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Winter Olympics 2010 in my city!
Submitted by pwnell on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 23:10Some photos from Sunday night when we WON GOLD!
Olympic Flame @ Vancouver

Crane With Olympic Ring Coloured Maple Leaves

The Olympic Rings

A brief history of my cameras
Submitted by pwnell on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 00:33I am not one for writing product reviews as the Internet is littered with good reviews, from the tech head perspectives to the real world usability perspectives.
My new favourite band
Submitted by pwnell on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 14:33Die Antwoord. Watch the videos and the secret chamber. South Africa rules!
How to remove a file in unix with a leading dash in it's name?
Submitted by pwnell on Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:33That was the question I asked myself recently when I had a file called --exclude in the root of my filesystem. These commands all failed:
rm --exclude
rm "--exclude"
rm \-\-exclude
rm ??exclude
So I found the solution - so simple it embarrassed me. Just add the full path:
rm /--exclude
or tell the command line parser to stop interpreting options:
rm -- --exclude
Easy!
New Photo Blog
Submitted by pwnell on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 14:24Whenever I feel the need to post an image that I want to comment on, I will do so here. Check back regularly for updates.
My second coffee table book just arrived
Submitted by pwnell on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 14:06Before I show our book, first some background.
We had a couple of issues with the Apple book service. Using iPhoto to create the book is as simple as you can expect it to be. However, usually with simplicity comes a lack of power features. Some layout techniques are just not possible, and your options are quite limited. That being said, it was good enough for my first attempt at creating a coffee table book.
So when the book finally arrived, there were a couple of things that put me off and some things I liked.
Snow photos as I promised
Submitted by pwnell on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 13:24A couple of weeks ago I mentioned it started snowing in Vancouver (Surrey). Well I never got around to post some pictures, so here goes. These are from two separate days.






