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Came across an interesting problem today. I resized a VMDK of a Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machine today, then ran gparted, and when I rebooted.. it was no good. In Windows’ defence, I made some mistakes. I told gparted to align to cylinder boundaries, which the original partition wasn’t, and I didn’t let the [...]

Our Prius Originally uploaded by theducks Is it not shiny? :)

A simple question asked by an online acquaintance of Elizabeth. The answer is: it depends on what you think makes a good picture.

Photography as an art is about making an image of a scene in such a way that it evokes an strong emotional response from the viewer. There are many ways to achieve this, and a point and shoot camera need not stop you from being able to do so.

Some of you may not have seen this on Facebook/twitter, but after much discussion and thinking about moving, etc, we bought a car – a 2005 Toyota Prius – in white. We’ve done 400kms since thursday on it. The novelty of having a car is still new. It’s got 4.9L/100KM (48mpg) so far, so my [...]

Barenaked Ladies Originally uploaded by theducks Went to end of semester party at UBC. Barenaked Ladies and Hey Ocean playing. What a country. More photos here – http://www.flickr.com/photos/theducks/sets/72157623742687475/

I love this guy’s writing style: This is why, when you’re heartbroken, you should never listen to people who try to console you with the maxim ‘there are plenty of fish in the sea.’ While this is technically true, you should also be aware that Deep Sea Anglerfish (and, for that matter, barracudas and deadly [...]

We bought a Blu-ray player a few weeks ago, and it had been working fine until we did a firmware upgrade / plugged it into the network.. when it became unresponsive. Did some digging and found it behaves terribly when it’s connected via HDMI to a non-Samsung TV with CEC-Link (aka vieralink, anynet, etc). Turned [...]

Onslow 2010 Originally uploaded by theducks We’re up in Onslow, visiting Elizabeth’s parents. It’s HOT and humid, as opposed to Perth, which is just hot. But it’s very pretty out these ways. Follow this photo through to the rest of the set if you want to see more.

Olympic flame at Aberdeen Canada Line station Originally uploaded by theducks Our journey home last night included a co-incidental run-in with the Olympic flame! My photos got picked up and our story is on the Translink blog – The Olympic torch runs through Aberdeen Station Yay :D

I’ve gone through my flickr photos and made up some collections of my favourite photos that I have taken. I’ve also re-uploaded in full rez any of the smaller ones. Let me know what you think? :) Nature Scenes Urban Landscapes Animals People