Day to Day

Wow. Where has it all gone.

Posted by Scratch on September 20, 2011 at 9:02 am

Summer flew by in an instant it seems. Weekends with the kids, telescopes, pictures of the skies, ear aches, dancing, running, martial arts, new cars, too few mowed lawns, weed-gardens, sunshine, rain, mosquitos. Summary to follow.

No Netflix on Droid in CANADA?

Posted by Scratch on July 28, 2011 at 1:47 pm

What gives #Netflix? You guys are doing well up here. You’re taking many providers to task on their billing, service and bandwidth BS. And then, when you produce a product that will MAKE telco’s money – hello streaming over wireless – you give me this? I’m confused. My device is in the list of ‘compatible’ [...]

As promised: Quexa Video

Posted by Scratch on July 26, 2011 at 10:50 am

The talks at Quexa 1.0 went great as I mentioned, so please – enjoy!

Quexa you say? Quexa.ca!

Posted by Scratch on July 18, 2011 at 12:59 pm

Today was a great day. Aside from the fact that I’m still desperately congested from this stupid head cold, I must say – today was fantastic. What a great opportunity I was offered today. A good friend, David Papp is involved with a new project called ‘Quexa life 1.0′ – a seminar style session of [...]

Beneath the Covers: The Postman

Posted by Scratch on June 16, 2011 at 11:42 pm

One of the cool things about my time at EmpireAvenue.com is that I’ve been introduced to dozens of amazing and interesting people. One of them is David Brin. I first heard of David when Adriel or Chris (it was some time ago – memory fails) commented that [X] should buy this fresh face because he [...]

Living Social

Posted by Scratch on June 15, 2011 at 8:15 pm

Seems that whenever I try to take a rest from the world of Social Media I am drawn back in. I still don’t get paid for it, but I do see a tangible value to the arena. Like many others I was introduced to the world of ‘social’ media through facebook. The ability to connect [...]

Busy weeks…

Posted by Scratch on June 15, 2011 at 4:59 pm

As always – I’m running at 300 miles an hour. No matter, some good things to report. I’ll be speaking at Quexa 1.0 Life in downtown Edmonton in July, on sharing digital photography with your friends and contacts through social media eyes. (Quexa.ca) Be there or be square! I’m now happily sharing my portfolio on [...]

Back to the land of the living.

Posted by Scratch on May 18, 2011 at 8:57 am
Hey LADIES...

Well – 2011 is starting to shape up a little. The trees in Alberta are budding and green, the grass is returning (except where the dog has destroyed it, and the mice have destroyed it, and the snow mold has destroyed it) and I’m set to mow tonight. The skies are blue, the clouds are [...]

Hacking the DSLR – Expanding the functionality of your Canon EOS Rebel

Posted by Scratch on March 12, 2011 at 11:38 pm

So – with my recent (ok, lifelong but only recently realized) interest in Astronomy, astrophotography, and video of course, I’ve come to find that there are a few limitations to my ‘getting long in the tooth’ EOS Rebel XTi. I’ve had a few things that really bug me about the camera. Limited ISO Coming from [...]

Usage based billing, Bandwidth caps, Competition

Posted by Scratch on February 3, 2011 at 1:41 pm

I’m just a consumer. I’m a consumer of radio, television, media, internet, hard goods, and mindshare. I believe in paying for product that I choose to use, and I don’t wish to pay for product that I don’t want or choose to support. The CRTC (Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission) has been appointed by the [...]