Last week I headed to Regina to work on-site for one of our clients. The last time I was in Regina I booked myself into a hotel with no pool/hot tub. Since I’m half-fish that didn’t work out so well for me. This time around I got it right and booked myself into the the Ramada. This is where my story begins…
“Transitions lenses are clear indoors and at night. And thanks to advanced technology, they quickly darken when you go outdoors. Step back inside and they quickly fade back to clear.” http://en-ca.transitions.com/aboutlenses/howwork.htm
I’ll keep this short and simple, so point form it is:
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I’ve been in the market for a new camera bag ever since I bought a 300mm telephoto lens. My plain old 35mm camera bag just didn’t cut it anymore. I wanted to take my camera with me, and be able to swap to a different lens if the need arose. Considering my 35mm camera bag from Lowepro has lasted the better part of 12 years or so… I figured they would be a good brand to continue using. At the recommendation of a friend who is a far more experience camera buff than me, I decided to go with a single strap, over the shoulder bag. This makes for easy pickup and reduces some of that back pain from carrying a load of equipment on one shoulder.
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For those who know my geek side well; You could describe me as the laided back security guy. I recoginze the importance of computer security, but I don’t go overboard for the most part (or insist on needless procedures/protocol when you leave your machine in an unlocked home). At any rate, I’ve always felt bad that my passwords for the net are not as secure as they should be. While the important stuff is easily over 18 bytes long, I have this urge to give all the sites I visit some decently long and complex passwords. This is where Mandylion comes in.
So 4 months ago I bought a new Mazada 3. One of the options for my car was a clear coat for the paint. For about $350 they will spray a high density polyurathan wax on your car. I didn’t think it was a good investment, since I planned on waxing my car fairly regularly anyways.
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Sometime ago I was reading a blog that asked, “Why do people bother to block out their license plate numbers when their car is in it?” He mentioned how we display it publicly on our cars and drive around all the time, so why bother blocking it when you post on the internet. Well… I think I found a reason not to.
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I’ve gotten a few emails and a comment on my last post about these headphones. Mostly in concerned with the price. As it turns out the internet offers these headphones for way cheaper than futureshop:
For the most part the only store to bring them in and sell them AFAIK is FutureShop and BestBuy. They must obviously know it, because they charge a fortune for them. Anyways, it is definitely possible to get them cheaper than $300 like I paid, but… they still don’t fit right and the charging is awkward. I’m still skeptical about the battery life as well. Thou some people have messaged me to say they get plenty of listening off them… so I dunno.
Ssscat is what I would lovely call, “A automated bitch who does what you don’t have time to do”. Which, in my opinion is freak your cats out and reinforce positive behaviour. You can read all sorts of marketing about Ssscat; but, you really just have to buy one and use it to get the real effect. You could also watch one of these handy clips I took to see how well it works. In the first one Aden (orange tabby) is caught for the first time… never to return as of yet. The second clip is Mona for a second time, and has already learned that beeping leads to hissing. So, with out much further rambling, the videos.
If it doesn’t play you will probably need… this DivX.
Oky, purchased this on a whim at Futureshop last night. Got home and got everything setup. Had to wait two hours to charge the battery. An interesting product to say the least. You can check out the specs and such here: Sonorix.com.
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