Hobbies
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Photography

I've recently engaged in a little bit of amateur photography. The bulk of which has been for personal stuff (family, friends, and the like), but some of it has actually made it to publications such as The 'Toban (the University of Manitoba's newspaper), and The Uniter (the University of Winnipeg's newspaper). Here are a few of the published pictures:

Music

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Dreadnought Non-Cutaway Acoustic GuitarThis year, I bought myself a used electric guitar (previously owned by Aaron Funk, of the Venetian Snares). In the summer of 2002, I pickep myself up an acoustic guitar, and had been trying to teach myself how to play. Previous to that, I had a few years of Piano (Royal Conservatory of Music), trumpet throughout my Junior High and High School years, and choir for the last three years of High School (as a tenor).

  • Candy Apple Red Squier SD6 G (by Fender) Full Sized Dreadnought Non-Cutaway Acoustic Guitar (Model: DG-6GP CAR which I would describe more as Metalic Red)
  • Red Ibanez EX140 Electric guitar: Strat copy with humbucker in the bridge position, and two single coil pickups. Take a look at IbanezRegister.com for other Ibanez guitars, as well as my listing.
  • I also bought a practice bass amp at the same time; The Matrix MA30B Bass Amp, a 15 watt RMS (root mean squared) with an 8" heavy-duty speaker, which was originally built by Kaman Music. Unfortunately, there's no real mention of the Matrix line of amps on Kaman's website, other than on their warranty page under the heading "Electronics". Take a look at this rather favourable review of the amp.
  • Next I got an El Degas 12-string guitar.
  • Now I'm up to four guitars with my new Jay Turser Bass Guitar. It's supposedly a custom made 4-String bass. It's got a nice wood-grain body (clear coat) and a single humbucker pickup. The guy I bought it from also had a Crate Amp (the Crate BX15), so I bought that as well.

Websites and System Administration

I've been invovled with systems administration and website maintenance of quite a few little organizations throughout the years. Here's a list: