Archive for December, 2008

31
Dec
08

Farewell 2008

There’s something very relaxing and addictive about standing around or sitting around and watching the world go by. You can learn a lot from it if you pay attention.

Leonardo da Vinci said something along the lines of “When I appear to be doing least, that is when I am most active” (only with an Italian accent). My Boss disagrees.

Anyhoo, it’s been a weird year. I hope it treated you well and 2009 treats you better.

Happy New Year
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29
Dec
08

Will she forgive me

23
Dec
08

A stroll after dinner

It’s always nice to take in the night air after dinner.
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22
Dec
08

I want this Christmas

Who doesn’t look through a shop window and just wish they could afford or receive that special something.

Just for a moment, as you look through that window you imagine, just briefly, that you have it and you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

As suddenly as that thought came, it goes and you return to your life and walk past the window.

Back to the real world.
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19
Dec
08

She Sees Me

19
Dec
08

4 THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE PHONE COULD DO

There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it: 
 
FIRST Emergency 
 
The Emergency Number worldwide for  
Mobile  is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile; network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialled even if the keypad is locked. 

SECOND Have you locked your keys in the car? 
 
Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone from your cell phone. 

Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other ‘remote’ for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk). 
Editor ’s Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a mobile phone!’ 
 
THIRD Hidden  Battery  Power 
 
Imagine your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile next time. 
 
FOURTH How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone? 
 
To check your Mobile phone’s serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: * # 0 6 # 
 
A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won’t get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can’t use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones. 
 
ATM – PIN Number Reversal – Good to Know

If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify the police by entering your PIN # in reverse. For example, if your pin number is 1234, then you would put in 4321. The ATM system recognizes that your PIN number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine. The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to the location. This information was recently broadcast on CTV by Crime Stoppers however it is seldom used because people just don’t know about it. Please pass this along to everyone. 

This is the kind of information people don’t mind receiving, so pass it on to your family and friends

18
Dec
08

Seven more hours to go

Seven more hours to go in a job you don’t want to be doing. You’re tired, it’s hectic and the customers impatient.

Tomorrow it starts all over again.
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16
Dec
08

A World Away

13
Dec
08

Street Life

I like the way everything came together in this image. The young girl with a cigarette in her mouth staring at the camera, the statue of the horse on it’s hind legs and the suitcase being pulled off camera. It very much speaks of misguided youthful energy. Anyway, as usual, hope you like it.

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11
Dec
08

The World walks away…

In a City as populated as London, we can still be alone. 

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