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Monthly Archives: February 2009

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Wallpaper Wednesdays

It has been a quiet week around here but things are going to jump into high gear by the time the weekend hits!  Stay tuned this weekend for some wickedness!

But as promised, here is your weekly Wallpaper Wednesday photo.  This is a photo from my Montreal trip.  I’ll soon have photos with my new Canon 50D :)

Enjoy!

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Wallpaper Wednesday’s

Whoops!!!  I’m so busy that I forgot to post my super awesome Wallpaper Wednesday post.  Well even though it is technically Thursday I’ll still count this.  I know I know I’ve been slacking these last two weeks but how about you just forgive me this one time internet.  Okay, so here you are…hope you enjoy! :)

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Happy Valentine’s Day

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone :)  I hope everyone is having an excellent day today.  Well, it’s finally here isn’t it.  The announcement of winners.  Firstly, thank you to everyone who entered, all the entries were amazing and the decision was difficult but alas we found some winners.  The winners are as follows.
Grand Prize - Kate and Mac

Second place winners -  Josh and Amy, and Andrea and Max

Congrats to everyone and have a super wicked day!

Almost Valentine’s Day

So Valentine’s Day is so very close!  Which means two things!  First, it is a great opportunity to spend time with your significant other AND the Photo Contest Winners will be revieled! Holla!  That’s right, I’m bringing back the word.  What am I doing for V-Day you ask?  Well I think the following comic strip sums it up nicely :)

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Wallpaper Wednesday

Boy howdy folks!  Seems like today was a little bit busier than originally thought.  I’ll have a link up for wallpaper wednesday later tonight but for now, enjoy the low res version!  Now I’m off to concur the world!!!

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Statistics and RSS Feeds

I love cute things.  I know, I’m weird, get over it.  So when I came across this comic in my RSS Feed I just had to save it and show it to you all.  This is from a comic strip called XKCD. I know that I keep meticulous track of time spent with friends just for such an argument. ;)

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You may have heard of a strange internet word just now.  RSS Feed.  RSS and google reader are the greatest thing ever.  Let me explain.  I currently read 47 blogs.  Yup, that’s right 47!!! Now, this may seem like a lot AND it may seem like it takes up a lot of my time and it did.  Past tense.  Ok, first setup your google reader account here.  Secondly, go to a blog that you read all the time…like mine :)  Then you can click on the RSS Feed at the top of the screen which looks like this (sometimes it is a different colour like blue)imagesOnce you’ve click on the RSS Feed, google will ask you what program you want to use it in, and you simply click “Google Reader”.

Okay, so why is this amazing you ask?  Because, everytime that blog makes a new post, google reader will import it immediately.  This is really great if you look at more than one blog.  Lets say you have 5 blogs that you check up on every once in a while.  Simply subscribe to their RSS Feed, and you’ll only ever have to log into google reader to find all of the new blog posts they have made, all in one location…pretty sweet eh!?  Yeah, I thought so.  Now you never have to go back to the blog to see if their is a new post, google reader will simply import it the second a new blog post is made.
Rock on with this new found information folks, and don’t forget the thank me :)

Mondays

Firstly, thank you to everyone who entered the Photo Contest, winners will be announced on February 14th!  All the entries were fantastic and now the hard part of choosing will commence.  Just as a side note I do accept bribes ;).  Secondly, it’s Monday…today I woke up and thought what a relaxed day I’d have but no, as soon as I go to my computer I see that there are a million things to do and I’m not even close to finishing anything.  Sigh.  “Looks like someone has a case of the Mondays” :P  Well, I’m going to buckle up and see what I can accomplish today.  Luckily, I have a network of friends where we all email each other our goals for the day and the week to keep us motivated!  It really works too!  So that is going to be step one!

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P.s.  If there is any topics you’d like to see me post on  my blog feel free to email me or leave a comment below of what you’d like to see :)

Battlestar Galactica and Lost

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Hey folks!  It’s Friday night which means it is Battlestar Galactic and Lost night.  I’m just about to head on over to my friends house to watch these two amazing shows!  If you haven’t seen Battlestar, get on it, this is the last season :(.  Admiral Adama is in for a real ride tonight, I can’t wait to see if he gets executed or if Gayda gets the axe!  And as for lost!  Well come on…that show rocks.  I’ve just finished downloading it from the interweb and now I’m off to watch them BOTH!  Don’t spoil it for me :)

I am starting to notice I am becoming more and more of a nerd as I get older…I hope this trend stops soon :P  Who else watches these two amazing shows out there?

Wallpaper Wednesday #3

Alright folks, its another installment of Wallpaper Wednesday!  This shot is one I took back at my old apartment.  It brings back good memories :)  This picture is perfect for your desktop especially if you are one of those “windows, or PC” users because the left side of the picture is completely black so your shortcuts won’t get lost in the photo!  Enjoy and as always, be sure to comment if you download a copy :)

Click here to download.
*if your montior size doesn’t appear, feel free to email me your monitor size and I’ll be sure to send you the correct version

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Goofy Portraits

When you run your own business you come up with a million ideas and only about one gets turned into something real (perhaps I should rethink that ratio xD ).  Well I happened to be in a nostalgic mood today and came across this little number I had put together and was supposed to get it printed but of course other things came to mind.  This is a little compilation of my two twin nephews and my niece having fun with the camera.  Although their Grandmother would much prefer those “sit up straight and say cheese” photos, I feel it is important to get the kids excited about having a camera pointed at them so I let them goof around as much as possible.  Nothing feels worse than someone saying, great ANOTHER family portrait in a sarcastic and whiny tone.

Condition your kids so they will LOVE the camera, let them be goofy, crazy and let them have fun.  While they are goofing off ask them to pose “nicely” for just one shot.  Do this every time and then when its time for a real family portrait they should have a little bit of understanding about the difference between family photos and the goofy shots you let them do.  It has worked for me, but I suppose you run the risk of your kids just making goofy faces all the time!  At least when you look at the photo it would make you smile right!? :)

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