Casa Loma with Dad

June 13th, 2008

My Dad came up and stayed with me for a couple days.  We stayed fairly busy.  I took pictures the one day we went to Casa Loma.   It was pretty neat to see how big the place was, and the history behind it.  I only took mylittle camera with me sothe pictures aren’t as nice as they should be.  Maybe next time.

Check out the pics here!

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Lightning over the City

June 13th, 2008

Tonight Winnie and I were relaxing at my place, watching a movie when we started to see a ton of flashes from outside. It turned out to be a severe thunder storm. The lightning was so frequent that I was able to easily capture lightning shots with my camera from my living room. Winnie and I quickly grabbed a bag to cover the camera and head up to the rooftop patio, and hide under the Gazebo and take some unobstructed shots from the roof. Surprisingly, there were 3-4 other people already up there just enjoying the thunder storm.

Tripod locked in place, and camera settings dialed in, I began snapping 30 second exposures of the Toronto skyline, and was surprised with this fantastic shot of lightning streaking across the skyline.

Captured June 14th, 2008

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Medieval Times

June 7th, 2008

Tonight a bunch of us went to Medieval Times here in Toronto.  It was a great show that consisted of starting with us receiving our coloured crowns, then moving to court where we indulged on some huge beers, and pre-show antics.

Once we moved in to the arena we were seated at our colours section (black & white).  The show began as did the feast, consisting of Tomato Bisque soup, garlic bread, half roasted chicken, ribs, potatoes, and a sugary pastry stuffed with apple, all of which was very delicious.

The live entertainment was great!  We saw some cool dressage, jousting, a flying falcon, sword fights on foot and on horses.

Thanks to Joanne for the fantastic planning and getting us an excellent group rate :)

Check out all the great photos here!

Jared life

Kaskade @ This is London

May 30th, 2008

This post should have been made on May 30th, 2008 (actual post date June 15th, 2008) when it happened but the combination of being lazy + busy meant it got missed. My good friend Todd and I are huge fans of Kaskade, a very popular House DJ know throughout the globe came to This is London (lame club) on May 30th, 2008 (Friday). We rounded up some friends and decided to check him out for a 2nd time (1st time was at Footwork Bar).  I only took pics at my place pre-drinking as I didn’t want to risk losing my camera in all the drunkness, loud music, and flashy lights. As you will see from the pics, we toy’d with Kaskade’s name a bit, and in lieu of going to ‘This is London’, we threw in some appropriate Guido Fist pumps!

Check the pics out from that night here!


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New camera, new pictures

May 10th, 2008

On my last trip to Kingston, I picked up a new camera kit at my favorite camera shop, Camera Kingston.

  • Canon EOS 40D
  • Canon 17-40 f/4L
  • 4GB Sandisk Extreme IV CF
  • 77mm Hoya Super HMC UV filter

I’ve taken ~1000 photo’s since the purchase which has been less than a week.

Here are most recent albums I have posted in the gallery

I hope you all enjoy the pictures, and keep checking back often as I’ve caught the shutter bug once again!

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400+ Vista tutorials

May 1st, 2008

Windows Vista tutorials: Basic to Advanced customizations, tweaks, and fixes. Good for beginners to power users.

read more | digg story

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WordPress 2.5

March 30th, 2008

WordPress 2.5 has been released!  To be honest, I had no idea it was even coming, but I stumbled across its announcement on Digg this morning.  Hopefully not much will be noticed on the reader’s end but some of the new features on the backend look fairly promising.

That’s all for now!

Jared geek

Ride for Heart

March 27th, 2008

On June 1st, 2008 thousands of us will be riding for a good cause.  Please show your support by donating money towards care and research that will benefit all of us now, and in the future.

Donate here

Jared life

Slysoft AnyDVD (HD) 6.4.0.0 cracks BD+ for real

March 19th, 2008

They finally did it, discs are fully playable after ripping! Down with DRM!

read more | digg story

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Work Schedule

March 12th, 2008

Anyone wondering when I work, it can now be easily viewed on my online calendar

It has also been added to my blogroll for future use.

Jared life