Archive for September, 2008

Another tourney win

OK, so it wasn’t the biggest tourney in terms of prize pool ($0.10 buy-in), but a $8.50 win against 359 other players is still a win.  Everything was clicking together on this one: luck, good starting hands, and of course, skill.
I had a pretty good read on my wild opponent.  He’d been chip leader for [...]

Looking for Vancouver 2010 Olympics tickets?

The list of Olympic Experience Packages(PDF) has now been published.  We’re particularly interested in the “Local” packages that are all in Vancouver (e.g. Hockey, Figure Skating, etc). Â
I just noticed the Legend in the document referring to both Women and Ladies.  Seriously, WTF?

So if you’re female and you’re in Curling, Biathlon, Bobsleigh, or Ice Hockey, [...]

I just won a Breville panini grill from QM FM

So Anna and I were driving to work when I heard the contest on QM FM. 

When is a Zamboni not a Zamboni?

A: When it is a Zamboni® ice resurfacing machine.

After one of Claire’s skating lessons, the Zamboni ice resurfacing machine came onto the ice to start its work.  Claire asked me what it was called and I promptly, though incorrectly replied, “That’s a Zamboni!”.  She gave me a funny look and asked, “A Zamboni?”.
I started to think about [...]

Canon’s next full-frame DSLR

The rumour mill is going like crazy but it’s still all speculation.  Everyone’s thinking it could be the Canon EOS 5D Mark II.
Canon just released a teaser on their site:
http://www.canon.com/moon/en/index.html
Here’s my previous post on the subject.  Now I’m not sure whether to save for this full-frame camera (and not be able to use our 17-85mm [...]