by Brian Cantin | Oct 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
Due to hackers attempting to hijack this site as well as some unfortunate issues with my previous hosting I’ve been rebuilding it on a new platform. There are broken images, links and theme items currently, I’m working on it – please bear with me, I...
by Brian Cantin | Oct 28, 2014 | blogging, general, toys
It seems I’ve not had much of an urge to write a lot of personal articles for a very long time. I have however been dabbling in various technologies at the hobby level including 3D Printing, mechanical engineering, electronics and related items. I’ve...
by Brian Cantin | Jul 14, 2012 | cycling, pictures
Saved from neglect and ultimately being thrown away, this 1990 Miyata 1000LT recently came to be mine. As you can see from the photo below, all of the rubber (seat, tires, grips, etc.) became rotted a long time ago, the bike is covered in dirt and dust and full of...
by Brian Cantin | Apr 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Wow! Where did the time go? I’ve been busy with life in general, and I keep wanting to change this site and expand it. It wasn’t until recently that my girlfriend pointed out that I did not make a single post last year that I realized how long it’s...
by Brian Cantin | May 28, 2010 | computers
Computer viruses are the bane of most system administrator’s existence and an unavoidable facet of modern online life. Most Linux systems however do not have an antivirus included in their repositories. There are a few reasons why, including the relatively...
by Brian Cantin | May 13, 2010 | music
I can’t help but wonder how the modern music market is surviving. As long as the Internet has been the de-facto media sharing platform, the industry has been crying foul. They’re losing all their profits so they say. Profits which I might add that they...
by Brian Cantin | Jan 26, 2010 | general, politics
This story dates back to December 10th, 2009 but has only just now come to my attention. The Governor General of Canada has stripped Mr. Stephen Fonyo Jr. of his Order of Canada due to his criminal convictions. You can see the notice on the GG’s website here:...
by Brian Cantin | Nov 19, 2009 | general, music, personal, videos
In January this year I hooked up my WebCam and some recording software and made some test videos for YouTube. The video quality turned out astoundingly bad due to the low-resolution and cheap CCD in my generic camera. I have not made any further videos, pending some...
by Brian Cantin | Nov 19, 2009 | music, personal, videos
Uploaded to YouTube in January 2009, this is a test video where I play the song ‘Salvation / Tight’, that I wrote in 2004. In 2008 I changed the key, and in this version I was playing around making it a heavier song instead of acoustic. Salvation / Tight (Original...
by Brian Cantin | Nov 19, 2009 | music, personal, videos
Uploaded in January 2009, this is a test video where I play ‘Twitch’, a song I wrote somewhere around 1998 or 1999. Twitch (Original Song)
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