Month: July 2015

LOL – Vayne “Refresh” With Thresh

League of Legends

League of Legends

Some days after work, my brother and I get a chance to unwind by playing League of Legends.  This game was introduced to us by my son a few years ago (I’m guessing around 2011).  To those who don’t know this game,
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Weekend With Canon (A 3-Part Mini-Series) – Part “the deuce”: The images

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5th Ave. looking north. Shot at F8 or something I think.

I have mentioned in the first part of this 3-part mini series that this was the first time I am using a Canon DSLR at length. So, I am really in unfamiliar territory with this in terms of how the auto focus system behaves, and how the metering system is like, etc., etc. Handling, ergonomics, and menu digging aside, I did feel somewhat at home with the taking picture part of this system.  Much like with any modern day DSLR, (more…)

Alvin’s Film Follies (Part VIII – Playing with Some “Gold”)

What an odd roll of film to discover in my son’s bedroom – Kodak Gold 200?!  I found this odd because:

  1. It is ASA 200.  I’m used to seeing and using either 100 or 400 consumer films.  I guess 100 speed doesn’t exist for consumers anymore…
  2. It is a Kodak consumer film that I don’t normally use (as you may know that I normally used Fujifilm in the past),
  3. I don’t recall buying this film for my son.
  4. It was in a 3-pack.

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Bacon Flavoured Seaweed?

I got this image from here - https://www.tumblr.com/search/celeberate

I got this image from here – https://www.tumblr.com/search/celeberate

It’s been a while since we posted anything about bacon, and I think this is a good time to post something about bacon, sort of.

A bunch of men in white lab coats discovered that this one particular seaweed tastes like bacon when you fry it.

What?! Healthy (almost) bacon!?  Oh look a pig flying.

Seriously, this should be out in the market since yesterday, and I want 10 stat!

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Snappy Fridays – 300!

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Well not really… It’s my corny joke with 3 rolls of 100 ISO film.  Anyways, I’m trying to figure out which one to load into my cam in order to take more “snaps!”

What film would you like me to shoot with, and what in Toronto would you like to see on this film? I’m welcoming any suggestions – Vote in the poll, and leave a reply suggesting what place in Toronto you want to see on the film!

Snappy Fridays – Tina Fey!

OK, so I didn’t really see Tina Fey today, but I did see her on my way to the bus station yesterday.  I just got around to pulling it out of my camera so technically….

She was filming something, I think Funny or Die: Billy on the Streets or something….

Tina Fey!

Tina Fey!

Alvin’s Gadget Follies – One Month With The Samsung Galaxy S6

Galaxy S6 Booting Up

Galaxy S6 Booting Up

So it’s been a little over a month with my (then new) Samsung Galaxy S6 from Rogers.  Since my purchase of this white, 64 GB model, I have gotten a simple Griffin bumper cover for it.  The “honeymoon” is over and I’m taking some time here to share my thoughts on the device, so far.

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Alvin’s Digital Follies – “Highlights” From Last Week…

Blown out sky...

Where’s the sky?  Everything else seems to be exposed properly…

Last week I was testing out a really old digital camera… (more…)

Snappy Fridays – National Pina Colada Day

It’s probably the crappiest pina colada, but dagnabbit, it’s my pina colada. Happy Pina Colada Day! Seen here paired with some fish tacos.

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I don’t like getting caught in the rain, but i do enjoy pina colada’s.