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KWAG photography tour
On Sunday, Shirley Madill, Executive Director at Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery hosted a small group of us on a tour of the gallery’s photography collection. This opportunity came through Mark Walton and the Foto:RE posse. The TL;DR: KWAG has an amazing … Continue reading
Hub Haps #009-pensive hippie cowboy still life
With apologies to Rodin. Happy Monday, Hubsters. DW
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TORCAM CNC mill comes alive with Easel/GRBL
For those not following along, I’m helping revive some long-unused CNC machine tools at our awesome local high school, Sir John A. MacDonald in Waterloo, Ontario Canada…
1shot #202-Red letter day
One month ago, I was eating breakfast with my peeps at Fran’s on Shuter Street in Toronto. I looked out across the road to see the most beautifully-dressed wedding party roll up in front of Massey Hall for a photo … Continue reading
Hub Haps #009-Canon launches Innovation Lab
Sweet, sweet news for the WR photography community today. Canon launched the Canon Innovation Lab at the Communitech Hub this morning. Before the event even got started there were lots of photographers afoot, as you might imagine…
I told IoT Waterloo that security doesn’t matter
I spoke about IoT security last month at the Internet of Things Waterloo meetup put on by my good friend Ian Pilon (right) seen laughing above with Emile Mclean about my seemingly ridiculous premise. Ok, he was probably stress-laughing because … Continue reading
Refitting a TORCAM CNC lathe controller
It’s been an interesting three weeks since Part 2 (and before that, Part 1) of this project to reverse engineer and make operational a twenty year old CNC lathe and mill at my favourite local high school. If you like … Continue reading
Hub Haps #008-was it Camera Day?
Cameras, cameras, everywhere at the Communitech Hub on Friday. If there’s anything I love more than cameras, it’s cameras on custom rigs with wires hanging out of them, held together by rubber bands. This handiwork by Kurt Schwarz.
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1shot #201-Greasy jungle
Found this delightfully dirty light a week ago. I liked the leading lines, the perspective, and the three different temperatures of light. Green in the parking lot out back, white in the tunnel, orange at the sidewalk. On King Street, … Continue reading
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1shot #200-You had me at ‘meatloaf party’
When in doubt, Ethel’s will help you out. With meatloaf. And beer. On King Street, this is Waterloo. DW
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