Kyle Blogged

Music Artist of the Day: Norah Jones

2009-01-08T08:02:00.000-08:00

Miss Norah Jones is an outstanding musician with a sweet deep voice. I was turned onto her music within minutes of first listening to her sing. You should check out her music as she has become my favorite musician of all time.

Photo of the day: A blue christmas by Kyle

2008-12-21T12:37:00.000-08:00

Web site of the day: www.vimeo.com

2008-12-13T18:08:00.000-08:00

Here's a great site I recently discovered similar to youtube but has some really great quality videos.

I urge you to check it out for some great content at:

http://www.vimeo.com/

Song of the day: Champions of Nothing(Live)

2008-12-09T17:13:00.000-08:00

Matthew Good is one of the greatest Canadian musicians and grossly underrated. Recently I purchased a live version of a song named 'Champions of Nothing' which was recorded at Massey Hall. A great version of this tune from an outstanding performer.

"Avalanche" is my favorite Matthew Good album followed by "Hospital Music".

Feel free to drop me a line of your favorite Mat Good songs, or other artists similar to his style and talent.

My trip to Campabello this past summer

2008-12-09T15:31:00.000-08:00

I had a wonderful day trip this past summer with Lisa, Michiah, and Pam to Campabello for my first time. It was a very different type of place giving very much a feeling of little true fishing villages along the way.

A great experience and day well spent with loved ones.

Software of the Day: Google Earth

2008-12-09T15:16:00.000-08:00

For all of you who haven't heard of, or haven't tried Google Earth software, please do it now... It is a fantastic piece of software allowing you to travel a 3d globe of earth and zooming right into your own backyard if you like. Google Earth has many great features with many layers of information such as roads, weather, photos and videos submitted by users, etc. The list just seems to continue expanding from this terrific software which is free by the way.

So go get it at:

http://earth.google.com/index.html

Software of the day: iTunes

2008-12-03T16:25:00.000-08:00

In the last year, I've come to learn that Apple is an outstanding company delivering amazing products, services, commercials, hardware and software, etc.

iTunes is a great piece of software I've been using for quite some time and on a daily basis. It is great for managing and playing all sorts of media as well as free and purchasable content from Apple directly via iTunes.

I listen to tens of podcasts each day and iTunes makes it very easy to locate, subscribe, listen, and update them.

Another great feature I use is for listening to all of the free online streaming radio stations.

Try iTunes out, you will find lots of great free content.

Web site of the day: Virtual Stock Exchange

2008-12-01T08:41:00.000-08:00

Recently I discovered this great free web site where your can create and/or join stock exchange games based on the real stock market. Each game has criteria such as how much money you start with, and how long the game lasts(days, months, years, etc.). With my interest in the stock market starting recently, this seems to be a great way to play without losing your shirt.

Site is at: http://vse.marketwatch.com/Game/Homepage.aspx

Word of the day: bailout

2008-12-01T08:37:00.000-08:00

A rescue from financial difficulties.

This just seemed appropriate...

Stock Market 2008

2008-11-21T08:50:00.000-08:00

Well this year is my first entry into purchasing my own stocks on the market. Brings me lots of excitement and things to learn, especially with such radical changes in the market each day in these troubling times.

Stocks I'm watching out of my own interest are:
- FRE - Freddie Mac
- BNS - Bank of Nova Scotia
- NVDA - Nvidia
- BMO - Bank of Montreal
- COKE - Coca Cola
- MFC - Manulife
- AAPL - Apple

I'm primarily searching for good blue chip stocks producing high dividends. If you have any winners, please drop me a line.

Free Visual Disk Usage and Cleanup Tool for Windows

2008-10-03T09:19:00.000-07:00

Hey

Ever wonder what is consuming all your drive space on your Windows PC? Well, today I was informed of a great free product call 'WinDirStat'. You can find it at : http://fr.ugal.it/windirstat-free-visual-disk-usage-and-cleanup-tool-for-windows/

I've used this software and cannot tell you just how useful this was to me in trying to find where all my space was being consumed.

Try it out and tell me what you think. This is instantly one of my favorite apps for Windows.

Word or Site of the Day

2008-07-04T03:13:00.000-07:00

This morning I found a great HOWTO site for source control management for all you developers out there:

http://www.ericsink.com/scm/source_control.html

Word or Site of the Day

2008-06-23T04:54:00.000-07:00

Word of the day today is:

capacious \kuh-PAY-shuhs\, adjective:
Able to contain much; roomy; spacious.

Word or Site of the Day

2008-06-18T08:26:00.000-07:00

Wikipedia is a great site that I use on a weekly and almost daily basis. It is full of great content and updated daily. When there is a subject you want more information on, check it out at:

http://wikipedia.org/

Word or Site of the Day

2008-06-18T08:13:00.000-07:00

cogent \KOH-juhnt\, adjective:
Having the power to compel conviction; appealing to the mind or to reason; convincing.

Podcasts

2008-06-17T17:50:00.000-07:00

In the last year podcasts have quickly become one of my favorite things to listen to. There are podcasts on many subjects and the average joe seems to be getting quite good at these.

If you are new to podcasts, I encourage you to download itunes software and use it to browse, download, and listen to the piles of free podcasts available.

Podcasts to me bring free content from everyday people who share your same interests and they often have resources/access to people for great interviews. For example I listen to many photography podcasts of which they interview all kinds of famous professional photographers. What a great way to gain insight instead of just reading books.

Currently I listen to many podcasts on photography, Mac OS, and computer programming. The vast number of them keep me more than entertained even with this small number of interests listed.

So if you haven't tried listening to podcasts, give a try, they have lots to offer. Who knows maybe someday you'll be hosting your own show...

Word or Site of the Day

2008-06-17T16:31:00.000-07:00

For any of you out there considering the purchase of an iMac or Macbook, the Apple site listed below has two very good videos that strongly convinced me that I was buying an excellent product. Also on the Apple site are many videos and tutorials on how to quickly and easily use your Mac or iLife08. These videos are well done and urge any of you on the fence to watch them, or even if you haven't put much thought into a Mac before, check them out anyway, you might just start thinking of your next purchase...

Site: http://www.apple.com/findouthow/guidedtours/leopard.html

iEverything

2008-06-17T12:02:00.000-07:00

The short... If you don't own a Mac, get one! As a long experienced computer programmer and user I can tell you these machines are outstanding. Their feature list is amazing, ease of use just as good, performance is quite something, beauty and elegance are to be noted, quickly growing community, developers, and applications, ability to run Windows and software via virtualization, etc.

It is truly just an awesome experience with these machines, they work much more the way you'd expect things to work, they're stable, they're quick, they're secure, and they're fun.

Amazing work Apple...

PersonalBrain 4 - free mind mapping software

2008-06-17T10:40:00.000-07:00

Today I thought I'd share with you quickly a terrific piece of free software both for Mac OS and Windows. It is called PersonalBrain 4 and is free. I've been using this software for about a month on both platforms and am very impressed with how well it works, how easy and flexible it is, and how easily you can navigate and search.

The basics of it is creating thoughts and then attaching other thoughts as you see them related. A great feature is that you can attach many things from your computer such as: files, emails, application shortcuts, web site addresses by dragging and dropping them onto a 'thought'.

I encourage all of you to try this great piece of software as it is so flexible and open-ended for you to store information and very quickly find it. I use both for personal and work things in my life I want to remember or keep track of.

Word or Site of the day

2008-06-17T10:33:00.000-07:00

As a test to see if this drives traffic to my site as well as a way to keep me more active, I'm going to try making blog posts of either words or sites, etc. that may draw traffic from search engines.

The site today is: http://www.pbase.com

HooDoo You Do

2007-07-07T08:35:00.000-07:00

Drumheller, Alberta at The HooDoos. Great site to visit, climb and take photos.

Ready...

2007-05-21T15:45:00.000-07:00

Ready... Looking pretty serious and focused.

Cool Critta

2007-02-11T17:36:00.000-08:00

An early morning in February 2007 where this little critter was doing its best to keep warm.

Slipping into Dreaminess

2007-01-02T21:44:00.000-08:00

A very nice kitty resting perfectly before a dreamy cat nap.

Cat in Charge

2007-01-02T17:25:00.000-08:00

A Christmas kitty this is, and in a very short time, you can see just how content and in control this cool cat is.

Flash Strikes Again

2006-11-22T18:20:00.000-08:00

Another evening of practicing my flash photography. This shot I was happy with, and just in time because Ophelia was getting quite tired of being a test subject, and retreated to this nearby hideout.

A Flash of Cat

2006-11-21T18:07:00.000-08:00

Just working at my flash photography this evening... Was hoping to catch the subject doing some fancy tricks in the air, so I could stop motion with the flash, but my kitty was less than energetic to say the least... Must be the Maritime cold setting in.

Coloring Creativity

2006-10-22T18:11:00.000-07:00

When I was taking my original photograph of this scene, it struck me very quickly as simple beauty with the nice trees, color, swing on a big old tree, but the shadow lines were very strong and I wanted to capture it.

I did a little editing to make it more abstract because the lines and two big tree circles of light through the leaves were my inspiration.

Hope you enjoy!

Nearing Falls End

2006-10-16T15:59:00.000-07:00

A convert of a photo I took this past weekend hopefully taking you back on a journey of old memories.

Woodstock Wonders

2006-10-11T05:31:00.000-07:00

Plant life has fallen for the year, but holds it beauty. This shot was taken in my brothers backyard in Woodstock, NB, which has lots of fall beauty waiting to be photographed.

Rustic Revisited

2006-10-04T16:37:00.000-07:00

Another artistic interpretation of a photo I took of a beautiful car.

A New Fall

2006-10-02T15:54:00.000-07:00

Spent an evening at Rockwood Park taking some fall photos, and thought I'd share this artistic version of one of them.

Prince Edward Island

2006-08-19T12:07:00.000-07:00

Recently spent some time in PEI for work, met some nice folks, travelled around Charlottetown and Cavendish, and caught a few pics of the scenery.

Sunday Surfin

2006-07-16T15:51:00.000-07:00

Some great local kayakers at the falls reversed a dull foggy Saint John day.

Quite a show they put on.

Casually Crisp

2006-07-13T18:43:00.000-07:00

This was just one of the greats at the car show in Moncton I visited last weekend. Quite amazing the work these folks do.

A Moncton Monday

2006-07-06T19:47:00.000-07:00

This little fella was enjoying the sun on Canada Day in Moncton and he/she captured the mood perfectly.

Friday Freedom

2006-06-02T03:40:00.000-07:00

My Friday morning is starting off great and looking forward to the weekend freedom ahead.

Happy weekend everyone!

Beautiful Boating

2006-06-01T16:35:00.000-07:00

A shot I took in St. Andrews and creatively manipulated to represent the feeling I had for the shot.

St Andrews Art

2006-05-29T18:30:00.000-07:00

I made a quick trip to St Andrews tonight and enjoyed it very much.

Here's one of my better pics.

Doggie Dynamics

2006-05-28T19:01:00.000-07:00

This was my most dynamic model of the weekend, but got to practice focus tracking option on my camera and enjoyed the challenge.

I think this subject is very photogenic, loves attention and playtime.

Moncton Moodlight

2006-05-28T18:22:00.000-07:00

A great sunset to finish off a great day of visiting family in Moncton and Buctouche this weekend.

Moncton Magic

2006-05-28T18:12:00.000-07:00

I also got to visit two of my brothers and family in Moncton this weekend. They are very hospitable and family natured. It was great weather for us to get outside with the kids and let there dog run as my photo shows here.

Always enjoy seeing family, and thanks for making my weekend trip so enjoyable!

Buctouche Blossom

2006-05-28T17:58:00.000-07:00

This past weekend I spent some real quality time with my family who live in Buctouche(as well as family that were there visiting) and they opened my eyes to just how beatiful of an area it is.

I really look forward to getting back to visit my family there and the scenery.

Thanks for a great weekend.

A two-fold challenge!

2006-05-24T17:26:00.000-07:00

A two-fold challenge:

Make a boring picture of dandelions hopefully interesting

and

Getting them all mowed!

For the photo, I took a few shots of varying degrees of focus, and then layered them in Photoshop to make a multiple exposure.

'High-kitty' Model Shot

2006-05-24T17:22:00.000-07:00

Here's one of my better 'high-kitty' shots. She was sun-bathing, thus lots of backlighting.

Saint John Evening at RKYC

2006-05-05T14:49:00.000-07:00

Our best evening thus far in Saint John 2006. Taken May 4, 2006 about 8 PM.

My new camera flash :)

2006-04-26T08:07:00.000-07:00

Well, spoiled boy just got his new Canon 430 ex speedlite for his camera and is really excited about getting some great photos with it.

The camera club I belong to had 3 guys do great training sessions the other night on camera flash and studio lighting and there shots and creativity convinced me to purchase this flash.

I welcome all comments on creative uses with this such as home made attachments, bouncing the light, etc.

Saint John Spring Evening

2006-04-24T08:27:00.000-07:00

Here's a photo I took of the Saint John Harbor, evening of April 23, 2006. It was a very nice spring evening and lots of people were out walking. Couldn't resist taking another night shot.

Introducing Ophelia McLaren...

2006-04-20T11:37:00.000-07:00

Here's my favorite pet, the one and only...

Ophelia McLaren, just a crazy cat who loves everything new... especially treats!

This photo shows her behaving well because we just came home from the grocery store.

Welcome to my blog, hope you'll visit often...

2006-04-20T08:11:00.000-07:00

This starts off my blog. The world is full of wonderful and interesting people and having this 'space' to share is exciting, so welcome all.

I have many interests and hobbies but photography is becoming a very strong interest of mine. The things I like about it are creativity, never ending subjects/methods to shoot, and is a visual history of my life, memories, etc.

I plan to add photos often to my blog and hope hear feedback from you all, as well as seeing your photos.

Outside of photography, I may blog other things of interest to me, like life, you never know what tomorrow will bring.

The picture above in this post is a wide angle shot I did at the Irving Nature Park in Saint John, NB, Canada in early 2006 spring.

Kyle