Forgive me if I ramble for a bit. It’s a rambly kind of day. I’ve spent an inordinate amount of my life around designers, painters, musicians and just artists in general. One of my favourite parts of art and design is the aspect of colour; you could spend your whole life studying the various aspects [...]
Archive > November 2007
Bathroom Renovation – Day 635
Realistically it is only Day 15 but it feels like it’s been years. For those who are holding their breath in bated anticipation or who have found their way here by searching for “Omni Grip” on Google (my new number one search referrer): the mortar took seven days to dry for the big tiles and [...]
The Cheque That Makes Me Laugh… Every Year
About a thousand years ago, when Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) was by the river in the building that is now a Buddhist temple (we’re talking 1991-ish), I bought a MEC membership. Over time I lived in many places, had many friends and many room mates who for one reason or another wouldn’t get a membership [...]
2018
I’ve put 2000km on my legs since starting my new job at the end of June. That’s a lot of milage! I probably hit the 2000 mark while I was witnessing a bike rage incident — that two a**hole cyclists drew me into. It was completely surreal to watch — one cyclist would whip out, [...]
Photoshop Magic
I’ve been doing a lot of GIMP work on my Istock photos as of late — and reminiscing a fair bit about Photoshop and how it is king. I really wish Adobe would get their act together and produce a version for Linux. If they don’t, GIMP will completely eclipse it. As it stands, GIMP [...]
