Category Archives: Tech

I sure wish I was there

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Richard

I sure wish I was in Florida watching the shuttle launch again. The weather looks fantastic. Watching on NASA TV on my iPhone, it brings back all those fantastic memories from nearly a year ago. The Discovery will be delivering … Continue reading →

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iPhone on vacation

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Richard

I had not planned to take my iPhone on the trip to Europe as my phone is locked to Rogers. The roaming rates are too expensive to use the phone in Europe. But we needed the phone in Montreal to … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on STS-132

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Richard

I’ve been thinking about what I learned from attending the STS-132 Atlantis launch on May 14th. 1. I learned that if I rent or borrow equipment, I should read the manual before I need to use the equipment. During the … Continue reading →

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Webcam with the Inlaws

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Richard

A friend of Rosa’s parents (my in-laws, Lemin and Jinduo) gave them a Logitech webcam. I set the webcam up a week ago, but their friends were not using the Logitech software, so we could not contact them. This evening, … Continue reading →

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I have an iPhone!

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Richard

I have an iPhone 4! After a team lunch today, I drove to Kanata Centrum on a physical hunt for an iPhone. Even though I wasn’t expecting to find anything, I thought that if I found a store that had … Continue reading →

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Still Looking for an iPhone 4

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Richard

I’m still looking for a Rogers iPhone. I’ve been calling all around the city. Two stores said they just got some in but both already a lineup of people waiting. I call everyday. Today, I figured I needed to get … Continue reading →

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Looking for iPhone 4

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Richard

I’ve been wanting to buy an iPhone for months now. I waited until the iPhone 4 was announced, rather than pick up the previous model. Once it was announced in Canada at the end of July, I started to look … Continue reading →

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STS-132 Launch Video

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Richard

I’ve been able to get some time to work on completing the video of the launch of STS-132 Atlantis. This was recorded from the NASA Causeway, about 6 miles (9km) from Launch Pad 39A. I recorded it in HD on … Continue reading →

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Kennedy Space Center Vistors Complex

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Richard

Today, I visited the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex. I spent about 10-hours there, seeing everything I could possibly see. I got up early and arrived just after the doors opened at 9:00AM. I checked the schedule and saw that … Continue reading →

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STS-132 Video coming

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Richard

Just before I went to bed last night, I remembered that I had shot a video of the entire Atlantis launch. Before I traveled down to Florida, I searched the video-sphere for very wide-angle shots of a shuttle launch. I … Continue reading →

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