June 11th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

I’m sure that everyone has a bucket list and want to accomplish many things before they die. I’ve thought of a few and I’ve already done a couple of these. All of the following things I want to do but will definitely take some time to get around to. They’re in no particular order. 1. [...]

June 4th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

Hey all, just went camping recently with my finance and a few friends at The Pinery in Ontario Canada! It was a great weekend and I decided to grab a few shots on my camera during the days. Of course Courtney gets some photo creds as she is a pretty darn good photographer (in my [...]

January 28th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

If you don’t already know, I’m a web designer/developer. One thing I always tell anyone I make a website for is that “a website is your business card to the world, so you want to make it look great and stand out.” If that is the goal for our websites, why not make it the [...]

January 22nd, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

Calvin and Hobbes was made by the genius Bill Watterson and the comic was first published in 1985. I’ve always enjoyed the Calvin and Hobbes series for many reason. For one, it has always reminded me of my childhood and how stupid some of the decisions I made were. Of course I’ve always liked the [...]

January 22nd, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

I recently found a really great video about Malaria. Scientists have, for the first time, seen the Malaria parasite enter into a red blood cell. Check out the video below and then, if you’re really interested in Malaria, I’ve posted an essay I’ve done on how the Malaria parasite functions. There are three billion people [...]

January 19th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

In the scientific community, Craig Venter is a celebrity. He’s a pioneer in the field of genomics and a successful businessman, running multiple companies at a time. Venter is responsible for the first, fully sequenced, human genome and also the first to create a cell with a completely synthetic genome. It was the Human Genome [...]

January 17th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

I was recently given a drawing of an elephant by an artist in Canada. It was a very well made drawing and a lot of talent went into it. Then I remembered of a book I saw by Nick Brandt which was filled with wonderful photography of African animals. So I have decided to do [...]

December 31st, 2010 § 0 comments § permalink

I’ve always been into cars so this post was natural for me. Take a look at a few wallpapers I found across the internet. You can click the picture to go the source and download the high quality picture. Hope you like them as much as I do. Porsche 911 Turbo My favorite car company [...]

November 22nd, 2010 § 1 comment § permalink

The history of men has been that of war. There has been very little time where there has been peace on earth; there has always been some type of conflict on earth. Since the turn of the 20th century, there has been many wars fought, most notably WWI and WWII. Along with many other wars, [...]

September 13th, 2010 § 0 comments § permalink

We’ve all seen graffiti. If you haven’t seen graffiti, then you’ve seen graffito (which is the singular form of graffiti). Graffiti is public markings that showcase some extraordinary talent and in most cases display a message and have deeper meaning than the image itself. Every now and then however, you get some loser who just [...]

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