Month: June 2026

Canada Day

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Sometimes things work out for stat holidays. However this year Canada Day lands on a Wednesday. A. Wednesday. Ugh. Well I’ll take the day off but would have been nice if we could have hit a long weekend out of this one.

Tech getting more and more expensive.

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Well it happened today. Apple jacked up their pricing today, likely to deal with the increase in DRAM and NAND flash over the past while. Honestly I’m a little surprised that it took this long for them to go and follow all the others who have already moved up and increased pricing over the last … Read more

Camping Season

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One of the things that I do enjoy is going out and getting some camping on. Locally it’s sometimes hard to find a spot at the local sites but when we can it’s nice to get out and disconnect from things for a couple of days and just enjoy the lack of connectivity. Honestly most … Read more

Update on the calf.

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Well, as I mentioned earlier I injured myself training, and while it’s healing it’s not as quick as I would like. In fact last week my ankle swelled up like a balloon as all the fluid drained out of my calf and into my foot. Wearing some compression socks for a few days has pushed … Read more

It’s shockingly hard to come up with topics here.

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I’ve taken several shots at blogging here over the course of the last several years. Most have petered out pretty quickly, and have have little information of any value in the long term. This time around I’m trying much harder to make sure that I keep things posting a couple of times a week but … Read more

Nikon Z50 II – A review after some use.

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Now that I’ve had the new camera for a couple of months I can actually have enough time to have a real opinion on the thing. Coming from a D70 bought back in 2004 the Z Series cameras are different enough that it’s a big leap forward, but similar enough that I’m not having to … Read more

To Road Trip or Fly

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So with the IBJJF Worlds happening down in Vegas in September, and me looking at going, I’m currently digging through looking a pricing for flights and trying to figure out if I should fly or if it might be a better idea to fly down. Personally I like road trips, it’s a good way to … Read more

Nikon 40mm F/2

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I have had some time to do some walking around with my 40mm F/2 lens and so far I’m liking the results that I get from it. Again, I’m kind of partial to cheap fun and this lens fit the bill for something to toss into the bag that had a slightly tighter frame than … Read more

Organizing computers on the desk.

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So I have a pile of computers on my desk. Seven in total, and that presents some concerns regarding the piling of the hardware on my desk. Some of the machines are not really that big, one’s a Dell Mini PC that’s not much bigger than a decent sized paperback book, however the storage server … Read more