I am a web developer at Canadian Digital Service, living in Ottawa. I write code with PHP, Laravel, Javascript, and Python, among other languages and frameworks.
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Marc-Andre
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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Cuba, 2019
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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Frozen in 35mm
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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My Continuing Adventures in 35mm Film
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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Shooting 35mm Film in 2017
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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PHP Caddy v1.3.4
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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Introducing PHP Caddy
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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8-Bit Cinema Guardians of the Galaxy
Love this!
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Shanghai 2014
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!