I entered my second decade today. My first thought, although by no means an unfamiliar one, was that I\’m rapidly running out of time to blame my ignorance and flaws on my youth. Age makes too convenient a scapegoat for many things. This happens to be one of the reasons why I resent ageist people, [...]

Sorry for the pun. I have a weakness for them. Images like this are kind of unpalatable to me (and I realize how weird that sounds — why, yes, there\’s a funny taste sitting on my retinas). It\’s just not the kind of photography I want to take. I don\’t like seeing too many boxes [...]

BREAKING NEWS: My digital SLR and I have been reunited at long last! A Purolator truck arrived at my house. Inside this truck was a package. Inside this package was a sheet of bubble wrap. Inside this bubble wrap was a crumpled page from a Korean newspaper (I guess my technician was Korean). On this [...]

So you wanna be a playa, but yo wheels ain\’t fly. You gotta steal this bike to get a pimped out ride. It seems like only the most ultra-luxurious of cars still cruise the streets (or just Yorkville) sporting flashy hood ornaments. Hood decorations, or \”car mascots\” have been around for almost as long as [...]

And this is how our city runs, twice a day, most weekdays. As someone who doesn\’t commute during rush hour (anymore) I often look at scenes like this and wonder, amazed, how it is that we can still turn like clocks without one of our gears losing a tooth irreparably. I guess road rage is [...]

The Royal Ontario Museum\’s Michael Lee-Chin Crystal is a curious glass object. Much like a prism, and much like a camera lens. The Crystal — representing aesthetic controversy. To like or dislike it, you must ask yourself, because public opinion varies too widely. The prism — representing optical anomaly. To achieve refraction, you must shine [...]