tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540099800790777272Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:37:00 +0000torontoarchitectureartcameraculturecurrent eventselffirefisheyehistorylomographyobamaphotographyqueen street westhttp://thinkingontheclock.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (matthew)Blogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540099800790777272.post-758101315465095858Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:41:00 +00002011-02-16T12:43:08.838-04:00So the site has moved yet again. New domain, new host, new features. So, if you find yourself here for some reason, the rambling continues at Think on the Clock.http://thinkingontheclock.blogspot.com/2011/02/yet-another-move.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (matthew)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540099800790777272.post-8192261270781462712Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:01:00 +00002010-08-03T16:02:24.396-03:00To anyone who may still read this space or check it on the regular, I've moved over to www.mattmacintyre.ca, and am currently designing and posting over there.Cheers!http://thinkingontheclock.blogspot.com/2010/08/update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (matthew)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540099800790777272.post-4990440991390393806Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:06:00 +00002009-02-24T05:40:41.633-04:00last night after work, some friends and i watched a few movies. aferward, i walked home, enjoying what was a pretty warm night for this time of year (read: 0 degrees, celsius). half an hour later - just before bed, home and warm in my room - i drew the blind and saw a blizzard, well underway.now i've long been a fan of night photography for quite some time, long exposure particularly. i http://thinkingontheclock.blogspot.com/2009/02/on-inspiration-why-staying-up-late-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (matthew)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540099800790777272.post-5625232683239792736Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:30:00 +00002009-02-22T14:05:29.387-04:00cameraelffisheyelomographyobamaphotographytorontonow that the weekend is almost over, i find myself looking headlong into another wintry week here in nova scotia. the weather has gotten warmer by a small margin, and i've stuck to my resolution to take my camera everywhere. there's a roll in the camera that i plan to finish today and develop either tomorrow or tuesday -being my next day off- and pack up my canon for send-off at the same http://thinkingontheclock.blogspot.com/2009/02/now-that-weekend-is-almost-over-i-find.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (matthew)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540099800790777272.post-2364173441699700962Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:26:00 +00002009-02-19T01:58:24.743-04:00while browsing through my last post, i noticed the fact that i wrote the word area way too many times.in other news, i developed a fresh roll of film from the trusty fisheye this afternoon. initially i was kind of displeased because a number of the shots were too dark to be used at all, but then when i got them home i was a bit happier. if you ever get the chance to take some photos with a lomohttp://thinkingontheclock.blogspot.com/2009/02/let-me-hear-your-balalaikas-ringing-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (matthew)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540099800790777272.post-1007068525471244073Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:31:00 +00002008-02-28T13:54:30.952-04:00architectureartculturecurrent eventsfirehistoryqueen street westtorontowhile browsing through the flickr blog this afternoon, i came across a post about a fire that ripped through one of my favorite areas of toronto.having lived in the city from the summer of 2006 until the fall of 2007, i was continually reading about the battle between citizens of the area and various city-side housing commissions over this beloved area (read: exploitable area for the city) on http://thinkingontheclock.blogspot.com/2008/02/while-browsing-through-flickr-blog-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (matthew)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540099800790777272.post-4707999091293793889Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:50:00 +00002008-02-22T15:31:16.441-04:00i always enjoy the opportunity to catch up with my other tech savvy friends and see what they're up to, what portables they're sporting, and what approaches they're taking to hacking their lives. last night, i got to do some long overdue catching up with my friend t, who just happens to be one of the savviest of the bunch.for all those of you who don't speak geek, here we go. portables could behttp://thinkingontheclock.blogspot.com/2008/02/hack-planet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (matthew)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540099800790777272.post-3360151784878422218Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:36:00 +00002008-02-19T18:09:38.586-04:00earlier this evening i was watching a pbs frontline special, downloaded for your viewing pleasure, called the persuaders (you can watch the full program on the website thanks to public programming). basically, the piece discusses many different facets of advertising and the incorporation of trust, experience, and yes, even love that some companies base their ad models on. one brief case study http://thinkingontheclock.blogspot.com/2008/02/they-put-story-in-every-ad-and-and-ad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (matthew)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540099800790777272.post-2222148923349959134Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:13:00 +00002007-09-13T17:05:48.186-03:00if you know me, you'll know that i usually don't bother myself with the personal lives of celebrities past, present or future. i don't know them, so basically, i don't care. that's still the case, although this next bit may seem misleading.[plucked from a friend's LJ, which was referencing an article seen on IMDb]Newlywed Sweetin To Be a MomFormer child star Jodie Sweetin is expecting her first http://thinkingontheclock.blogspot.com/2007/09/if-you-know-me-youll-know-that-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (matthew)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540099800790777272.post-3365968712334059515Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:18:00 +00002007-09-11T17:18:53.266-03:00i just walked down the hall behind a lady that smelled like flintstones' vitamins. all of a sudden cold, dark winter mornings of my childhood flooded my memory. begrudgingly getting myself out of bed and trudging down over the stairs with the 90 degree turn after a few steps, blanket wrapped around me tight, rubbing sleep from my eyes and wondering what to have for breakfast and which color/http://thinkingontheclock.blogspot.com/2007/09/i-just-walked-down-hall-behind-lady.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (matthew)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540099800790777272.post-875698986518842576Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:28:00 +00002007-09-06T13:35:16.357-03:00so i've been trying to find the time for a while now to write a post about this new book i'm reading. it's by Anthony Bourdain, and it's called The Nasty Bits. it's proving to be a great read. the book takes a departure from the full-steam-ahead, drug-addled, testosterone-rich descriptions of his coming up in the culinary industry as told in his previous book, Kitchen Confidential, and, as thehttp://thinkingontheclock.blogspot.com/2007/08/so-ive-been-trying-to-find-time-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (matthew)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540099800790777272.post-8357233603209803644Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:47:00 +00002007-08-13T15:54:55.321-03:00after weeks and weeks of saying it, i finally dusted off my photoshop palettes, and cobbled together a few pieces of text and eyedropper-picked colors into a neat little banner for myself. i've always adored the ability of PS to grab colors from external documents anywhere on the screen (or parts of the OS and GUI themselves, for that matter) without having to open said items in the program. http://thinkingontheclock.blogspot.com/2007/08/after-weeks-and-weeks-of-saying-it-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (matthew)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540099800790777272.post-3396319653037036643Tue, 08 May 2007 16:40:00 +00002007-05-22T13:27:06.247-03:00part i. tuesday.greetings.since i'm at work right now, i can't really access my own photos for display here (i know i could, but i don't want to risk a remote login while at work), so i thought today i'd pass along a great photoblog that my sister passed along to me a while ago, but i've only delved into quite recently.the guy's name is Sam, and you may already know him, but for those who don't,http://thinkingontheclock.blogspot.com/2007/05/part-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (matthew)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540099800790777272.post-7499438292460054786Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:09:00 +00002008-12-13T00:38:03.034-04:00This is an old photo. I'm fairly sure that it was taken on Christmas day, as that's the only time I ever remember being to the Oakville GoTrain station, and that is surely where the photo was taken.I (sheepishly) haven't been using my cameras nearly enough, as I mentioned last time, but I also mentioned that I'm not a huge fan of winter photography (my own, anyway).So now what? Winter is (as http://thinkingontheclock.blogspot.com/2007/04/no-more-fenceposts-no-more-brooks-just.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (matthew)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540099800790777272.post-6641130776183003841Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:19:00 +00002007-04-17T12:35:00.285-03:00top 5 activities of the past few months are as follows (in no particular order):-playing and writing music w/ justine-NES, SNES and SEGA games, emulated of course (however, at a store down the street i could purchase all 3 systems for a mere sixty dollars)-reading douglas coupland novels (jPod and Hey Nostradamus! done, in the middle of Microserfs now. so many to go)-drinking (good, mostly localhttp://thinkingontheclock.blogspot.com/2007/04/top-5-activities-of-past-few-months-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (matthew)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540099800790777272.post-2828549690238365705Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:16:00 +00002007-03-14T15:33:44.666-03:00i never was much good with these things. most of it stems from the ability to keep them up to date, falling behind due to lack of interesting content, disinterest in the website from which the blog sprang (read: myspace, livejournal), or just plain laziness.i've had a blogger account for about as long as i can remember, basically as soon as i knew what it was, i said 'cool!' and signed up. in http://thinkingontheclock.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-never-was-much-good-with-these-things.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (matthew)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540099800790777272.post-6214957550444335499Wed, 10 Jan 2007 03:25:00 +00002008-12-13T00:38:03.160-04:00since i couldn't be physically home for the holidays (read: air canada is fucked, and toronto transit is unreliable), my family did an amazing job of making my toronto christmas as enjoyable as it could be. i was in contact by phone with everyone on all the major days, and received the best care package i could imagine on the eve of new year's eve. among the gifts i received was this gem: a lomohttp://thinkingontheclock.blogspot.com/2007/01/this-is-test.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (matthew)0