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  • Some Recent Photographs I’ve Taken

    Bombing Run
    Bombing Run

    Shrivel
    Shrivel

    Bald Eagle
    Bald Eagle

    Red Leaf
    Red Leaf

    Juxtaposition of Roads
    Juxtaposition of Roads

    I've Grown To Love This Hideous Sculpture
    I’ve Grown To Love This Hideous Sculpture

    Sky Marina
    Sky Marina

    Dorothy and I
    Dorothy and I

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  • A Year in Tweets

    Here are all the photos I put on Twitpic this year. Click on each photo to view it a little bigger.

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  • Blogging again

    having fun blogging

    I’m having fun blogging again. I’m not worrying about what anyone thinks, or how bad my writing is… I’m just putting stuff out there that I find interesting. Kinda nice.

    [photo by ishrona]

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  • iPhone Tether

    old school motorola

    In 1993 I was thirteen years old. I was in a boarding school with no internet connectivity. There we’re no network connections in the dorm rooms. After reading about this new thing called the World Wide Web I really wanted to get online. I was rockin a Dell Pentium 120 with whopping 16MB of ram and 4GB of storage! She was a fast machine for her the time.

    In order to connect I used an analog Motorola mobile phone tethered to an analog/digital converter box the size of a brick. I would then log into an ISP by dialing in using the phone. The connection was obviously extremely slow and flaky but I was tethering in 1993. That pretty much makes me a giant freakin nerd.

    Fast forward to today….

    iphone 3g

    I now connect from wherever I want. I tether my mobile phone to my laptop using a wireless bluetooth connection and the 3g cellular network. My cell phone alone has more memory and processing power than my entire desktop computer in 1993. I can be working from anywhere that has cell phone connectivity. In fact I’m writing this from a cafe that doesn’t even have Wifi…

    I suppose this is an example of Moore’s Law and Gilder’s Law working together hand in hand?

    Here are some instructions on how to tether your iPhone 3g or 3gs:

    How to use your iPhone as a modem:

    1. In Settings, choose General > Network > Internet Tethering.
    2. Slide the Internet Tethering switch to On.
    3. Connect iPhone to your computer:

    Connect via USB: Connect your computer to iPhone using the Dock Connector to USB cable. In your computer’s Network services settings, choose iPhone. On a Mac, a pop-up window appears the first time you connect, saying “A new network interface has been detected.” Click Network Preferences, configure the network settings for iPhone, then click Apply. On a PC, use the Network Control Panel to select and configure the iPhone connection.
    Connect via Bluetooth: On iPhone, choose Settings > General > Bluetooth and turn on Bluetooth. Then refer to the documentation that came with your computer system software to pair and connect iPhone with your computer.
    When you are connected, a blue band appears at the top of the screen. Tethering remains on when you connect with USB, even when you aren’t actively using the Internet connection.

    Check your cellular data network usage:
    In Settings, choose General > Usage.

    [iPhone how tos]

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  • Fall in Vancouver

    I took some photos over the weekend here in Vancouver Canada. I thought you might like to see them.

    They’re over here on Flickr. You can see them in slideshow format here. Enjoy!

    [Flickr]

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  • Happy Holidays / Site Note

    Expect light posting or no posting at all during the holidays from these parts. Happy Holidays!

  • Cosby Sweater Party Tonight

    Hey Kids. We’re having a little Cosby Sweater themed party this evening. We thought it would be awesome to stream the party for our peeps who can’t make it. People will start showing up around 8PM PST.

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  • My Recent Photos

    Lambo

    bench

    ducks

    frost

  • Love After Love by Derek Walcott

    Finally Some Joy

    The time will come
    when, with elation
    you will greet yourself arriving
    at your own door, in your own mirror
    and each will smile at the other’s welcome,

    and say, sit here. Eat.
    You will love again the stranger who was your self.
    Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
    to itself, to the stranger who has loved you

    all your life, whom you ignored
    for another, who knows you by heart.
    Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,

    the photographs, the desperate notes,
    peel your own image from the mirror.
    Sit. Feast on your life.

    by Derek Walcott

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  • Back in Vancouver

    French Polynesia

    I’m back in Vancouver after the trip of a lifetime to French Polynesia. We went to Tahiti, Bora Bora, and Moorea. Submarines, helicopters, Teahupoo surfing, swimming with sharks, waterfalls, all 5 star hotels, amazing people and great food… All expenses paid! I’m totally exhausted so just a quick post for now. Full write up with pics and video soon.

    French Polynesia
    Dolphin jumps out of the water in Moorea

    French Polynesia
    Laird Hamilton looks into my lens at Teahupoo

    French Polynesia
    The backside of a Teahupoo wave

    French Polynesia
    The sun sets over Tahiti and the pool bar

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