temperature, compared to some other people. I am hoping that I will take more photos, and blog more, and writing, not just photos. I will be more inclined to do this since I will be bicycling again, and so will have easier access to all parts of the city, to a certain degree that is. I am looking forward to it.

I will blog some more later, on the magazines that I have read (and when I am finished those I am currently in the process of reading) but for now, adios.

2008-03-25T23:31:00.000-04:00

Beginning of spring, events, randomized.

2008-03-12T17:23:00.000-04:00

Well it looks like spring is finally on the way, I find that today was a good example of that fact, I enjoyed taking the photos last time, I will post more photos once I sort through what I've got, what I have taken etc. Actually I am looking forward to the summer, I find it more free, without the impediments of the snow, the necessity of using public transportation, the cold etc. One can get about just by bicycling, I personally like to exist minimally, with just a few things, almost enough to carry with me everything of value I own, just necessities, it makes one more free, rather than less, later on I would like to travel a lot, or rather more, I appreciate the diversity that one can experience, by doing so, more so than if one remains rooted, I do not like to be rooted.

I have been reading Sun After Dark, by Pico Iyer, it is a fictionalization of current events and his interpretation of foreign cultures. It is enjoyable as a novel as well, and is written with surprising eloquence and complexity, his use of other references is quite unique as well.

I find that time passes by so quickly these days, I manage to get quite a lot done, but still, time seems to pass by at a break-neck speed, to exaggerate a bit.

I would like to see more films in the cinema, although I manage to see a lot on DVD's either rented or borrowed from the library etc. Not very much is playing right now though that particularly intrigues me though, the last film I saw was P.T. Anderson's "there will be blood", I have liked the one or two others by him that I have seen, and this was not a disappointment. (although this is old news by now, I cant remember if I really mentioned it)

Well Obama won the Mississippi primary regaining some well-needed momentum after clintons success of the texas and ohio primaries, it is an interesting race (or battle) to observe, not only is it just two politicians, it is a man and woman, black and white persons. To quote another news source, Obama is more an embodiment of inspiration, whilst Clinton has experience. It is also, therefore, a battle between experience and inspiration. So what will Americans choose? Inspiration or experience. Personally I have not been much of a fan of Hillary's techniques and practices, I respect Obama, his attitude, his position. His techniques and tactics. Whichever one wins, the results will be interesting. The US in my opinion needs to focus on internal and domestic issues though, and step off the "world stage" so to speak. Although I don't follow US news stories or anything that much.

PS: As you can see from my (imperfect and incomplete) background photo in the title, I am attempting to make things seem a little more lively here.

End of season, mile-end, photographs, snow and this afternoon

2008-03-10T18:40:00.000-04:00

Whew, march already! This afternoon I took a little trip out to the section of montreal, mile-end, on a little photo expedition, the resulting shots are posted here. (Gah! Damn blogger, my photos won't upload... Ill have to use imageshack)

I first hung out for a few hours in the Navarino cafe, for some coffee, it is cold today, not freezing, but cold, for some reason though it feels like the season is ending, and with the clocks springing ahead, it feels even more so. I then walked around the area for a while taking photos, a lot of photos, more than I have taken for months in fact, montreal really is nice in the winter, I should go on little expeditions like this more. I also passed by the popular Open Da Nite cafe, a hang-out of sorts, unfortunately a bit too popular, I had glanced inside a couple times to see if there were any (non-existent) free tables. Anyways here are the results, I enjoyed this very much myself, I would like to do this far more frequently, and with the upcoming spring and warmer weathers that is all the more likely.

Dull drone of bumblebees ricochets off thimbles

2008-02-24T17:09:00.000-05:00

Recently it has just been the same things monotonously repeating and rotating, without much of the qualities of something particularly "notable", I have just been reading and writing a lot, true it is interesting, but it takes up a lot of time, and it is just essentially the same acts repeating.

Actually there have been a lot of birthdays recently, Including mine and my room-mate's, and my god-father, which have provoked a bit of celebration.

I have been renting a number of films from several video stores, the montreal national library, perhaps I will write reviews on them on here.

I have recently purchased a 250GB external Hard Drive, for about 125$ CAD, I was in serious need of one, considering all of my written work on this laptop, and my photographs, music, videos etc. (Too numerous to copy onto multiple DVD's) also the age of my laptop is a factor, although I do hope that it will last a few more years at least, since I don't really want to have to get a new one, but fortunately I insured it for an additional 3 years after the first default company warranty, so, yeah.

I should do more photography work, I bring my camera with me wherever I go, but I always just got to the same few cafes, or do the same things. Actually in the winter I find that I drink more coffee since it warms me up, and it is nice to observe rather than be immersed in the cold and snow outside.

the recent not-so-interesting fairly routine happenings

2008-01-13T15:08:00.000-05:00

Sorry for not blogging for so long, I will update this post later once I've uploaded my latest photos etc. (I would do this write now, but I unfortunately left the memory card reader device at home)

I have been busy reading a load of magazines lately, mostly news and related subjects. I read a number of interesting articles (which I'll go into later) as well as a lot of books, which I have been unable to catch up with the rate at which I was buying them, mostly because I just found great deals on them and bought them.

I have been writing a lot lately as well, I find that these days, more than before, I am able to think up things to write, it just flows out of me more easily, without stagnating along the way, although I'm not so sure if thats much of a scientific explanation for it. My amount of time that I can focus on individual things is rather small, although that depends on what it is, my degree of interest etc. What I mean is, that when I start something I find that I gradually, or eventually lose interest, either completely or partially, so I find that I write mostly smaller fragments, and short things.

I have been taking a few pictures lately, in fact on the way to this cafe I did, although I have to keep at that more, just dedicate an entire length of time to taking photos.

Wi-fi cafes often charge per hour of time,(or day) which is somewhat irksome, as it (the service) can be obtained 100% free (and just as easily) in other places, I dont have the most efficient connection at my home, for more intensive things, so for those ever so slightly more intensive things I have to go out to wi-fi hotspots, or whatever else they are called.

I have been reading the Life of Pi by Yann Martel, which is eccentric while at the same time quite ordinary in plot, I have only really started it, but the small amount that I have read is quite multi-layered a rich in content.

I would like to visit Vancouver someday, just to "explore" it, there are many parts of canada that I have not been too, well, actually I have only really been in two cities of canada.

Montreal (in my opinion) consists of 4 different types of neighbourhood: downtown, rich residential areas (west island, westmount, anyplace predominantly populated by houses rather than apartments) suburbs (like mile end, the plateau) and then areas under construction or that do not fit into the above categories. (Basically Miscellaneous) Having this blend is nice, as each neighborhood is different, and good in its own unique way. Milwaukee only really had the downtown area, and the richer residential areas, (which was, to my pleasure, where I was staying) and these two types of neighborhood are all sort of split up by empty space and highways, it is good if you have a car, but otherwise it is difficult to get around, as all of the convenient stores and shops and whatever else is all spread out, and there is no public transportation system worth mentioning apart from a scarce few buses. But as I said, excellent if one has a car.

Happy (Hopefully) new year!!

2007-12-31T22:31:00.000-05:00

Happy new year! I am amazed by how time has flown, I am looking forward to what 2008 has in store for us. Hopefully a fun, constructive, and positive year.

I have been writing far more than before, this past month or so, good, as I enjoy it and I find that it is a good outlet for my ideas, thoughts etc. I am referring too my own personal writing, fiction, short stories etc.

I have also been working on my French a lot, reading French magazines, articles, Le Devoir etc. I have been somewhat lax with my work on it for quite a while, unfortunate as this is a french-speaking province and all that.

Later this week I will work on some photography, mostly of the plateau, mountain etc. Whatever I cross paths with that happens to be of photographic value.

I also saw my dad again, at Cafe Navarino, where I had cake and chatted, which I enjoyed. A very nice cafe, good cakes, coffee etc.

Quote from UTNE, on military-civilian relations in universities etc.

2007-12-31T22:08:00.000-05:00

I have been reading the latest edition of UTNE Reader, of which has a number of interesting points and articles, one of those which I found particularly interesting was the article "Civic Casualties, Better military policy starts with educating civilians." In particular the following quotes. (pg 8-9)

"Unlike in decades past, few politicians have served in military combat. Meanwhile, the citizenry empowered with electing these leaders knows little of its military's history or the challenges soldiers face on the contemporary battlefield."

"David A. Bell, a history professor at John Hopkins University, writes in the New Republic (May 7, 2007) that military history is all but absent from todays college curricula. Harvards History department, for instance, has no military specialists; of the 85 history courses on its roster last spring, only 2 focused on war."

"University of Texas professor David L. Leal pointed out that a number of Ivy League schools have eliminated their Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC)"

"Historically ROTC brought civilians and officers-in-training closer together- or at least exposed the two groups to one another."

Along with a collection of surprising military statistics, this article was really an interesting read for me. Why not display our soldiers to our citizens more freely? Why not allow us to become more educated on their lives and circumstances etc?And these are major universities! After all, our citizens vote for the politicians who largely control the military, whilst we do not really have much knowledge on their history etc. A relevant subject to know about certainly, but then we would think differently and might not elect the people who focus so much on war, military, weapons etc, which they would certainly not want, as it would drastically change our opinions and decisions. (UTNE Reader is an american magazine.)

I like UTNE Reader, many of its issues contain a variety of interesting points on various subjects, and a large amount of informative articles. I do not read it as regularly as some magazines, rather only occasionally, when there are articles that I think are worth reading, and are of interest to me.

Montreal Winter 2007

2007-12-15T20:09:00.000-05:00

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A portrait that a friend took of me....

Books, rainy day,

2007-11-15T11:24:00.001-05:00

Well its a really rainy day down here in montreal here today, unfortunately I somewhat got ambushed by it on my way back home yesterday, it was looking so clear and nice out that it was unthinkable that it would rain, so I didn't bring my umbrella. But today I have, so its quite comfortable. Montreal weather is so unpredictable and polarised, ranging from snow-storms, to blazing hot summers with massive heat waves. Personally I prefer the winter, better too cold than too hot is my philosophy, illogical though it may be.

I have been reading so much lately, library books, I must renew them tomorrow, I have been reading a book on how schools miseducate its students on society, the true state of the world, the flaws in the public schools methods etc. Very interesting, I have also been reading a variety of other novels, mostly fiction, I have been enjoying them.

I have been also been writing a lot more, unfortunately not so much on my blog as you can tell by the large gaps between my posts, but more in my journal, and I have also been writing some fiction work of my own, not so much longer forms, more just snippets of larger ideas I have had, unfortunately it is rather disorganised and random, I must stick to individual things that I start, a bad habit or tendency that I have sometimes.

I will be dropping by the national library later, to pick up some films, some books, and perhaps some music, they have an incredible collection there, but when it comes to films, I need to find a good place to rent films from, the places that I am members of are more just pop-fiction type films, blockbuster, videoself, etc.

I will check out some second-hand clothing stores later today, I need to prepare for the winter, and above all get a new coat. Although that I will buy new.

I really shouldn't have brought my computer in the rain, but the best thing about having a nylon bag is its rain-repelling properties.

Anyways. I have to read a bit now, perhaps I'll get a sandwich or something for lunch or something.

November, some photos

2007-11-11T20:01:00.001-05:00

Here are some photographs from over the summer and from recently. It is getting very cold very fast , its hard to believe that its already november, the days in which I wore shorts and sandals seems like just yersterday. Today was, my last day of bicycling till next spring. I'll be getting around via metro from now on, starting tomorrow, despite the obvious issues of the climate, I am actually looking forward to the winter, whenever I think of Montreal, montreal downtown, montreal streets, montreal cafes, montreal apartments, I always imagine them as being covered in a thick layer of snow (well excluding the interior of the cafes, of course!). I will be doing some shopping for a new winter coat next weekend, my current one is old, and not much in the way of style.

I saw my dad today, at his apartment. I picked up the gloves that I had forgotten at the cafe we were at the other day, had lunch, drank tea, chatted, etc. I had a bit of a surprise at some point when I was there actually, he gave me an excellent computer backpack, his old one, the strap is technically "broken", but is tied. I had been intending to get one for a while, there was one of decent quality at bureau engros that I had my eye on, but this one is just as good, even better since it was free. My old one was not an actual computer backpack, so would break sooner or later, was small, and was old (6 years) a good backpack though, as I had jam packed it with so much, but anyways I'll shut up about backpacks for now though. He also gave me "The Idiot" By Fyodor Dostoevsky, and a computer keyboard. The book was by an author of which I have read several publications previously, but of which I have enjoyed, the few that I've read that is.

I have been reading the 2 dozen or so books that I have from the library, (well, two or three libraries) not all at once of course, but a few at a time.

My dad put his film that he had done for his university degree, on youtube. I had seen it once before at the concordia cinema place. But that was several years ago, and I didn't really remember anything of it.

Anyways. I have to make myself a bit of a supper, I'll blog again sometime soon.

Our future generations

2007-10-22T16:46:00.000-04:00

Well its been a while since I last actually wrote something on here hasn't it? Right now I'm in la croissanterie cafe on ste-catherine. I have been coming here in the afternoon very often these days, after school etc.

I was walking through my neighbourhood the other night, and I started contemplating the various behaviours of the younger people living here. In this town at least, there is a good deal of illegal activity, like shop-lifting, drug use, smoking under-age, vandalism etc, etc. Many of these acts are carried out by children/teens, in fact when I was walking I noticed a boy in the convenience store pocketing a drink. All of this is obviously due to lazy parenting, but it makes me really wonder about how this will be affecting the future of our world, what I mean to say, is that if children are brought up with the ideas that all of this is good, and develop a callous disrespect for our environment and society etc, then how will this affect things later on? True not everybody does these various things, but later on people will be far more aggressive towards other people most likely.

Also the things which parents introduce to their children, such as violent games (which would develop more aggression in them) and various other things, might indeed affect them more than it seems.

Anyway, just some thoughts of mine, lets get back to me now...

I had the pleasure of attending a friends wedding yesterday. There was a sort of theme in the whole setup: medieval times. There were decorations similar to a castle, and costumes like what I imagine a knight would wear etc. It was much more fun than a simple church wedding, it took place in a restaurant in old montreal, quite a nice restaurant as well, the food that I ate afterwards was delicious. I didn't stay for the dancing though, but that didnt make too much of a difference to me.

I wore my suit and tie, an outfit which I don't wear often, so it was fun to have an opportunity to do so. Also the newly wed couple are moving to my neighbourhood, so I will be seeing much more of them.

Anyways, I will get back to my books and coffee now, hopefully I will be blogging again sometime soon!

2007-10-14T17:35:00.000-04:00

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2007-09-26T17:19:00.000-04:00

Hi, I'm back. At least for now. I've just biked over to a cafe in mile end.

I've began bicycling more, In a small city like montreal its very efficient, considering that you can find bikes second-hand for about a hundred dollars. This bike was actually a gift, I am lucky to have such a good one. I haven't used it all summer, now I bike almost every day.

I've jut bought 5 new books at the book store S.W. Welch, on St-Viateur, when I picked up a few bagels. I regret that I bought so many new ones, as I could get them for a quarter the price, at the same condition.

I've been writing more lately as well, I had had a stressful period of time earlier in the summer and had stopped for a while.

I've been doing a bit of photography as well, I carry my camera wherever I go these days.

Its still very warm here actually, it was 29 degrees yesterday, It has been raining a lot though.

Tomorrow I'm going to go shopping for a new winter coat, the old one is all worn after several years of wear and tear.

I like the open da night/ cafe olympico on st viateur street, I had checked it out the other day, and when I arrived there I realised that I had actually been there years ago with my dad.

At some point soon, maybe around christmas I will buy a new printer and speakers, my old speakers broke and I want a multifunction printer, because of the scanning features which are useful for me. I saw some good deals on multifunction units at the computer store.

Hello from the coffee shop

2007-08-28T16:30:00.000-04:00

Well here I am blogging from a new nearby internet cafe. I'm glad it opened since there used to actually be no cafes with Wi-Fi nearby where I live. Its quite a nice little cafe too, and the coffee is good. Its a bit on the pricey side, only slightly though.

I've been taking more photos recently, more specifically macro photography as seen from my last couple of posts. Perhaps I'll buy a macro lens, though they are a bit past my budget (600$ for 50mm, 800$ for 100mm) but the stock 18-55mm lens is really a bad lens.

I have a very large collection of books, actually the count is somewhere between 150 and 200, (I used to be obsessed) I'm planning to sell them on eBay sometime soon, a few are used, most are new, I'm just amazed at how large that the collection got, I had thought that I only had like 50-60. I also have a Lexar CF Card reader, Logitech QuickCam Pro 5000, and several other miscellaneous books.

I just bought an all-in-one card reader/USB hub thing from the store, since I have several cameras all taking entirely different memory cards, and since I just hate the included photo software, at least with non-canon cameras, the canon software is actually pretty good, when it comes to free beginners photo software that is.

Winter is coming pretty soon, well maybe not that soon, but its closer than it was a month ago, I am more of a winter person than a summer person, not that I cant stand summer, I just enjoy the snow etc. This summer seems to have gone by so fast, I find it hard to believe that its already near the end of august, some of the summer was very dull, some of it was enjoyable and some of it was just hectic.

I really need to buy an external hard drive for this computer, 100GB's just isn't cutting it! I'll probably get something like a 500GB, for all my photos, (shot in RAW and at 8MPX) and my huge music collection, most of which is on DVD's.

By the way, I also just got a new haircut, its been like 3 months since my last one. I like this new style.

Well anyway, goodbye, I'll blog again soon.

PS: gahh! I hate this keyboard, the keys are too small and flat, I keep on hitting the wrong keys. :(

2007-08-07T19:41:00.001-04:00

Photos at Montmorency Laval Metro station

2007-07-22T17:57:00.001-04:00

The People in the station

Thoth Harris

More updates

2007-07-22T16:09:00.000-04:00

Another post, and within 24 hours of the last one too! Looks like I really am getting back to blogging.

Today an English language student named George is arriving, he'll be staying here for a month or so. He is arriving from Madrid, Spain, actually he's a bit late as he was supposed to arrive at 3:30, and it's now 4:14 (PM) and he still hasn't arrived. One good thing about him coming (not the only one though) is that I can participate in the activities, and trips to other parts of Canada, such as Niagra falls.

I started learning golf in milwaukee, with a friend of my aunt's. I have a set of gold clubs myself, and I was interested in learning how to actually play it, as my friend Jordan plays it and I might want to go golfing with him at some point. Actually, Jordan is on vacation in Nova Scotia right now, I haven't actually been there myself, maybe someday...

Right now Im actually starting to wish that Ie had a smaller laptop, like a 12, or 14 inch. This 15" is actually quite heavy, and I prefer to travel light. I also might want to get a small pocket camera as well.

various updates

2007-07-21T19:15:00.001-04:00

hmm well its been a very long time since I last blogged isnt it!

I recently went on my summer holiday to my aunts house in milwaukee. I stayed at they're house for 2 weeks. Milwaukee is actually a really nice little town. I visited the zoo and various museums. My aunt and uncles new house is really nice, in a nice area as well, and nicely furnished as well. I meant to blog when I was over there but they only had dial-up, which I didnt want to torture myself with, also there were no internet cafes within walking distance.

My dad has gotten back in montreal and rented an apartment. I've seen him a couple times so far, also the other day I visited the new metro station in Laval. It was a bit of a disappointment, not just because it was raining (although I could have walked somewhere if it wasn't) but the Laval buses are expensive, and the area around the metro was boring. I'll upload my pictures of the station once I retrieve my camera from my backpack.

Hmm the new blogger feature that automatically saves your drafts is irritating, the cursor skips a few sentences back when it auto-saves.

Now that I'm back I miss my aunt and uncles satellite TV, although I guess that if I had it here, I'd be wasting a lot of time watching it.

2007-07-18T19:22:00.001-04:00

Hello again!

2007-04-04T20:56:00.000-04:00

Well its been quite a while since I last blogged. Winter is fighting a losing battle against spring right now, and the temperatures are ranging from +13 to -5 or so.

I've recently sold a bunch of old books, video tapes, a laptop bag and some other junk, and made a bit of money. I also have several large book collections that Im planning to sell online or something, sometime soon.

I need to get taking more pictures. Its just that the weather has been rather unpredictable so far. I did however go to a dog kennel with my photo tutor to take pictures. It was in fact quite interesting, and there were a lot of dogs when I went.

I have been using Photoshop CS3 these days. The new version sports some interesting new features, Its still in beta though. I know however that its supposed to be released sometime this coming summer, there will be two editions of it. One of which supports 3 dimensional editing or something. It looks promising.

I'll post some recent pictures later this week.

Photos at Mount Royal with Rebel XT

2007-03-05T12:12:00.000-05:00

Last Wednesday I went up with my photo tutor up to Mount Royal. I took a bunch of shots, all with my 75-300mm Lens.

I just got a new keyboard yesterday. Its a Microsoft Ergonomic. I really like it. I got it free from a friend. He wanted to get rid of it because one of the little legs on the bottom was broken off. But I dont use those anyway. Ive just got to get a PS2-USB adapter and Ill be able to use it with my laptop.

Friday Post

2007-02-16T18:58:00.000-05:00

Sorry. No photo's right now. I haven't been taking any photos lately. To be honest Im not much of a fan of winter photography. And its been too cold lately to go out with a camera. I dont mind the snow. Its the cold I dont like. And January/February tend to be the coldest months over here.

I downloaded an Antivirus for my laptop. It's avast! Antivirus. Its free. Doesn't take much resources and works really well at catching virus's. I actually wasn't using one before this. Mainly because I didn't have internet.

I am not having any problems with my new internet connection. Its working flawlessly. As is the router. I really like the speed as well. It actually runs as well as the company said it does.

I am now using Windowblinds again. After my last debacle with the program I've been somewhat hesitant to use it. However I am now using it full-time on my notebook. The skin Im using is called "Moonflower" Its a really lovely Windows Vista based skin made my Kaye Irene. With Transparencies, and stuff.

My money is running very low. Ive spent all of it on my camera equipment and other items. I'd really like to get a small under-the-table job somewhere. Just to make a bit of cosistent money.

I've been seeing Vista in all the big computer stores. I'm not going to try to get it for quite a while though as its just been released so they'll probably be some bugs. And also my laptop isn't really Vista capable. I dont care much for it actually, I like Mac OS X, my next laptop will definintely be a mac, and I'll probably be able to run it on one of the new macbooks anyway.

School is going well. I'm pretty tired these days though, so Im often drifting off while I'm working, not paying full attention etc.

I've been downloading lots of music off limewire. I just got Pro. Its really a lot speedier than the basic version. Im also using BitComet, as my torrent client.

Jacob Harris is now back online!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-02-08T18:28:00.000-05:00

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FInally im back!!!

And this time its not just an internet cafe. I am currently using my very own dsl internet connection!!!!

My photography tutor is going to new york today. So I wont be able to see her till the 20th.

I am trying out Adobe Photoshop CS3. It looks nice so far. Nice new UI updates. I just installed it today so i have yet to use any of the new features it offers...

I'll be posting more photo's tonight. Of the city, as requested by thoth in the last posts comments. Once I convert the RAW photo's into JPEG's that is.

I went to the biodome on tuesday. It was really fun. I took a few photos. I didn't end up with anything spectacular, but some were interesting.

I've gotten more interested in lighting and portrait photography. I've been taking more portraits recently.

Fire shot

2007-02-04T15:47:00.000-05:00

Finally! Photos from the bloggers Rebel XT!!!!!

2007-02-04T15:19:00.000-05:00

These photos are macro shot that I took at my photography tutors apartment of oranges and her Clivia (a flower that only flowers on christmas. And is indiginous to south africa.)

All of these are taken with my Canon Rebel XT. And with 18-55mm III lens

Its the bloggers birthday!!!

2007-02-01T15:41:00.000-05:00

Its my birthday! I am now 13 years old...

I have gotten a canon 75-300mm telephoto lens for my canon rebel xt... It was 180$. Second hand. So no tax.

I haven't been taking many photos lately because the weather over here is pretty cold...

I've bought a router. All i need now is an internet connection. Bell is taking longer than expected. Apparently because we're using rogers. They have to do some extra work befor ethey can set up the service or something.

I've gotten a manfrotto tripod for my camera as well. My mother bought it for me as a birthday gift...

Im using wi-fi at an internet cafe right now... Its nice because there are 2 net cafes nearby where i live...

One of my few and very infrequent posts...

2007-01-20T15:27:00.000-05:00

I have got a new canon rebel xt... i love it so much....

I am so frustrated that my internet has been down for so long. It really sucks.... I am not up-to-date with anything and im not talking to anyone....

And i dont have an unlimited amount of money to spend on internet cafes....

I got a sharp 20" LCD TV for christmas, as well as chocolate, some dvd's, some books and a number of other things including a new swivel chair for my bedroom...

I really am going to try to get a new internet connection some time very soon.... Its like being in prison....!!!

My dad is in montreal.... And because of my having no internet I didn't find out quickly.....

The blogger's back

2006-11-12T12:45:00.000-05:00

Well its been quite a long time since I last posted. Primarily because Ive been having problems with my internet connection.

I really love the new TV. Yes it has arrived. It arrived on wednesday afternoon, and I unpacked it and set it all up on thursday.

Im going to buy a new movie with my HMV Gift Card. I'm not sure which one yet though. I'll be getting it next friday.

The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 series of video cards has been released. It looks really amazing.

New TV!

2006-11-06T10:28:00.000-05:00

Well Ive just got the new TV!!! Its a Sony Trinitron 27" CRT flat-Screen Model... It isn't actually here yet because best buy will have to deliver it... It'll actually be here on wednesday. It is very nice.

Here is a link to the TV on the Sony Website

We got it with a three-year warranty. In total it was around 500$ CAD. It was an open-box product actually. So the price was significantly decreased...

I went taking some pictures a few days ago. But I haven't transferred them to my laptop yet... I'll take a few more when the weather gets nicer... Then I'll transfer them. I took a couple shots of some birds...

I have just downloaded Skype. I have used it to talk to my dad who is in taiwan. And talk to regular phones from my laptop.... I had used it before on my old computer. I had dial-up internet back then, so I really couldn't use it on such a connection. But I decided to download it again to see how it worked on my current, faster connection. I have been using a head-set with built-in mike to chat.

Wow. Really busy week...

2006-11-01T10:12:00.000-05:00

All of my days this week are going to be totally full... I wont be at home at all...

At the party yesterday I was helping hand out candy to the trick-or-treating kids. I also ate a pizza. I took some photos of the two cats that were there. They were brother and sister actually, but they certainly did not look similar... The female one was all black and the male one was striped, and spotted.... They were nice cats. Rather greedy though actually.

It would really be nice if blogger had emoticons... Sometimes I wish that I could use them.

I promise you that I will have some photo's posted on here by next week!!! When I was at the party yesterday my camera started showing the low-battery power indicator. So I got 4 new ones immediately afterwards. My camera accepts four standard AA-size alkaline batteries, or Ni-MH rechargeables. I had taken over 300 shots on those old batteries. With some LCD screen, and flash use...

It raining a lot when I had left yesterday night, but it had cleared up at around 6:00PM.

Its getting a lot colder now. However the sky and weather right now is really nice...

Im nearing my 200th post on my blog. Now there is the november archive... My blog has really been growing. I had started it at the end of march 2006.

New packaging for Office 2007 and Windows Vista...!

2006-11-01T09:59:00.000-05:00

On monday the Vista development team revealed the new office 2007 retail packaging.

This is a totally redesigned packaging totally unlike the standard CD case....

"Designed to be user-friendly, the new packaging is a small, hard, plastic container that's designed to protect the software inside for life-long use. It provides a convenient and attractive place for you to permanently store both discs and documentation.

The new design will provide the strength, dimensional stability and impact resistance required when packaging software today. Our plan is to extend this packaging style to other Microsoft products after the launch of Windows Vista and 2007 Office system." (Windows Vista developers on their blog.

Right now only MS Office 2007 Pro, Office Home 2007, Office Student 2007, Windows Vista Home Basic, Ultimate, and Business editions of vista have been revealed.

Happy Hallooween!!!

2006-10-31T15:10:00.000-05:00

Indeed. Happy Hallooween Everybody! (As well as happy last day of the month) So I will have another archive of blog posts... I wont be doing that much for hallooween actually, except for helping at someone elses party. Having a Pizza, and maybe a little else.

I really ought to go out and take some more pictures. Actually a couple of days ago it was incredibly windy. There had actually been a warning for small cars!!! I was almost blown over at some point. It lasted all day, and a bit of the next day. That was the worst wind that I've ever seen in montreal...

I actually prefer Pinnacle to Adobe Premiere pro etc. My current computer doesnt have enough RAM to edit HD movies though...

I intend to buy a cell phone at some point soon... The Motorola RAZR V3 looks really nice. Or perhaps a Nokia Model or Sony Ericson...I might want the ability to play MP3 music and take pictures. Most of them have those features now actually...

Stella hasn't been posting much on her blog lately. She has some nice pictures on there actually...

I really am a Canon fan when it comes to digital SLR's... They have a superior assortment of lenses...

10x zooms are really amazing. I was able to see the full capabilities of it when I took my pictures from the top of the mountain.. I was able to zoom in on something on the other side of the city, and see people walking around!!! Its really incredible.

I saw the Acer Aspire 9800 in future shop a couple days ago. That size of screen on a notebook is really amazing. But not practical in the slightest bit. It would be good though, if say, you were a gamer and you are travelling abroad for university and the only times that you would want to move it is when you're returning back home in the holidays... The speed was incredble though, (Intel Core Duo T2600) They had a game on there that I had run to see what the GFX and speed were like and I was really impressed... Im not sure how much it is though. Not that I would want to buy it. 'cause it weighs abut 20 pounds including the power adapter!!!

I really like the logitech Z-2300 2.1 200w Speakers. I checked them out at microbytes (on the very windy day). They cost about 135$ CAD plus tax. I was very impressed by the sound quality.

The attitude of people towards display products in stores is apalling. I saw that a lot of the computers there were showing signs of damage. And some of the pens for the PDA's and tablet PC's had been stolen, (a few examples) It really is ridiculous to steal the pens actually, as there would be no real use for them without the PDA itself. The damage is really pointless...

I really am looking forward to when I will have time to go to the mall. So that I can find a good TV to get. I am really busy most of the week actually, it will probably be on the weekend if something doesn't come up and if the weather is nice...

I have no paticular preference whne it comes to graphics cards. Although I am slightly more interested in nVidia. the GeForce 7950 GX2 is incredible. You can really see the difference that it makes... My prefered GeForce brands are ASUS, XFX, and BFGtech.

The weather isn't looking too nice out right now. The sky is really dreary. I think that it may rain.

Weekend

2006-10-28T10:10:00.000-04:00

Well its been a long time since I last posted. So heres my weekend Blog post...

Hallooween is coming soon. I've hallooweenized my desktop with a spooky icon pack, spooky WindowBlinds theme, spooky wallpaper, and a spooky logon......

Not too much has been happening. My photography tutor is still in sweden. She will probably be back next week.

I just participated in a study of music yesterday. I had to listen to music and stuff and answer questions for 3 hours. I got a gift certificate to some music store afterwards.

Im searching for a new TV at the mall on sunday. At Best Buy and dumoulin, and probably a few other stores as well. Most likely a flat-panel...

Its a very rainy day today, hopefully it won't rain tommorrow as well...

A microbytes outlet will be opening in Ontario!!! Its good that its expanding into other pars of canada. Its a really good store. All of the outlets are small, but they are all packed with good and up-to-date stuff. It also has very good prices. Its my favorite computer store, when it comes to components etc.

I wasn't on my computer yesterday because I was actually out all day. I left at 10:00AM and got back at about 9:00PM. And I was too tired afterwards to go onto the computer and blog.

I'll post some more pictures at some point. I may also try to take some videos on my camera. I can do that actually. With audio as well... Pretty decent quality even. And I have a decent-sized memory card to store the pictures.

I've suddenly gotten interested in whales. Humpback whales in particular. A really interesting species. I've been reading some articles on them. As well as Orcas and dolphins....

I've been chatting to my dad an Stella more recently. Mostly because I've been online far more.

Abandon Ship! Abandon Ship!

2006-10-15T19:04:00.000-04:00

I'm planning on selling my Fuji S5200 so that I can get the Canon Rebel XT. I've learnt about using the settings on more advanced cameras so i'm going to sell it so that I can move up to an SLR....

I like the way that the MacBook uses Magnets to hold down the lid instead of traditional latches. Its a really innovative design. And it seems to hold it down as well as the latches do.

I met my friend Nicholas in person last Sunday. (Not this one) We had been chatting over MSN for several months and we actually got to meet face-to-face then.

I like LowePro camera bags. I saw a Nova 4 AW yesterday and was really impressed. They make really great bags. I'll pick LowePro when i buy my next camera bag...

My photography tutor is going on a trip to Sweden for three weeks so I wont be seeing her for a while...

Its getting really quite cold over here. Ive taken out my winter clothes today...

Actually my TV broke today. It was an old CRT anyway. Next year I'll have a flat-panel. I like the Samsung flat-panel TV's. They're a bit more expensive than the others though I find. I'll be getting one thats between 20 and 30 inches.

Pictures from Downtown Montreal and mount-royal are finally here!

2006-10-12T16:25:00.000-04:00

News and updates

2006-10-04T20:06:00.000-04:00

JCXP has just got to 17,000 members. Thats a huge amount. But In my opinion it would be far better if there were more active members on the board.

Vistas network stack has been made faster. It makes BitTorrent work 10% faster. As well as improving all other network transfers. But this will also introduce a bunch of new bugs into vista...

CBS news filmed a short video of the upcoming Microsoft Zune being unpacked and demonstrated.The Zune is going to be launched on November 14th and will compete directly with the iPod. The player will feature a 30GB hard drive, however there are rumours that a 60GB and 120GB variant are going to be released in 2007.

Mr J Harris is back to blogging

2006-10-04T19:08:00.000-04:00

I'm going to the Montreal School Of Performing Arts (MSOPA) next wednesday. I'll be going for 10 weeks. I'm looking forward to it....

I visited the store L.L Lozeau and I am impressed! It has everything. Lighting equipment, tripods, printers, camcorders, flashes, monopods, camera bags and backpacks, cameras, lenses, flash brackets and lots more. Great prices too. They have the Rebel XT for 30$ less than the other camera store that I like. And it has a lot of camcorders. The staff is very helpful and friendly. I'm considering buying a digital DVD camcorder at some point. Probably a Canon DC-40, or DC-22. I also found the lens that I will buy for my next camera.

I got myself a flash bracket as well. It folds up and is really small and lightweight.

Well this is actually my first october post! Its amazing to think that its already the 4th actually!

And here is the camera stuff that I will buy soon!

-Canon EOS 30D dSLR
-Canon Speedlite 580EX flash
-Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM Lens w/ hood
-1 GB CF Card

Or

-Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT w/ 55mm Zoom lens
-Canon EF 75-300mm f/3-5.6 Telephoto Zoom lens
-1 GB CF Card
-Manfrotto Tripod

I really like that first config. I've tried out the 20D and 30D cameras before. And I had felt far more confortable with them than I had with the Rebel XT. The Rebel XT is just too small for my hands to confortably fit it. But if I cannot afford a 30D then I will buy a Rebel XT...

That 24-105mm lens is amazing. A really good quality lens.

Oh and take a look at this site: ClubAMD A new forum thats been created by a member of JCXP. I havn't joined it yet. But it looks nice...

I'll post a few more pictures soon, its just that its been so rainy and not at all nice weather. BUT the weather is supposed to be nice when I go out this coming weekend so I'll take some pics then, when I go apple-picking.

Rick Sammon

2006-09-30T10:23:00.000-04:00

I was reading a book on photography by Rick Sammon a while ago. A very good and complete book. Its called Rick Sammons complete guide to digital Photography: 107 Lessons on Making, Taking, Editing, Storing, Printing and sharing better digital images.

He's also written a lot of other books. But thats the only one that I've read so far. Once I buy a Canon Rebel XT I'll buy some photography books and stuff.

The iBook G4 is a very good price. I really do love it. Its so portable, and sleek. And Mac OS X is amazing. With all the GFX effects and stuff. I really do hate the MagSafe power connector on the MacBook though. So for that reason I may buy an iBook G4 12" when I buy my next laptop.

Anyway I've updated my profile and the links bar in the blog sidebar. I really should update the header actually. Which I'll do as soon as I find a good picture. Probably the waves at the St-Laurence rapids or something.

Later today I'll be going out to take some pictures and visit the camera store L.L. Louzeau, I'll definetely post some more shots by tommorrow!

I actually find that my fingers are too large for my laptop's keyboard. I keep on accidentally hitting other keys etc.

I've been seeing so many more iBook's out there. And I'm also meeting a lot more people who own iBooks.

I like Photo backpacks. If I were to get one I would get one with a sleeve for a laptop. Some tripod/monopod straps on the bottom. And room for 2 SLR's and 4 lenses with hoods. I like the Canon Deluxe Photo Backpack 200EG. And the crumpler photo backpacks.

I really should buy some new movies. Im thinking of buying these: Bloodrayne, Scary Movie 4, and Final Destination 3. I havn't bought any new ones at all recently.

I dug up a backup from my old computer recently. It had a couple files that I had been looking for. My desk drawer was kind of a mess with several dozen old backups. So I was busy sorting through them the other day.

Microsoft has just declared that there will be quite a few accessories that will be made for the Zune. Including higher quality headphones, docks and such like.

However If my iPod broke right now I wouldn't wait for the Zune, I would buy another iPod. I like the design better than what I had before, actually. And the price is amazingly reasonable. Only 250$!!!... But I just am more of an apple fan. :-D

Anyway. I am going to be going to the Montreal School Of Performing Arts (MSOPA) next month. There 2 levels for teens. And then for adults theres a foundation level, then 2 other levels above that. Then various classes in particular areas, like Shakespeare, or Cameras etc. I'll be going in october. The actors at the film yesterday actually go there. The guy (Costa) is involved with running it.

Mr J Harris the film extra!

2006-09-29T12:34:00.000-04:00

Well I was just an extra in a short film yeesterday. It didn't pay me but It was good for the experience.

The film was called The Pen and The Sword. It was quite an interesting movie actually. Its set in a futuristic world where books are banned...

I was there from 5:15PM and got back at 1:00AM. O__o

I like the Saitek Eclipse keyboard. A nice price. And it has a really fun backlighting that you can actually control the brightness... And its a really looks amazing... With blue LED's.

The Logitech MX Revolution mouse is amazing. Its about 100$. I posted a link to it in the sidebar.

I also really like the Logitech MX-5000 cordless desktop. Its a bletooth set. And it also includes the mouse recharger.

Thoth sent me a picture of his laptop bag. Its a really nice bag actually.

I'll be going on an apple-picking trip soon actually. Next weekend. I'm looking forward to it.. ;-)

I like the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L lens. There was a photographer at the film yesterday who had a Canon EOS 20D and that lens.

The Canon Photo Backpack 200EG is really nice. 50$ off amazon.

Mr J Harris is now a Mac fanatic/lover/whatever!

2006-09-27T21:48:00.000-04:00

The more and more I read reviews about Mac's the more I like them. I especially like the MacBook 13" 1.83Ghz. Its 1099$ off the apple website. And its best to get the Maximum 2GB's of RAM. Including tax its around 1200$ I'd guess. Some people would say that 13" is tiny. Indeed it is, but I've used 12" iBook G4's before and I haven't had any problem with the screen size. Theres only one problem with the MacBook: The MagSafe power connector. It really sucks. While apple thinks that it is superior because it won't yank the laptop off the table onto the floor if you accidentally yank the cord, it's really a disadvantage because it could very easily get pulled out. Although it is better than having the MacBook smashed, it really is unlikely that yoiu would ever end up pulling it off the table anyway.

The MacBook has a Core Duo as well. So it's got a ton more power than the iBook G4.

Thoth has a wired Mighty Mouse. As you can see in This Shot Its a good mouse, but when I buy my next MacBook laptop, I'll get the Bluetooth version.

Hmmmm, I just noticed that the computer that I'm using now has a dead black pixel. Not my laptop thank heavens. Because if it was my laptop I'd have to get the whole screen replaced by acer. Unless of course I decided to tolerate it.

Stella has a new laptop actually. I'm not sure if I posted this news. Its an old ASUS Model. But it's got some fairly decent specs. Stella's sister gave it to her because she had gotten a new one.

The WinWizard at JCXP took some amazing whale shots. he took them off the coast of Gloucestor. They're amazing pictures. He took them with a Canon EOS 10D, and a Canon 75-300mm Telephoto Zoom lens. (Not a good lens In my opinion) He posted 9 pictures. He actually has 3 SLR's. A Canon Digital Rebel, Canon Digital Rebel XT, and a Canon EOS 10D. He also has a cheap Point and shoot camera. And on top of that he has 3 digital camcorders. So many cameras.

I've been meaning to send an email to Stella and get back in touch with her. I just haven't gotten around to it. I'll mail it off tommorrow.

I love the look of the iBook G4, and the MacBook 13". Its really pretty and sleek. Their desktops look a bit like it. Their iMacs at least. The PowerMac G5 desktop looks totally different.

Thoth has pretty much the same iPod as me, except that its the black model. Unfortunately I haven't been using mine that much because my internet has been down so I haven't downloaded that much music. I really do have to put some new songs on.

I like Koolance products. Here is the website The products on the site look amazing. But expensive. Tigerdirect doesn't have any Koolance cases or products. Actually amazon does though.

I like WaterCooling. Its expensive though. Koolance makes some really good cases with built-in watercooling. I prefer integrated cases to seperate kits...

I'll post some more pictures soon. I recently went over to the rapids and photographed some herons and birds and the river. I took 42 shots. I've started shooting in RAW. Recently I've learnt a lot more about using my camera.

Anyway bye for now! I'll post those photo's as soon as possible!

Photos are here! (More will be posted soon)

2006-09-23T22:03:00.000-04:00

I went over to the World Press Photo Exhibit a couple days ago. Very interesting stuff. Odd thing was that a lot of the pictures were bloody and gruesome....

I really like the Sager NP 5320 notebook. A very well priced gaming notebook.

Whats new?

2006-09-17T17:13:00.000-04:00

Well its been quite a bit of time since my last post. Anyway whats new? A fair amount... I'm not as pressed for time as I've been with my previous posts so this post'll be a bit longer and more detailed...

Today I went over to the Botanical Gardens and took an extra 68 pictures. I got payed 20$ CAD for the work. The pictures will be published in a book later this year hopefully. Will be quite useful to add it to my CV.

When I was there I saw a guy with two Canon EOS 30D's and another guy with the same model of camera all in the same place. Seems quite popular. Actually I really like the EOS 30D. I may get it as my next one however it depends on my financial situation when I get it. I also saw a guy there with an EOS 350D. All of them had telephoto lenses on their cameras.

Canon and Nikon are my favorite digital SLR manufacturers. And both of them have released new 10.2 mpx models at the same prices.

My next camera will either be: Canon 350D, Canon 30D, or a Nikon D80. If I were to get Nikon I would probably get the latest model. I dont really like the new Canon 400D due to the fact that the little LCD that displays info about the cameras current settings was removed. I could find the 30D at the same price as the 350D at a good camera store actually...

I've added my photography tutors site to the sidebar. Quite a nice site design. She designed it herself I think...

Actually there isn't much of a difference between the Rebel XT and the 30D. Besides an extra 0.2 mpx, and a bit of difference with the controls, and design, etc.

I really am attracted to the EOS 350D's design, and button layout etc.

My laptop isn't working as well as I would like it to. I think that theres a problem with the files that make up the wireless connection stuff. It's freezing quite frequently. I'll reformat soon. Maybe next month. I really like Mac a lot better. OS X is so incredibly user friendly and useful. I like the iBook G4. The MacBook is a bit too expensive at the moment. Maybe its worth it maybe its not. But I am reallya fan of the iBook G4. I currently know 5 people who own them: Thoth, My photography tutor, my friends friend Rob, and a couple others. It seems exceptionally popular amongst photographers due to the fact that its so small and light. My tutor takes hers whenever she goes out photographing. So does the guy who wrote that Wildlife photography manual.

4 GB CF cards!!! Wow! Huge amount of space. But I doubt that one would be using that much ever. Unless they're taking lots of videos. Or they're taking a huge amount of photos. CF cards are larger than others though.

I like the idea of those camera battery grips. Its quite a useful invention.

Wow. My blog has so many posts now. Maybe it'll reach 200 by the end of the year... And soon it will be october and then they'll be yet another archive.

Its quite amazing how I've kept at this blog. Its evolved and grown and been with me for a long time. It contains stuff from a lot of this year. And I'll continue it as long as possible...

The BG E3 battery grip is specifically designed for the 350D, as due to its significantly smaller size it needed a new one. Other grips aren't compatible with the 350D. It can hold 6 AA-size batteries. I'll probably buy it when I buy my next camera....

The EOS 350D includes ZoomBrowser EX 5.1, and Canon Digital Photo Professional 1.6 software.

I like DPreview. Its a really good camera review website. As well as having a forum, and news articles. I only learnt about it last month. When I had went over to the camera store Dumoulin and was examining some cameras.

I went bowling with some friends yesterday. I was doing pretty well. Well, compared to previous times. I don't go bowling that often, so I'm not that great. I like it. Its a fun thing to do. There were about 8 other people there. It was sort of a little bowling party...

Stella has posted a bunch of new photos. Check out her blog to see them. Quite nice shots actually...

I'll try to post my business card on the blog. But to tell the truth its not all that likely. I don't have the file on my computer and I don't really want to photocopy it. I might take a picture of it and post it though...

Right now I'm just saving up money for the Canon 350D and Canon i9900 printer. After that I'll buy lenses, battery grip, Canon Speedlight flash, and remote control for the camera...

The Canon 350D box includes:

Canon EOS 350D Camera Body
Canon EF-S 18 - 55 mm F3.5 - F5.6 II lens
Canon Neck Strap
Canon Digital Photo Professional & ZoomBrowser EX software CD's.
Eyecup (is attached to camera
NB-2LH Lithium-Ion battery pack
CB-2LT Battery charger
USB Cable
Video Cable

I like the fact that they include the battery charger.

When I buy the Canon 350D, I'll buy the Canon 580EX flash afterward. The flash is available at a street price of about 450$. Its really an amazing flash. Heres a review: Clicky Here

The Canon i9900 Photo Printer is about 500$. A really good printer... Theres a review in the sidebar as you may know. A really sleek design as well. A nice thing about it is the ports that it features. It has firewire, USB1, and USB2 high-speed. The printer is also pict-bridge compatible. It also has a special 8-ink system...

I'll be seeing my photography tutor on monday and thursday next week. I'll be bringing along the photos that I took today on a CD.

Good news!

2006-09-15T16:46:00.000-04:00

Well heres the good news:

1.): I got my new business card done. Its really nice. Only 7.00$ CAD plus tax.

2.) I've gotten a tutor teaching me digital photography and photoshop each week

3.) I've downloaded Adobe Lightroom. Im beta testing it now...

I'm really pleased about the new card. Its a really nice design. Hopefully it'll help make my blog more popular!

The shooter at Dawson college was identified. He owned 3 guns. Legal guns actually. An automatic rifle, glock pistol, and 12-guage shotgun...

I'll get payed on sunday, as I'll be done taking those photo's...

A shooting in downtown montreal!

2006-09-13T17:43:00.000-04:00

Just today a guy suddenly opened fire with an automatic weapon in front of the Dawson College. Quite a few people were killed or injured.

The guy who did it was killed by the police...

There are about 10,000 people who go to dawson in total. 3,000 of whom were there that day...

Its uncertain if there were several. Several people think that there were more than one...

Actually I know several people who go to Dawson college. One of them was there when it was happening...

Trip... ;D

2006-09-12T19:06:00.000-04:00

Well I just went downtown to take photo's. As well as visit a bookstore and get bagels...

I found a book about using the Canon Rebel XT. It was pretty nice. But 30$ CAD for a soft-cover book??!! I could get all of the information that I get in that book on the internet...

I also found this book: Amazon.co.uk: The Essential Wildlife Photography Manual: Successful Digital and Film Techniques for Creative Photography: Books: Chris Weston

A very nice book. Hard cover. I might buy it at some point...

That guys backpack in that book is amazing! And he has 3 extremelly high-end cameras in his backpack whenever he goes out! As well as 5 lenses. Cleaning equipment, and his laptop. All crammed into that backpack. Probably all the stuff in that bag cost like 25000$ in total.

Heres an amazing lense: Sigma 800mm f/5.6 super telephoto

7200$ USD!!! Incredibly overpriced... :o

I like the iBook G4 12". A good laptop to easily carry around with you wherever you go. And thats what that guy in that book does!

I'll post those pictures that I took today in a few days. Im going to take a lot more tommorrow, so I'll upload them after....

I prefer to have a laptop. I need the portability. My next one will either be a Mac or a Toshiba P105. The iBook will be more useful for portability as its far smaller and lighter. I find that its great for photographers who want to use it while they're on the field...

I'm getting more and more interested in photography. It requires creativity, as well as being coupled with electronics. I really find it an interesting subject.

I'm sure looking forward to getting my Canon Rebel XT later this year or early next year... It really is a nice camera. I would prefer it in black actually.

Anyway I'll post again soon!

PS: My business card should be ready by tommorrow. Unfortunately the guy whos making it is really busy so hasn't had too much time to work on it...

Mount-Royal Moon Photo's...

2006-09-11T14:56:00.000-04:00

Toshiba P105 is a really nice notebook!

2006-09-10T18:16:00.000-04:00

I've just been reading a review on the Toshiba P105 notebook. Its a really good laptop. It's priced at 1999$ which is a really excellent price considering what you get. I'm gonna get it as my next notebook...

I went over to the Mall today and found that the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT is 888$ including the zoom lense. Theres a 100$ instant rebate on it at a store that I like.

I also saw a really nice aluminum tripod for 100$. I'm gonna buy it soon actually... :-D

Also I saw the Bose SoundDock Digital Music System for iPod. It was 400$ at best buy. I'm going to buy that some day probably.

I am going to buy my portable DVD player soon. Then later on afterwards, purchase the Canon EOS Rebel XT.

The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT is really a tiny camera. Actually it might make me a bit uncorfortable to be using it with a large telephoto lense and flash.... But the controls are really nice and simple. I actually prefer the readout LCD on the camera, I feel that canon shouldn't have removed it in the 400D.

I saw that one of the computers in one of the stores that I was in (the one with the 888$ Rebel XT) had an acer desktop that was running Vista. I am not running Vista on my laptop at the moment but will probably do it soon though. Its just that my graphics card is quite low-end (SIS 64mb) So I wouldn't be able to run it very well...

Anyway Best Buy had the Toshiba P100-J something. It had a Core Duo T2300 @ 1.66GHz, 512 MB RAM, a GeForce Go 7300 GS 128mb video card, 17" 1440*900 LCD, and a 100GB HDD. It was about 1300$.

Also I saw a tablet PC over there. I haven't seen too many, primarily because I haven't been paying any attention because I'm not too interested in tablets. It was quite nice and light. Actually someone had stolen the pen so I wasn't able to use it....

I liked the Bose SoundDock system. Its fairly expensive though. I'll probably buy it later this year or earlier next year....

Heres some of the things on my wish-list:

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Aluminum Tripod
Bose SoundDock Digital Music System for iPod
Portable DVD Player

I'll get the tripod at the same time as the camera. I'll need it. ;-D

There were also quite a few other cameras at the store. Including the Canon 30D which is about 2100$. Personally I prefer the buttons for scrolling rather than the wheel. Its just a rather strange design. The 30D was huge compared to the 350D

The EOS 40D should be out soon. I wonder if it will be the same price as the previous cameras...

I'm gonna buy new Portable DVD Player soon + I'm getting payed to take some pictures for someone!

2006-09-09T16:50:00.000-04:00

I just visited The Source. I found a very nice portable DVD Player there for 130$. It has a 7" screen, and includes a Bag and remote. It is made by Centrios, and is very well priced with the ability to play pretty much all CD and DVD formats. I'm going to buy it as soon as I get the money...

I'm going to take 30 or so photo's for someone and I'm gonna get payed 1$ a photo. The photos will be for their book and I will get mentioned in the book...

I am getting a new business card done for myself. It will say "Jacob Harris" and right below "photographer" and around the card there will eb a link to my blog, my email, and phone number. As well as a bit of a black streak across the top.

Links

2006-09-08T14:42:00.000-04:00

Windows Live Messenger 8.1 in beta testing. Testers accepted into the Beta can download it via connect.

Find out about it HERE

Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 CPP released.

Find out about it HERE

Epson has now released 3 new PictureMate printers. (click here for the press release) The prints that these new models produce can resist fading for up to 96 years in a glass frame and about 200 years in a photo album.

The Photography Kids Shrine News Report: Canon EOS 400D released...

2006-09-08T09:12:00.000-04:00

Sorry for taking so long to post this but here it is: The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT (350D) , Canons Sub 1000$ Digital SLR has just been updated! The new version, dubbed the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi (400D) has all the things the the 350D does but features a 10.2 mpx CMOS Sensor, automatic dust removal and the readout LCD has been removed to provide more space for a larger preview LCD! Also the camera is still priced at 899$.

To see a full review and list of changes in the new version. Visit:

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canonEOS400D/

Picks of Pix from FinePix camera

2006-09-04T16:47:00.000-04:00

post from an internet cafe....

2006-09-02T14:04:00.000-04:00

Right now Im using an 8.2 mbps internet connection... Why? Because Im in a new internet cafe.

The computer Im on right now has World of Warcraft, Warcraft 3: FT and Counter-Strike. I really like this cafe. 1 hour for only 3$ CAD!!!

I have a new JCXP sig. I love it!!!

I have been having fun with my camera...

It has been quite a while since I last blogged.... I've really missed it actually...

I went to the Botanical gardens and used my camera a lot. Actually I have now bought the 512 MB card for the camera. I can now take a lot more pictures....

The Nikon D2Xs is so much money.... 4500$

I saw someone at the botanical gardens with the D2Xs

Update

2006-08-29T16:31:00.000-04:00

I just went on another photography trip. I'll post the pictures later. I took several fairly good ones I think.

I am now nearly at 700 posts at JCXP. I changed my avatar to a picture from the Matrix actually.

I went over to a party a couple days ago, it was fun. I got back home by around 12:00 in the night. I went there on saturday.

The WinWizard has a Dell XPS M1710 laptop. Its that one that was 5000$. Perhaps I'll buy that one some day... LOL.

I went swimming at an indoor pool yesterday. I went down the slide 4 times. There was a photographer over there with a Nikon D70 digital camera.

At some point I will buy a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT. But first I will build a new system. The specs of teh upcoming system are in my JCXP sig, but just to make it easier here they are:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40 GHz
ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 775 ATX MotherBoard
2 GB's OCZ Dual Channel PC5400 DDR2 Platinum
Ultra Silver Aluminus ATX Mid-Tower Case
Ultra X2 Connect 550w PSU
Creative X-FI Xtreme Music Sound Card
Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Speaker System
Logitech MX3000 Keyboard & Mouse
Plextor PX-760A DVD-RW
LG 17" L1752TX-BF LCD Monitor
ThermalTake Blue Orb II CPU Fan
ATI Radeon X1950XTX with 512 MB of RAM

Very nice eh? It'll cost quite a bit. I like the look of those specs. The MX3000 keyboard & mouse truly are amazing. And the speaker system is incredible. :-o

I am really having fun with this camera.

Here is a link to a very interesting simulation of the Fuji S5000. All of the buttons work. And you can even take and look at pictures.

Nero Burning ROM 7.2.7.0 has now been released. It looks nice.

I saw the LG 17" Flatron LCD that I want to get for only 188$ today. A very good price.

Post from after midnight!

2006-08-26T00:27:00.000-04:00

Its 12:22 AM right now. In the morning. Hence the title.

I hope that you liked those pictures there that I took with my new camera. Some of them are fairly good I think...

Im on my laptop right now. In the front room. Im going to be going to bed in a while. Maybe half an hour. I'm just going to post a couple more posts at JCXP, chat a little more to a couple of people and then I'll go to bed.

I really do love my laptop and my new camera. They are excellent. I really love them. I was working a bit more on my new novel today.

If you sign up for the Windows Live Messenger Beta on connect then Microsoft sends a free laptop bag as a gift of thanks for testing it. I wish that I would get that bag. I need one. And Im not willing to spend 80$ on a bag...

I really like the 2 GHz Black MacBook. Cheese Penguins from JCXP got one actually. It costs 1500$ though. Which is a bit over my budget. (around 1000$)

Here is the link to a review on that particular MacBook.

I read lots of reviews on the internet. On cameras and laptops. Its fun and in a way relaxing, I find.

Apple and Toshiba are the two companies that spend the most on design for their computers. Apples designs and stuff is really amazing. But Toshiba has some really good design on its P-105.

Anyway I'll be going now

Those pictures are here!

2006-08-25T12:19:00.000-04:00

Long time no Bloggee...

2006-08-24T19:59:00.000-04:00

Well its been a fair amount of time since my last blog post. I have modified the header with those nice leaves... And if you've looked at the sidebar you will see that there is something fishy and yet exciting...

The "thing" in the sidebar is something that says "Pictures taken With a Fuji S5200 and a Kodak CX7300. The second one you know about and is the one that I have been taking all of ym pictures with. But the second one...

Well here is goes: I have bought my new camera. It is, as you can see in the sidebar and the review that I have linked there, a FujiFilm FinePix S5200. It cost me about 400$ CAD. And in my opionion is excellent!

I went out taking photo's today. But have not transferred them onto my notebook yet. I will transfer them later tommorrow, as I have a Doctors apointment in the morning. As well as the fact that I will be taking more photo's later that day, downtown and possibly up the mountain with my new powerful 10x zoom lense.

I really love the camera. It is so much better than my old one. It has a 10x optical zoom, an electronic viewfinder, PictBridge compatibility, and a 5.1 megapixel resolution. I had installed the FinePix software earlier today, so Im all set up to transfer my pictures.

It is a very nice looking camera. With a traditional design, it looks like and handles like an SLR. But its fairly small and light. I'm extremely pleased with it.

I will post those pictures that I took today as well as the ones that will be coming up tommorrow as soon as they are onto my notebook.

The Fuji S5200 is in the same series as Turton's camera, except that it is a bit more recent. (Turtons is the S5000)

I had actually seen the Olympus C-770 camera in a photography store at the same mall where I had bought this one. It was slightly below the price that I had bought my Fuji S5200 at. I was considering buying it until I saw the Fuji S5200 at Bureau Engros.

So you can expect those pictures on saturday at the absolute latest! I myself am looking forward to using it downtown.

Fuji recommends the use of the seperately sold AC adapter when transferring photo's to the computer. But I am disregarding that as I dont take that many pictures when I go outside anyway. As well as the fact that I have'nt been using my flash outside. I will probably transfer all of the pictures at the same time.

I went over to the library today. I didn't do that much there actually.

My laptop is now receiving the wireless signal from the front room! That means that I can get my connection from my bedroom rather than having to go to the other side of the house which is not insulated and therefore will be closed in the winter.

I was chatting to Stella several days ago. She has got her sisters old laptop. It is an ASUS M something. Its kind of old. But it has a Pentium 4 @ 1.8 GHz, and 512 MB's of RAM so it should be reasonably speedy.

Stella has a Nikon 5900 Digital camera. It has the same 5.1 Megapixel resolution as my current camera, But does not have the nice design and 10x optical zoom of mine. Mine also has the electronic viewfinder receiving imformation from the lense itself, so that you actually see the image that you will be taking, rather than just a view of what is right above the lense.

I was using a pistol-grip on my camera when I was using it today. Its a fun thing to use. As it steadies the camera and makes it easier to hold.

Thoth sure has a lot of pictures on his computer. About 4.5 GB. Although I heard of someone who had 9 GB's. But they mount up the more pictures that you take. I nowadays prefer to take fewer but better pictures.

I actually prefer using the viewfinder. Because its easier to use, and lets you see the image that you're going to be taking better.

Anyway I am very pleased about my recent buy.

I will be editing my CV a bit. I just bought the 4*10" glossy photo-paper today. I will be mailing it off to the casting agency very soon.

I have started working on a new novel. It is a Thriller type of novel. I am really enjoying writing it although I haven't been on my laptop too much recently because I have been busy going outside and taking pictures etc.But I will get back to work on it soon.

A 2 GHz Black MacBook cost 1500$ at its minimum configuration. A bit too expensive expecially considering that I have jsut bought my new camera. Perhaps some day I will buy one. Or maybe an iBook G4 for under 1000$.

When it comes to laptops, my budget is usually around 1000$. Usually I put on a maximum of 1200$. You can get very good models for under 1000$ usually. Such as the HP notebook that I had mentioned in my earlier post. Or the iBook G4.

It has been raining a bit today. Not for long. Just for a few minutes. It had been cloudy all day before that. Luckily I had managed to get back home before it started to rain too much.

Windows X's Vista Transformation Pack 5.0 has been released today. As well as it being his birthday. The VTP5 is very nice. With several new and exciting features. I can't wait to try it out!

I have 72 MSN contacts at the moment. But some of them are the same person's different adresses, as well as some old ones which they still use occaisionally.

I have just posted quite a long post right now haven't I? Longer than usual.

Links & stuff

2006-08-17T09:12:00.000-04:00

Well as you can see I have changed the skin of my blog once again. To the "Harbor" skin. Its a fairly nice skin. The only problem that I have with it is that it doesn't really let you customize it much.

One of the problems that I have with Blogger is the speed. It has been working very slowly lately. It had taken days for my links in the sidebar to all appear. As well as the fact that it takes so long to upload files...

Another problem that I have is the lack of skins. There are only a dozen or so skins that you can use. And you cannot upload your own skins.

Here are several links:

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2158,CONTENTID=10776&ad=hpb_mx5000

http://www.bose.com/controller?event=VIEW_PRODUCT_PAGE_EVENT&product=sounddock_multimedia_index&ck=0

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=628108

http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=208&product=14065

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/CA/EN,CRID=2177,CONTENTID=9067

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/AU/EN,CRID=2177,CONTENTID=10927

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2887&review=Dell+XPS+M1710

That last laptop there is amazing. Amazingly powerful as well as amzingly expensive! That laptop is nearly 5000$!!!

There is a new version of Google talk that has been released. Version 1.0.0.95. It has new features including:

-File Transfers
-The ability to leave a voice-mail for someone who is offline
- The ability to show what music that you are listening to then.

Those are a few of the new features. Its looking good.

Actually I have reverted back to my previous skin. I find the harbor skin more attractive but not a efficient as this one.

I really like the ASUS P5N32-SLI motherboard. It is really powerful and has a lot of features. I will probably get it later on for my next PC. And I will also get the Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66 GHz.

Here Is the link to the info on the P5N32-SLI MoBo.

My laptop's internet connection is back up. I will be buying the Linksys WRT54G Wireless router. I will be getting some faster internet soon. 2 mbps at least.

That particular router is very good. The FirmWare is hackable. And its only 50$ from TigerDirect.ca

I like D-Link and LinkSys routers. And I like Gigabyte and ASUS MotherBoards.

Mac Pro...

2006-08-13T18:39:00.000-04:00

Apple has just released a new supercomputer called the Mac pro. It really is excellent. It has a NVIDIA Quadro GFX card with dual DVI connectors, and 512 MB's of GDDR3 RAM. Dual Gigabit ethernet ports, up to 16 GB's of RAM. Two optical drive bays, 4 Hard Drive bays. Dual Intel Opteron 2.66 GHz CPU's, and much, much, much, much ,much, much, much,much, much more! All of that for only 23,000$ (lol)

The design is pretty much the same as previous macs. With a mesh case, and handle's on top. But it has 2 USB, and 2 FireWire ports on the front. One of the many excellent features about the mac pro is those 2 ENOURMOUS heat sinks. It really is a wonderful machine. It has 2 cards, upon of which are 4 ram slots. The Ram sticks themselves have huge heat sinks.

There are 4 PCI-express slots. One of which is occupied by the video card. Which is non-SLI compatible.

The Mac Pro comes with a Sony DVD/CD-RW. The standard hard drive is a Seagate 250 GB, 7200 RPM drive. But there is room for 3 other drives.

There is a light above the hard drive's that indicate if the hard drive can be removed or not. It glows orange. Its an interesting feature.

The Ram has an additional processor on it which generates a fair amount of heat. Hence the big heat sinks. Its amazing though that you can put in so much Ram. 16 GB.

Unfortunately though its too much money for most folks to afford.

I am very impressed by that computer. I like the external and internal design as well. The back has 3 USB ports. Making that a total of 5 USB Ports. And then there are the 4 firewire ports.

Here is a link to a video on youtube of the Mac Pro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtaeM1T4ZRg&eurl=http://www.macuser.com/index.php?page%3D2

And an article on the inards of the Mac Pro: http://www.powermax.com/articles_reviews/article.php?id=33

I do love apple. The iPod, and they're MacBook laptops, as well as this new desktop. They're all amazing innovations. And Mac OS X leopard, is far superior to Windows Vista. I am definitely going to convert to Mac when I get my next laptop. I can also install Windows XP onto it now. Due to bootcamp.

Microsoft has always lagged behind. Mac was always ahead of the game with the design of their computers. As well as the new UI of Mac OS X. As well as the better feature's and simplicity in the OS...

My next laptop will be a mac. No doubt about it. I had been doing some things before this like skinning and stuff that required a PC but now I've stopped. So I will definetely by a Mac. And this video has convinced me even more of apple's superiority. And software compatibility is no longer an issue as intel CPu's are being used now. And XP can be installed onto a Mac.

The camera that I want (FujiFilm FinePix S5000) is usually 500$ but I can get it for under 300$. I will be calling around at various stores next week to check the prices. As well as check various online site's, such as amazon.ca and other sites for a good deal on the camera. Actually just today when I went biking I saw someone with the model that I want. An interesting coincidence.

Ahem, yes. I went biking again today. To the old port. (For those of you who have been in montreal) with Miyuki. I should have brought my camera over there. Because there were some good shots that I could have taken.

So you can certainly expect new pictures from a new camera by next month at the latest! And next year I intend to build a new and powerful desktop. For gaming. I will spend up to 2000$ in total. But I could get a lower-priced system of course. I'm just saying that 2000$ is the max that I'm willing to spend.

Its too bad though that the Mac Pro is so expensive. Actually there's someone on JCXP, who was saying that his dream system, is 5000 of the Mac Pro's all clustered together, to work together, to form an ultra-powerful computer.

The trip to my aunt is coming closer! Miyuki is leaving very soon. But there will be another person later this week. Who will be arriving on friday.

OMG!!! A huge post here!

Anyway bye for now

Website progress, and more stuff thats been going on in the latter half of today

2006-08-12T20:26:00.000-04:00

I have just been working on the design for the Milwaukee page. Its fairly simple. But I was trying to decide what color's to make the page and what color for the text etc. As well as what other stuff I shoudl put into the page. The design ended up being quite simple. Just a black background, with grey text. The page will mostly just be a photo album for pictures that I will take over there as well as a bit of a review of what I thought about it.

I just went a played some frisbee nearby the river with Miyuki. It was fun actually. I used my friend, Kyle's frisbee instead of the one that I actually have. The frisbee I used was a lot lighter, so the wind threw it to the side, making it difficult to play.

I think that my website will turn out very well. Its a simpler design than my previous sites. And its more devoted to photography, and stuff about Milwaukee, ottawa, and montreal. Rather than just a few things about computers. I will also write some reviews of various digital cameras. I plan to definetely write reviews on these ones: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT, Sony CyberShot R1, Nikon D100, Kodak CX7300, Olympus E-500 Evolt, and my current laptop.

I like Turtons website. Its simple, but has a lot of information in an efficient design.

I have been updating the sidebar a bit today. I just found that it was time to update it with some new stuff. Like Stella's website, some of my favorite radio stations etc.

I like blogging a lot when I'm tired or stressed, or anxious. I find that it helps me a lot. I also enjoy working on my site. But that involves a lot more mental energy.

My laptop's internet is still down. I'm a little worried. But I'm going to visit an internet cafe at some point soon. Actually my next digital camera will be PictBridge compatible. So I'll be able to print pictures without needing to use my computer.

Once I get the index page finished and the design fine-tuned etc. I'll set it up on either my ISP's free web space, a free service. Or I'll just pay for some web space. Turton uses his ISP which is EV1, at least I think so...

Anyway I need to go now. I probably won't be blogging quite so much this coming week, or tommorrow.

Bye!

PS: The site will be up soon!

Been busy working on new website

2006-08-12T16:37:00.000-04:00

Well I've been very busy the past few days. Why? Because I have been busy designing a new website for myself. The new website will be a news/photography reviews/turorials site. It's going very well so far. However it is not actually online up and running yet. I have been working on it, on my computer.

I will be buying a FujiFilm S5000 soon. I can get one for only 375$$... I'm looking forward to getting it!

I have added Michael Turtons website's to my sidebar. As well as Stella's website, and MySuperPC.com.

The new person from japan is here. Her name is Miyuki. She's 20 years old. I like her. She has a cell phone that is also a TV actually... And a digital camera. Quite a feature-rich device!

I quite like the Olympus C770 digital camera. It is an ultra-zoom digital camera. Actually it is Michael Turtons other camera. Its about 700$...

I went biking again today. I had fun. I biked quite a distance actually.

I don't know why but for some reason my blog is taking a really long time to update. Longer than it did before at least. I'm not sure why exactly. But the blog is working, so that's all that I really care about.

I like the idea of the plastic case that you can put your digital camera into, so that you can take underwater shots...

Stella's website is nice. But she should add some more pictures, or else create a new taiwan website for pictures and information about taiwan. It has quite a nice design, with those buttons, and the header...

The C770 has an interesting menu design... But quite simple... Although not like anything that I've seen before...

I like the D100 menu design. Its simple, and sorted in to categories. The controls and good too.

Perhaps I will have that digital camera by the time that I go on the trip to Milwaukee! Then I can take some good pictures over there with it.

Those pic's that I promised you all earlier today are here!

2006-08-10T20:36:00.000-04:00

McGill Campus

Mr James McGill
McGill Music Conservatory
My Room. (Yes that armchair is the new chair)

Here's those pics that I had promised you in my previous post. I just went over to McGill campus and took a couple of pictures. The other reason that I had went on the trip was so that I could visit MicroBytes, a computer store. I had just checked out their website, and used the tool on their site that lets you tell them what you would want to have in your computer and then it tells you the price. I put in the specs of my upcoming desktop and it had said that it would cost me nearly 7000$!!! Crazy! But then again I don't get those rebates and stuff that I would if I bought them myself from a store. I also visited this camera store for a few minutes. MicroBytes is a really great store. They have lots of professional components and peripherals. They sell games as well. Actually you can have a game included with the computer if you get one from them.

My internet is still down. To tell the truth I just access a Wi-Fi network from my apartment. I'm not sure how far I am from them. But I usually get very good speeds and am able to rely on it. All the more reason to get high-speed and a router!

My dad hasn't been blogging very much. His last post was the one with the Dr Octagon music.

Actually I'm not in a very good mood recently. I'm very tired and depressed for some reason. I have no idea why. And also I've had a lot of anxiety with some things...

The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT includes Digital Photo Professional. I've never used that software before actually so I'm not exactly sure how it compares to other software such as ACDsee.

I have updated the pictures in the sidebar today, as well as put in a couple new links.

Actually I had a bit of a problem finding MicroBytes when I was over there today. Actually I hadn't actually found it even. I was just walking and then suddenly I saw the MicroBytes logo on the store window right beside me.

I like Plextor, its a good company. Very good quality of components.

Actually when I was at microbytes they had linked a dozen LCD monitors to a single computer. It was a fairly average system actually. It had an AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 1 GB Ram, a Maxtor 80 GB HDD, and an ATI X700 Video Card with 256 MB of memory. The only notable thing about it was the fact that it had watercooling. They had it connected to this logitech 5.1 speaker system. It was rather odd though, that they would connect it to so many monitors.

I'll be going on my vacation to Milwaukee on the 28th. Thats official. I'm really looking forward to it!

I hope that you like those pictures. I think that some of them turned out well...

The apartment is gonna be really cramped this weekend!

2006-08-10T10:32:00.000-04:00

A new roommate from japan will be arriving here tomorrow. The place will be very cramped for this upcomign weekend. And only for this weekend as she is only staying here for the weekend.

We just got a new arm-chair and put it iunside my room. Its really nice and comfortable. We also bought a new fouton.

Ive been busy getting the film extras thing worked out. My CV is done and the picture printed.

Unfortunately my internet has not been working too well for several days. So Im not blogging from my laptop right now...

Mac OS X leopard the upcoming version of the Mac OS is so much better than vista. Once again apple wins!!!

I will buy a macintosh laptop as my next computer. I really am wanting to switch now. And the fact that you can install Windows XP on Mac's nowadays makes that even more likely.

I'll be going on another photography trip soon. Probably later today. So expect some more pictures soon!

I'm really interested in photography these days. It just really frustrates me that I have such a primitive camera.

I'll either get a Canon Rebel XT, a Sony R1, or a Nikon D100. They're not in the 2000-5000$ range. But more in the 800-1500$ Range. Some camera's these days are like 6000$! Crazy... But its probably worth it. Considering the power that you can get from those. Like the really high-end Nikons...

I like the Controls on the Canon Rebel XT. They're relatively simple to use. Unlike some. I would probably get it in Silver, not black actually. The silver looks far more stylish.

I'll also be able to print the pictures with my photo printer as the camera is pict-bridge compatible...

Here is a list of all of the digital camera review website's that I use.

Canon Camera's & Lenses reviews

Macintosh laptops

2006-08-08T19:06:00.000-04:00

A photographer who I know. Rob. Came over today and brought along his Nikon D100 Digital Camera and his iBook G4 12" laptop. I really liked the camera. He let me use it a bit. Its a 6.1 mpx SLR model. It used to cost 3000$ when he had got it but I could probably get it for a bit over a thousand dollars canadian now.

His mac laptop was very nice. As you can see I have added a review of that model in the reviews section of the sidebar. I used his laptop a bit. It was very nice. I may buy a mac as my next laptop even!

Heres a review on the MacBook: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3055
And another: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2946&review=Apple+MacBook

I will buy a new wireless router soon. I may be getting high-speed internet soon.

I like the look of Macintosh laptops. They're really beautiful. Apple is so much better at design than other companies. I especially like the apple logo on the back that lights up when its on. The MacBook's are so much better. I actually prefer them being so much smaller.

Rob's iBook G4 was very light and small. I found that I instictively knew how to use the Operating System. It was really fun. His camera was very nice as well. I also aldded a review of it to the sidebar.

I really hope that I will get my new camera soon. Either a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT, a Nikon D70s, or a Sony Cyber-Shot R1.

But its actually not so much what is more powerful but what you feel comfortable with. I felt comfortable with Rob's camera and those other three I just mentioned.

I bought this acer aspire 5000 laptop on May 14th. For some reason it seems like I've had it a lot longer. Like 6 months.

I was surprised that Rob had an Apple laptop. He said that it had cost 1200$ in total. Quite good price actually. I also like the slot-loading Optical Drive. My dad's laptop is the exact same model. Except that he got his with 1 GB of RAM. While Rob had 512 MB...

I finished downloading all of Stella's pictures of her time in montreal that she had put onto her website. Stella sure liked taking pictures and videos! I now have about 500 on my laptop. Thoth has so many pictures on his computer. Like 4 GB. But its 8 GB in total as for some reason they are all duplicated. I would have far more if I could transfer pictures from my digital camera easily!

Rob was planning on giving me his red iBook carrying case. But it was too small for my 15.4 inch, widescreen laptop! I'll buy one myself soon. One designed for my size of notebook.

The MacBook's and MacBook Pro's are so nice. I would probably get the black model though. I find it more professional. And more stylish. The only thing is that mac's aren't exceptionally good at gaming. But then again I don't really game much on laptop's anyway so I don't really care about the graphics and speakers. Considering as I use head-phones mostly.

Dr Octagon

2006-08-07T09:17:00.000-04:00

I downloaded the entire Dr Octagon music album from download.com. That was the music that Thoth had posted onto his blog. Its quite good actually. I just transfered it onto my iPod.

I found that some of those pictures I had put into my last post, made nice wallpapers. In fact I am using one of them right now.

Its 9:20 AM right now. I got up several hours ago. The weather was very nice yesterday, and today has similar weather.

I will be getting Andrew's music today. My music collecton is getting quite big. I have a wide variety of bands and genre's.

Stella has made 2 videos and put them on youTube, and Thoth has one. Thoths YouTube ID is "nunoftheabove". An interesting username.

Heres a recent screenshot of my desktop:

I hope to update the sidebar and header soon. I will go to the mountain at night. And take some pictures from the lookout. I'll make the resulting picture, my blog header.

My blog sure has a lot of posts in it now! As well as the 6 months of archives. I will get a new freewebs account, or another free web host. And then set up some pages in it, and link them to the blog in the sidebar, that way it will appear that I have other pages.

BTW: I just set up the freewebs site. And I also wrote the welcome page. More pages will come soon. Like the photos page, the ottawa page, the milwaukee page, and the montreal page to name a few that I intend to make.

Another Photography trip. This time to the Plateau.

2006-08-06T21:21:00.000-04:00

I went on another Photographing trip today. I went to the plateau a bit. Above are some recent pictures. I was gone for about 3 hours. It was fun. Its is now about 10:00 PM.

Thoth posted a link to some nice music on his blog. Just check it out at his latest blog entry.

I'll be working on my CV this upcoming week. As well as working on a website. And finishing my novel.

I finally got an antivirus onto my computer. Its NOD32. I really like it actually. It takes hardly any system resources and according to other peoples opinions as well as various tests it is really good at catching various virus's.

Nikons top-end camera is sooo expensive. Its nearly 5000$$. Ridiculous. I know a photographer who has the top-end camera, although he is a professional photographer. If I were to get a high-end camera I would get the Sony R1. Which is what I will be getting. Actually that same person recommended the sony R1.

Stella has posted a new video on her blog. It was taken when she was here actually. It's fairly good actually. My dad who was working towards a degree in film-making was quite impressed.

Once I buy a new digital camcorder for about 400$ I'll be able to post my own video's here. There are 3 types of digital camcorders: MiniDV, DVD, & Hard Drive. MiniDV is least expensive and hard drive is most expensive, ranging in the 1000$-2000$ range. I'll get a MiniDV. Its cheapest. And I dont really want to take professional video's anyway. I more just want to be able to take audio & video recordings with it on the mountain or whatever.

Toshiba's really made a good gaming laptop. Its 2000$. But it has really powerful hardware. I wouldn't buy it though. Its too expensive, big, and heavy. I prefer good value, small, & fast. I don't really aim for excellent-quality graphics when it comes to laptops. Gaming is more for desktops in my view. I prefer to use laptops for stuff that requires more portability.

I prefer 15-16" LCD screens when it comes to laptops. There isn't really such a thing as a gaming ultra-portable. I prefer the smaller and lighter ones because they're more convenient. A friend of mine wants a gaming laptop with a 17 or 20 inch screen, excellent speed graphics & portability. You can get the first few. But not the portability. The acer aspire 9000 series is good. As is that 2000$ toshiba.

Anyway Im going to have to go now. I hope that you enjoy the pictures!

New toy

2006-08-05T09:07:00.000-04:00

Well I've been busy playing with my new toy today. Its an HP DeskJet 5940 Photo Printer. 130$ CAD. I really love it! I bought it on friday at The Source. Actually I got it on sale for only 70$. Which was really good as I wouldn't have bought it if it had been its usual 130$. I would have bought a muti-funtion printer. But this one was such a good price that I couldn't resist.

PC Guru has started a new blog: http://www.atrfm.com/ollie As has Narutometal: http://narumeta.blogspot.com/

Windows X's site has been working for quite a while now. It's design is very nice. And there's a lot more news articles now.

Thoth posted some screenshots of his desktop on his blog. You can visit it via the link in the sidebar.

Very chilly weather right now actually. Its like it autumn! I had tried running the Windows Game Advisor Here But the strange thing is that it didn't recognise some of my hardware.

I've been getting more comments and more people visiting my blog actually. Its good.

Its 9:30 AM right now. I got up at about 5:00 AM so I've been up for a while.

I wish that I had bluetooth on my laptop. I'm actually fairly impressed by the Compaq Presario notebooks. I quite like this one Here It has a lot of good features as well as the Turion X2 CPU.

I wonder what my next laptop will be... Maybe a Sony VAIO, or another acer, or perhaps an ASUS, or that Compaq. I'm actually not much of a fan of toshiba notebooks. I find that they have a tendancy to use not quality components...

If I wanted to ustomize that compaq notebook I would select:

Windows XP Pro
AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56 @ 1.80 GHz
15.4" WXGA BrightView Widescreen (1280x800)
NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 6150
Upgrade to 1.0GB DDR2 SDRAM (2x512MB)
100 GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive
DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
802.11a/b/g WLAN & Bluetooth
6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

I could get that for under 1000$ after the rebate. I think that that will actually be my next laptop, I would also pay for the HP sport backpack.

Update

2006-08-04T07:58:00.000-04:00

As you can see I have updated a couple of things in the sidebar.

I finally found out where I had put the CD holding all of Stella's pictures and video's that she had given to me. They were very nice actually. Perhaps I will post some of them.

Thoth Has a Nikon CoolPix P1. Quite good actually. Old by now. But actually the first camera to offer Wi-Fi.

I've been putting more songs onto my iPod now. There are quite a few in it right now. But I will of course keep adding more. I especially like the fact that it can do more than just play music. Its really useful.

Thoth has recently tried Opera. He likes it a lot. So do I actually.

I figured out how to take a screenshot in Mac OS X. You just press Command+shift+3. Then a file will be on the desktop which is obviously the screenshot you just took. Thoth took some of his own desktop but I wont post them. As he has his MSN window open in one which reveals all his contacts!

The graphics in Mac OS X really are nice. The dock is so much easier to use than the Windows Taskbar. Its far easier to use and isn't as susceptible to virus's.

And also Windows Vista has such high specs! Eventually people will be able to install OS X on a PC. And when that happens I will certainly use OS X.

I'm on my laptop right now. As always. Its about 8:15 AM. I actually got up at about 5:00AM though.

Stella's older camera was a Casio Exilim EX-Z4. But Im not sure. Because as I looked through the pictures it seemed that she had two, (the other a Nikon CoolPix E950) which she didn't.

I currently have 66 MSN contacts... Not that many, but I've just cleared out a few.

I wish that I have 1 GB RAM in my laptop.

I am using a nice new wallpaper. Actually its a picture that Thoth Sent to me. Its very nice.

Anyway bye for now.

Windows X's website is back up!

2006-08-01T09:40:00.000-04:00

As you can see from the title the popular desktop modder, and maker of the Vista TRansformation Pack (Currently in version 4) is back and with a new and improved website. ( http://www.windowsxlive.net/

Also he indicated that the 5th release of the popular transformation pack will be coming out in august 24 2006.

I can't wait! And his new site rocks. Even better than the old one I find.

I added his site to the links in the sidebar. Unfortunately his website is currently down. But I look forward to seeing it back up again!

Well is august. A new month. Hopefully a good month too!

As you can see I have changed the blogs title a bit. From "The Computer Kids Shrine" to "The Photography Kids Shrine". Quite fitting as I'm now really into that area.

I may make a few youtube movies and put them on my blog @ Some point. Stella and My dad are both using it. Actually embedding the image into the posts HTML code.

I really like the Sony R1. Very high-end. Some day I will be posting photo's taken with it!

I'm on my laptop ATM. Its 9:50 AM.

I'll reinstall XP on my laptop in september. I'd like to start again on here. (lol)

Now there are 6 months of archives. This blog has been with me since I started off...

Today it has been just too hot! Theres been a heat wave over here. Also, severe thunder-storms are expected later on.

There are currently 111 posts on this blog.

I've been using my iPod a lot. I love it!
Anyway bye for now...

[Weather]
[Updates]

Yet more pics+Camera update

2006-07-30T17:47:00.000-04:00

I went over to a photography store today and learned a lot more about various camera models. SLR means that the screen cannot be used to view images. So you have to use the viewfinder. There were 3 camera's which I very much liked. Here they are:

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT----8 mpx-SLR-Interchangable lenses
Nikon D70S---6 mpx--SLR--interchangable lenses
~~Sony DSC R1~~10.3 mpx--Non-SLR--Non-interchangable lenses

I really loved the Sony. It is above the Canon Rebel XT in price, but cheaper than the Nikon, which has less features and capabilities than the sony. Here are some links to some reviews.

http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start?ProductSKU=DSCR1&Dept=cameras&CategoryName=dcc_DIDigitalCameras_megapixels_8
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydscr1/
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2005_reviews/r1.html

As you can see it is an excellent digi-cam. It costs 1100$ CAD, at least in the store I checked out which isn't the cheapest. I could probably get it for about 1000$.

The pictures above were taken in the botanical gardens. I will post more in this post tommorrow so check it again by the end of tommorrow for updates.

Actually I had never used a more professional digital camera before. I was amazed by these three. Especially the Sony. Also I like the swivelling screen atop the sony. Its very nice. The design is interesting.

My dad has started using Youtube. He made a movie with his digital camera while he was on his scooter. Its good. My current camera can make video's but without sound unfortunately.

In comparison to the Sony Cyber-shot R1 my current camera is a toy! I will get that camera instead of the Canon Rebel XT actually... While it is more expensive it is certainly worth it with 10.3 mpx!

However. I may want to get the Canon Rebel XT just for the lenses... But then again you also have to consider that each lense can be up to 200$$ CAD!!

The lense built into the R1 is quite good though. I'll have to read those reviews more closely.

I went on another photography trip today. This time over to downtown. I haven't tranferred those pictures to my computer yet though. So I'll post them tommorrow. I also went to the botanical gardens this morning.

I will be going to milwaukee near the end of this month actually. I'm looking forward to that...

[cameras]
[montreal]

Hope you like the pictures!!!

Yet some more Photo's from the hyper-active photographer/blogger...

2006-07-29T20:06:00.000-04:00

Well as you can see I have modified the header with a picture that I took from the top of Mount-royal in montreal. I really so prefer it to the old one...

I have also categorized the links in the sidebar into 3 sections. "Blogs" "Forums" & "other links" as well as the video's section.

Anyway I do hope that you enjoy the pictures that I took on the photography trip on mount royal today.

But with my next digicam I'll be able to use Zoom, telephoto, & ultra-wide angle lenses. I can't wait for that time to come!

Went over to Laser-Quest today!

2006-07-27T21:19:00.000-04:00

Well I went over to laser-Quest today. It waws really fun. A little different from the last time I went actually. But the principle was the same. Some of the differences included: Different maze design, no base, no need to "recharge", different read-outs and gun & vest design. But I liked it. I played two solo and one team game. I was doing well in the third game. I had named myself "Jacob" in the first two rounds, and "Neo" in the last. I also visited the laser-quest website @ http://www.laserquest.com Quite nice site design actually!

I will be going back to laser-quest again next weekend with a friend of mine. It will be just me and him. Which will make it somewhat more difficult to even find him in the maze! Today there were abotu 25 people. The first two games I used Gun "8" and the last game I used Gun "9". I wasn't doing all that well though-I only got 188 points. But it was fun anyways. Far better than just sitting around at the base waiting for an enemy to attack!

I have been using my iPod more. Its really fun. I love the UI. Its really sleek and streamlined, and I find that the controls are easy, although at the beginning I was having some difficulty figuring out how to scroll down the menu items, which I figured out.

Im going skating on saturday. I dont have my own pair of skates ( at least not any that fit me, now) I only went skating once before, and it was fun.

I had actually only gone to laser-quest once before. Its nice that you only pay 18$ CAD to go in yourself.

I like the way that they design the maze, I found the mirrors slightly confusing though as at first I had thought that they were windows and ended up firing away at a mirror. The maze was very dark and claustrophobic actually, with weird lights and smoke.

A person whom I know, "Allan" is selling his computer for about 500$ CAD. It has a Pentium 4, a DVD-RW, 2 80 GB HDD's in Raid 0 array, and a 128 MB video card GeForce 5500. All in all fairly good for the price. I will check it out tommorrow, to get some more detailed specs. The reason he is selling it actually is because he intends to buy a Compaq Presario laptop to replace it. I actually don't have all that much experience with Compaq notebooks. But by the sound of it he was very impressed by them, so maybe I will check them out.

Its 9:30 PM right now. I'll be having a bath soon actually and then reading a bit before going to bed. The latest I have ever gone to bed actually is around 4:00 AM. Usually I go to bed around 2:00 PM. Unless, like tonight Im tired out from a laser-quest party!

I may use an Intel Core 2 Duo In my next desktop actually, to try it out. Quite a switch for me, being the AMD fan that I am, but from the sound of it they are very good, so I'll give 'em a shot.

It's been raining so much recently actually. Actually for some reason this reminded me of Nicholas from ottawa, for some reason he hasn't been on MSN at all recently. Maybe he's on vacation or something though-- it is summer.

Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
Motherboard compatible with Core 2 Duo
4 GB OCZ Platinum PC2-6400 RAM
Plextor 760A DVD-RW
2 150 GB Raptors in Raid 0 Config
Nvidia GeForce 7900GTX with 512 MB RAM
Watercooled case
600w PSU

Yes that is the updated specs of my next PC. I am going to do some research to make sure that its all compatible.

What PSU Manufacturers would you recommend? (Please post your recommendations in a comment) I want the best quality on my next PC.

I just wish that intel would drop there prices more. AMD has just really dropped there's.

Anyway Bye for now...

PS: My apologies for not posting any pictures of the downtown area, when I was over there when I went to laser-quest. I will take them this coming weekend hopefully.

iPod....Bought!!

2006-07-26T12:02:00.000-04:00

I have just taken my first few steps into the apple world with the purchase of a new iPod 30 GB... :-D

I really like it. Only problem is that all the wrapping plastic on it is hard to get off!

It cost about 400$$.... I will begin transferring songs onto it soon!!

I have never owned an iPod or even MP3 player before this. So I was figuring out how to use it... Its really fun..

Anyway thats all I have to say.

PS: Laser-quest is today I believe! :-D

iPod..... Tommorrow!!!

2006-07-25T18:14:00.000-04:00

Hello All,
well I am getting that new iPod...tommorrow!!! Im really looking forward too it:

Yes indeed. Thats a pic of the one I will be getting... 5th generation, 30 GB White... I'm really looking forward to it!!!

I am also considering moving to Ottawa.... I will be staying there for a few months and then if I like it we will be bring all of our stuff... But in the few months all I would bring would be the iPod, laptop & clothes of course...

I know quite a few people over there... Among them are: Kabriya, Nicholas, David, and some others, so I am no stranger over there...

And I will get DSL High-speed when over there as well, perhaps Sympatico, or some other. That is also something to look forward too!

I will post some more pictures soon, of the mountain, amd some pictures from the top of the mountain. I love taking pictures! The Canon EOS Digital Rebel is actually 999$ With the lense included. I very likely will get it with the lense though which increases the price a bit...

More pictures+ Im getting that iPod next week!

2006-07-24T20:59:00.000-04:00

The church from farther away
The church on the street where I live....
A Chinese Food store to the right, and that big building to the left is where my mom used to live.
My notebook
My neighbours building
The street outside my apartment

Blog upgraded!

2006-07-23T15:31:00.000-04:00

Well as you can see the blog has changed.... And in a very major way. In fact you were maybe wondering if you had gotten the right URL!

Indeed, I have changed the template. From minima blue to this uber kool "Rounders" skin... I was busy transferring my customizations like sitemeters, links etc to the new template...

Anyway I certainly hope that you like it! :D

Bye for now...

The crazy stuff that happened today...

2006-07-22T17:21:00.000-04:00

Well I'll have to explain the whole story of this for it to make any sense...

Okay...

A long time back when I was still a computer n00b. I was gonna get a new PC from the store in that january. But then a friend said that she knew a great computer repair-man, and he suggested that he would build a PC for me for the cost of only 300$...

Then I went over to his place and saw the PC.... It only had a 20 GB HDD, and an Intel Pentium 3 @ 1.0 GHz and 384 MB RAM. But back then I didn't know what I know now...

Anyway I have got my notebook and it was just being used as an emergency PC...

So then today we decided to have him come over to replace it with something better. But then he refused saying that its good etc...

So Im just taking it apart and using the parts as spares...

I will be going to laserquest soon!!! Im really looking forward to it...

As per Thoth's request in the last comment I will post some pics of the downtown area of where I live.

Anyway bye for now...

Pictures

2006-07-21T12:02:00.000-04:00

Here are some fairly recent pictures of the area where I live... :D

As you can see I have made it so that 50 posts are displayed on the main page :D

(Images taken with Kodak CX7300. My entry-level camera XD)

Hair-cut!

2006-07-21T10:11:00.000-04:00

I got my haircut... It went very well, it took like 1 hour actually, Im looking really nice now! lol

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/epson_r800.html
http://www.photo.net/equipment/hp/hp7960/
http://www.steves-digicams.com/2004_reviews/canon_i9900.html

Nice printers eh?

I want to get 'em! :P

My emergency PC is dead... Fried by a surge in a lightning storm. It doesn't even beep... And the fans dont spin at all even...