Sylvain’s Panama Adventure

Another interesting entry from the Scientific American blog:
Scientific American: Dependable Software by Design
“Computers fly our airliners and run most of the world’s banking, communications, retail and manufacturing systems. Now powerful analysis tools will at last help software engineers ensure the reliability of their designs.”
This article describes a new research tool from MIT called Alloy Analyzer. [...]

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Found this interesting entry today on the Scientific American blog:
Scientific American: The Flipping Point
“How the evidence for anthropogenic global warming has converged to cause this environmental skeptic to make a cognitive flip.”
Basically this guy was an environmental skeptic but has recently changed his mind under the weight of the global warming evidence. The article [...]

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I just posted a follow up to my D200 review. After 4 months of practice, I am very happy with this camera. You can read it here.

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“Tokyo: Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that the D200 Digital SLR Camera has been selected by Japan’s Camera Press Club to receive the Camera Grand Prix 2006 award.”
This is pretty cool. That is arguably the most prestigious award that the D200 has received so far. I’m not surprised though; I really love my D200!

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I’m heading to Seattle today, I will be sepnding the whole week there and plan to go out and take some pictures next Saturday, weather permitting!
Seattle is kind of my second home, having lived there for 4 years, so I still have many friends there. And I love the place; very photogenic on a clear [...]

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I captured this loon stretching his wings in the sun. I had been observing him fishing in our lake for about an hour before he performed this little dance.

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Henry’s Camera is hosting the 4th edition of the Photographic & Digital Imaging Show from the 12th to the 14th of May at the International Center on Airport Road in Mississauga, Ontario. Entry fee is $10 but if you are a Henry’s Camera customer, you can get a free coupon.
The show includes not only an [...]

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My wife and I had the honour of attending a Pakistani-Muslim wedding last Friday evening. It was the sister of my friend Farhan who was getting married. We truly enjoyed the cultural experience as we had never been to a Muslim wedding. It was a beautiful ceremony full of tradition and colour. The Friday evening [...]

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Well good news. I was awarded the Microsoft MVP Award for Solution Architecture for the second year in a row. This is in recognition of my contribution to the software developper and architect community.  It comes with a few nice benefits, including early access to upcoming technologies.

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