January 30, 2005

Me w/Lions Gate Bridge from Stanley Park, Vancouver - British Columbia Comments Off


lb005Me w/Lions Gate Bridge from Stanley Park, Vancouver - British Columbia
Originally uploaded by kk+.

Here’s 4 shots from a little session JD and I did in Stanley park last night. It was rainy and you’ll notice a couple drops on the lens, but the moisture in the air reflected the light really well and we got some cool photos.

Lions Gate Bridge from Stanley Park, Vancouver - British Columbia Comments Off


Lions Gate Bridge from Stanley Park, Vancouver - British Columbia
Originally uploaded by kk+.

The Sulfur Refinery from Stanley Park - Vancouver, BC Comments Off


The Sulfur Refinery from Stanley Park - Vancouver, BC
Originally uploaded by kk+.

Josh w/Lions Gate Bridge from Stanley Park, Vancouver - British Columbia Comments Off


Josh w/Lions Gate Bridge from Stanley Park, Vancouver - British Columbia
Originally uploaded by kk+.

Here’s comes a few of my Flickr photos from last night at Stanley Park. Dunford and I took a bunch of long exposure shots of the bridge and were playing around with flashing each other while the shutter was open to get this ghost effect.

January 27, 2005

Flickr + Del.icio.us + Blogger Feeds Via Feedburner Comments Off

I’ve consolidated my Del.icio.us links, my Flickr! images, and the posts from this site into one slick new XML file published via Feedburner. Check it out and subscribe to the RSS feed now. You can get the words, links, and photos I publish online all in one stream.

For those of you who aren’t hip to RSS (Really Simple Syndication) yet… read this. It will all become clear to you. It’s a great little web syndication technology that allows you to receive real-time updates via a news reader a website or email when your favorite sites are updated or when topics you are interested in appear anywhere on the internet. Anyway, read up at Wikipedia and don’t forget to grab my RSS feed.

January 26, 2005

Photo on Dollarton Highway - Vancouver, BC Comments Off

These photos are out in front of my new house on Dollarton Highway in North Vancouver on the way out to Deep Cove in British Columbia, Canada. Here’s a couple expiraments with keeping the shutter open longer at night to get the motion blur. This one is 10 second exposure on a Canon 20d DLSR using a Canon 24-70mm f/2.6 L-series lens.

I don’t really know what I’m doing but it’s fun stuff. I might go downtown tonight where there is more action and try again.

Would love any advice or feedback on shooting things like this… moving lighted things at night to get a cool blur. Thx.

Dollarton Highway - Vancouver, BC
Originally uploaded by kk+.

January 25, 2005

VoIP Over In-Motion Satellite Broadband - Skype + RaySat Comments Off

Wow… I just received what might be the first VoIP call from a in-motion vehicle. My friend and co-worker Tor from RaySat just called me from his laptop via Skype using a mobile hotspot generated in-motion by a van equipped with RaySat’s SpeedRay 3000 antenna.

They’re driving down the highway from Virginia into Washington DC. Incredible. It sounded really clear and we chatted for 5 minutes or so until he went into a tunnel and we lost our connection.

January 20, 2005

TwoTiny Icon Set - by Paul Jarvis of TwoThirty Media Comments Off

Long-time Vancouver designer friend Paul Jarvis of TwoThirty Media has just released a cool new icon set for sale on his site called TwoTiny. It’s a stylee little set of 80 or so pixel perfect icons for use in interfaces or other webby application work. Check them out, and for $30 bucks, buy them for someone you like.

introducing our new icon set: twotiny - $30 USD - we’ve meticulously hand-drawn 79 low-priced icons, great for websites or applications. they are approximately 16×16 pixels and in GIF format. own them for use royalty-free in your own projects!


View the whole icon set online here.

January 15, 2005

Strange Flickr Meeting - Matt Meet Cherry Comments Off


Harajuku
Originally uploaded by matt.

You gotta check this out and read the down to at least the 7th comment. This has to be one of the most unlikely meetups imagineable. Makes one boggle at the interconnectedness we share via technology. Quoted from the Flickr message board,

“Wait. Let me get this straight.

A guy from Scotland goes 5490 miles to Tokyo and takes a picture of a girl taking a picture. She turns out to be from England, 413 miles away from him.

Impressive, but not all that weird.

UNTIL!

He posts the picture he took on a Website (in Canada, irrelevantly) and within 6 weeks the girl in the photo finds it?

That is truly amazing. I am deeply impressed. Any one care to calculate the odds?”

January 14, 2005

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM - New Telephoto Lens for my Canon 20d Comments Off

Today I bought this new Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens for my Canon 20d. This is my first lens other than the standard EF-S 18-55mm f/3,5-5,6 USM my camera came with. I’m pretty stoked. My friends will appreciate it I’m sure, with a little more telescopic power I can back off and get the camera out of your face.

Joe Playing Open Mic Night Somewhere on Commercial Drive Comments Off


Joe Playing Open Mic Night Somewhere on Commercial Drive
Originally uploaded by kk+.

Last night Joseph Delamar played at Cafe Del Something on Commercial drive here in Vancouver. There was a ton of people there, he played three songs and they were well recieved… one lady neither of us had ever met or seen before was singing along by song three. He even claims he got approached for another record deal. Not bad for the self-proclaimed world’s biggest retard.

Flying Over the Pacific Northwest on My Way Home to Vancouver Comments Off


Flying Over the Pacific Northwest on My Way Home to Vancouver
Originally uploaded by kk+.

Here’s a photo a shot out the airplane withdow on the way home from CES this week.

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