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25 years ago in June 1995, my best friend and I went on a life-changing journey across Canada (well, the western half at least). It was my first trip anywhere without my family, I think it was his as well. We bought a 30-day Greyhound pass, packed our backpacks, and set off. We spent 150+…
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We just got back from a week in Cuba at the beautiful Pullman resort in Cayo Coco. I didn’t bring any film cameras with me, and I didn’t take a lot of pics, but here are a few:
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Got another new (old) camera, a Pentax ME, so I went out and shot another roll on a very cold day. Totally forgot to make a note of what roll of film I put in, but pretty sure this is Kodak Gold 200.
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After the fun I had shooting with my Pentax film camera last month, I kinda went on a bit of a used camera equipment shopping spree. My favourite purchase was a Nikon F75 – one of the last consumer-level film cameras Nikon ever made, at a time when digital was eating up the film market.…
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Last month, I picked up a Pentax P30N 35mm camera for $20 on Kijiji, got some Kodak Gold 200 from Walmart, and shot my first roll of film in over a decade. Here are a few shots from that roll: The day we went out for this shoot was a clear day in late fall,…
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I just pushed out a new version of PHP Caddy today with a bugfix that should make it a lot more stable. I have been using PHP Caddy as my primary development environment on my PC at work for the last month or so. At first it was wonderful – stable, fast, easy, as advertised.…
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Here’s something I have been working on recently: PHP Caddy is a tiny PHP development environment for Windows, inspired by Laravel Valet. No hosts file, no configuration, no frills. Just run it and go write some code. Why? In a world where Homestead and Valet exist, this is a good question. A couple things: 1)…
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Love this!
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Pudong skyline at night. Pudong skyline by day. Zhujiajiao water town Me and my translator Lily on a gondola in Zhujiajiao water town. Her glasses had no lenses. I think that’s a thing in Shanghai. weird. Zhujiajiao water town It was very smoggy… Jade Buddha Temple Last day, last chance for delicious noodles and dumplings!
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I guess 18 years was just enough. She made it all the way through her birthday month, but unfortunately we had to say goodbye to our dear sweet Dexy tonight. She’s been my best friend and constant companion for more than 17 years. From the moment she appeared at my grocery store as a runaway…