Lightroom is really great software. Just today, I realized its designed to allow efficient use of a second monitor for editing that works well connected to my flatscreen tv. Thanks guys!

I've never seen a more disorganized temporary pickup area- It's pure chaos. -1 for BC Ferries.

Use Session Keeper - a firefox addon that you can set up to automatically ping a website every x minutes, so it wont sign you out automatically. Apparently, its popular for Orkut, but I use it for CIBC Investing Services. Its not the most secure in a public place, but it works exactly as promised.

Given that my K10d can survive a trip to the stratosphere, I should worry less about it when I'm out kayaking or hiking in the cold.

Well, just to be on the safe side, I got a Pelican 1300 for it - its a bit tight, so I can only use the pluck foam on the bottom. However, it fits the K10d with my battery grip and tripod head mount, plus 2 lenses and space for additional items. Even without the side foam, the camera doesnt shake around too much because it gets slightly compressed by the top and bottom foam. It's a good quick $50 solution for hiking and watersports.

If they had used a Pelican in the above article, maybe they could have gotten higher...

Check this out - uploaded by user 'Zen', or Zen Sutherland, this simple guide allows you to identify flowers based on the # of petals, their general shape and color - you just click on the shape & color that best matches your flower pic, and it links you to photos on the flickr 'North American Wildflowers' group - photos that usually are accompanied by the scientific and common name of the flower.

Was recently looking over older photos on my flickr site, and though this would work with the website background color....so here ya go!

Yesterday, along with everybody else - I lost some cash in the market. Had I been a more 'seasoned' investor though, it probably wouldnt have happened.

I bought NCC yesterday on a dip at $3.05 - and immediately placed a sell stop order for $2.70 to prevent excessive losses - or so I thought. What I actually did was place a limit order, so the stock I had bought on the low immediately sold - luckily, for the current market value of $3.04, but I still lost some commission. After I figured out what happened in a daze at 6:45 am my time, I decided to get back in on NCC, but had to buy at $3.15 now, this time definitely putting in a stop-sell of $2.80.

Literally, 30 minutes after the buy happened, the stock price collapsed...to $2.72 for 5 minutes before rebounding, the stop loss order automatically executed, and I lost about 15%.

If I had kept that stock, right now I'd be up about 30%. Lesson learned - if your day starts bad, just cut your losses and wait for a day when the tsx doesnt drop 800 points.

Or, how I spent my summer vacation in Northern Ontario.

I made about 15% on ALJ and NCC today - unfortunately, I should have had a stronger position in NCC, which went up like mad. But most of my cash in ALJ still made a bit, and I'm up $140 on the day - not bad for 2 hours of work.

Ill probably get back in on NCC tomorrow morning, since the US is getting a BIG bailout. Good news for banks, probably good news for everything...

And was blissfully ignorant of the stock market crash, since I got (mostly) out of the market last week.

Unfortunately, I still lost some on long positions held in RRSP's. But its not like this is going to force me to retire 2 years later or anything.

On the plus side, the kayaking was great - It's just a few km's from Jericho to the Wreck Beach area, where I relaxed on a relatively deserted beach formed in the 'V' of the breakwater. Less nudes, but more peaceful. I also spent an eerie 30 minutes kayaking through the log maze on the other side of the breakwater.


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