cigarettes and coffee

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.

Peter Timofejew — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:34:50 +0000

Buy low, sell high. If it ever goes high.

Why did iTunes take so long to download?

Peter Timofejew — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:24:43 +0000

Musing on why it's taking longer and longer to download software updates from Apple.

Sailing takes me away

Peter Timofejew — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:33:04 +0000

Yacht Rock: it's so smooth.

Breaking a sacred rule

Peter Timofejew — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:28:57 +0000

Adding yet another cat photograph to the Internet. The post is only slightly redeemed by the fact that it's a test shot from my new iPhone.

Site update: progress report (3)

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:41:37 +0000

I think I've figured out a decent technique to display photographs on my website.

Lightbox and iWeb Article Moved

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:04:46 +0000

Due to the surprisingly resilient interest in an ancient post of mine, Lightbox and iWeb, I’ve decided to make that a permanent article in it’s own right on the Articles page.

Site update: progress report (2)

Peter Timofejew — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:30:59 +0000

Progress to date on the site re-design, with some observations on using WordPress.

Font Rendering (or: Screw Windows)

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:42:46 +0000

Just how bad is Windows font rendering? I'll show you...

Didn’t make the connection

Peter Timofejew — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:51:17 +0000

It's true. Everything under the sun has been done before.

Site update: progress report

Peter Timofejew — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:43:05 +0000

Raving about WordPress (with a bit of ranting about specific themes and plug-ins), and a bit of a progress report on how the site migration is going.

Photos

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:22:51 +0000

The gallery below contains a number of my photographs, from portraits to abandoned sites. I’m still struggling with how to present my work on teh Intertubes™, so in the meantime, this will have to do. All photographs are copyright © 1998—2007 by Peter Timofejew. All rights reserved.

More career opportunities

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:35:45 +0000

MAN plus a Computer equals a GIANT!

Audio::MPEG Perl Module

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:47:46 +0000

Back in early 2001, I wanted to automate the management of my ever burgeoning MP3 library. At first, I wanted a piece of software to manage the ID3 tags in a bulk manner (according to rules I was setting up). Then, I wanted something to verify the integrity of the MP3 audio data as well [...]

Articles

Peter Timofejew — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:34:56 +0000

As you may or may not know, I like to hack away at computers. And, occasionally, write about them (er, well not them per se, but about what horrible things I do to them). Although, I have managed to fool a few people into thinking that I know what I am doing, I’ll let you [...]

Here we go again…

Peter Timofejew — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:31:47 +0000

Re-engineering the site.

Gallery

Peter Timofejew — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:40:15 +0000

Links

Peter Timofejew — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:01:26 +0000

These are some links to sites I like. Go on, I know you want to click a few.

About

Peter Timofejew — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:31:47 +0000

Who am I? It’s really not all that important. However, if you are curious, my name is Peter Timofejew, and I am a nerd. I’ve lived in Toronto, Canada for a good 20 years or so. Not surprisingly, I’ve come to call this city my home. To keep me in the outlandish lifestyle that I’ve become accustomed to, [...]

God speed you, Little Stinky

Peter Timofejew — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:00:53 +0000

I had to put down my kitty Lucy today. Ricky and I miss her terribly already. Rest in peace, little stinky one.

New lens

Peter Timofejew — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:32:08 +0000

The joy of fish.

Crunchy pits

Peter Timofejew — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 22:16:34 +0000

A brief Lightroom and Aperture comparison.

Server problems

Peter Timofejew — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:22:13 +0000

Computers do fail sometimes.

Career opportunity

Peter Timofejew — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 04:43:24 +0000

Computing careers.

Mentok wills it so.

Peter Timofejew — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:49:52 +0000

Screwing around with iWeb when I shouldn't be.

Custom Error Pages with iWeb

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:27:14 +0000

Overriding Apache built-in error pages, and using Apple's iWeb to design the error pages.

Lightbox and iWeb

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 01:23:14 +0000

If you are publishing iWeb to a non-.Mac server, and do not care too much for the slideshow code that is generated, this article is for you. The Problem Since iWeb doesn’t really have any user hooks in it for code generation (at least as of v1.1.1), any attempt to change the pages it generates is typically [...]

Yikes

Peter Timofejew — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 03:01:59 +0000

Post-birthday jangles.

New look, (mostly) old content

Peter Timofejew — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:37:46 +0000

A brief comparison of iWeb to RapidWeaver after playing around with the new iWeb for a few hours.

Network re-jigging

Peter Timofejew — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 22:00:00 +0000

Re-working my computer network at home, including some thoughts about backups.

I’m back…

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 07:47:57 +0000

A tale of woe of my hard drive failing.

Asbestos is not a friend

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 22 May 2006 15:53:17 +0000

Nic and I went out to Pennsylvania to shoot some more abandoned sites this weekend.

Afterbirth

Peter Timofejew — Tue, 02 May 2006 16:37:51 +0000

Hack to Lightbox for finitesquid.com

Birth Announcement

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 01 May 2006 16:40:56 +0000

Site announcement for finitesquid.com

Photo Tutorials

Peter Timofejew — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:48:23 +0000

A link to excellent digital photo capture and manipulation.

Rammer Photos: Part 2

Peter Timofejew — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 04:20:07 +0000

Rammer promotional shots are completed.

Rammer Photos

Peter Timofejew — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:26:03 +0000

Initial promo shots for Rammer.

Elle Photos

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:49:05 +0000

Elle Magazine photos for Aradia.

Divorce Petition

Peter Timofejew — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 16:53:53 +0000

I was forwarded this 1985 divorce petition in an email the other day, and it’s well worth the read, especially if you’re in the processes of or are considering to…

Heaven smiles above me

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:03:42 +0000

Fortune cookies are wise.

Though du jour

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:59:23 +0000

I was reading the Social Studies section of the Globe and Mail today, and came across this quote that reminded me of someone: Ridding oneself of this feeling that the universe has a personal grudge against one is the first and most difficult task in growing to adulthood. – Colin Wilson

Simulated Tilt-Shift

Peter Timofejew — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:07:08 +0000

Simulating a tilt-shift lens in software. Vegas-style.

Off to work

Peter Timofejew — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:20:13 +0000

Really uninspired today. Bah.

Flash Gallery

Peter Timofejew — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:11:04 +0000

Messin' about with off-camera flash.

Bare bulb

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:44:19 +0000

Experiments taking portraits with a single, bare light bulb.

Self Portrait

Peter Timofejew — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 01:58:12 +0000

A self-portrait.

Photo Competition

Peter Timofejew — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 02:02:44 +0000

Photo competitions: should I bother? Yeah, I guess I will…

Busy, busy, busy

Peter Timofejew — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 02:13:02 +0000

Just me whining about being too busy.

Scouting in Hamilton

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 02:15:21 +0000

Looking for abandoned sites to photograph.

XML Declaration

Peter Timofejew — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 04:32:02 +0000

Why this sucks whilst people still use IE6.

Concealed

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 02:20:31 +0000

Decision to keep some abandoned sites secret.

City boy

Peter Timofejew — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:22:57 +0000

A little road trip I took whilst looking for abandoned sites in Pennsylvania and New York.

Portraiture course

Peter Timofejew — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:22:09 +0000

I'm gonna get me som educashun in fotos.

Browser Wars: Where are we now?

Peter Timofejew — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 02:28:52 +0000

An analysis of browser use at this site as of January 2006.

CSS Box Model Hierarchy

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 01:46:25 +0000

An excellent diagram of how the CSS box model works.

Handling Multiple JavaScript Inits

Peter Timofejew — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:00:05 +0000

Chaining JavaScript initialization functions.

Taming Margins and Padding

Peter Timofejew — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 16:30:18 +0000

Fixing up slight differences in padding between browsers.

Setting DOCTYPE

Peter Timofejew — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:15:35 +0000

DOCTYPE ain't just "standards candy".

Layout Visibility

Peter Timofejew — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 07:00:33 +0000

Making XHTML div's visible to aid in debugging.

CSS Drop Shadows

Peter Timofejew — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 22:37:20 +0000

Abstract This article explains a technique for adding drop shadows to XHTML pages without introducing awkward and semantically challenged mark-up to the page. The technique can be applied to any XHTML/CSS page, and the JavaScript and CSS presented in here can be easily adapted to local conventions used for marking up images. The Problem The page presentation design I [...]

Drop Shadows Article Published

Peter Timofejew — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:06:21 +0000

I finally found the time to write the article about how I designed and implemented the image drop shadows that you see on this site. The article is quite detailed, including extensively commented XHTML/CSS/JavaScript code. If you have any comments, or find any inaccuracies in the article, please let me know. I hope it is useful [...]

Just leave it alone

Peter Timofejew — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:11:20 +0000

Completed the RapidWeaver 'Flannel' theme. Got CSS Drop Shadows working just dandy too!

Tech info about the site

Peter Timofejew — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 03:01:34 +0000

Things I learned while updating my website's XHTML and CSS. Specifically, the CSS drop shadow technique.

Gone fission

Peter Timofejew — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:21:54 +0000

Signing off for 2005

Site shuffle

Peter Timofejew — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 20:29:20 +0000

Some rework on the website with RapidWeaver.

Back home

Peter Timofejew — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:33:54 +0000

Christmas in Pennsylvania, and a visit to the Coal Breaker.

Brain pulp

Peter Timofejew — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 20:39:50 +0000

Updated RapidWeaver theme. And a very Merry Christmas.

Drop Shadows: Part 2

Peter Timofejew — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:00:14 +0000

Making progress on CSS Drop Shadows

A new look for a new year

Peter Timofejew — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:00:21 +0000

Freshening up the site's look.

Drop Shadows

Peter Timofejew — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:10:36 +0000

Got me some CSS shadows...

Ghost

Peter Timofejew — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 21:20:24 +0000

Ghost in the machine.

Completed Elle Magazine Photos

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:29:43 +0000

Completed the Elle Magazine photoshoot for Aradia Fitness.

Useless

Peter Timofejew — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 21:39:22 +0000

Oh, television: you temptress, you.

Coal Breaker: Part 2

Peter Timofejew — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 21:45:45 +0000

More photos from the Coal Breaker published.

Blog Summary Delays

Peter Timofejew — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 21:50:34 +0000

Broken "Recent Posts". Or, rather, not broken.

Another Magazine Photo

Peter Timofejew — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 14:00:42 +0000

Cool! I may get another photo published, this time in Elle Magazine! My guess is that it’ll be in the February edition. Elle is going to write a feature on my neighbours Aradia Fitness. I’ll post more when I know more…

PHP RSS Parser

Peter Timofejew — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 21:56:25 +0000

Neat PHP RSS parser, and how to integrate it into RapidWeaver.

More Coal Breaker Pictures

Peter Timofejew — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 22:02:01 +0000

More photographs from the Coal Breaker.

Toronto Life Publication

Peter Timofejew — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:00:25 +0000

My very first magazine publication.

Lehighton Graffiti Building

Peter Timofejew — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 17:20:16 +0000

Discovered a rather disturbing looking building.

Drawing a blank

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 17:25:11 +0000

Photographer's block.

Victory is mine

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:34:17 +0000

It's been a long, long project, but now it's finally done.

Disturbing

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:50:41 +0000

First of the photos from Lehighton, Pennsylvania completed.

Still working for beer

Peter Timofejew — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:55:21 +0000

My first commercial...

Will work for beer

Peter Timofejew — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:02:08 +0000

Toronto Life to publish my photos for Aradia.

Pole Dancin’

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 18:07:55 +0000

A few photos from the Aradia Pole Dance Invitational are completed.

1,700 km

Peter Timofejew — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 18:13:08 +0000

A long way to trespass.

Pole Dance Invitational

Peter Timofejew — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 18:18:59 +0000

I received an invitation for a 'Pole Dance Invitational'. Not for me to dance, of course. That would be wrong.

Updated Website Design

Peter Timofejew — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 18:24:53 +0000

I've updated the RapidWeaver theme to this website.

Picture this

Peter Timofejew — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 18:31:17 +0000

My Canon 5D is here! Oh joy!

Camera Decision

Peter Timofejew — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 18:38:20 +0000

I put a deposit on the new Canon 5D with the 24-105mm f/4 L IS lens kit yesterday. It should be here in two weeks. So excited… I’m hoping it’s here before the return trip to the coal breaker. If not, that’s fine, but I’d love to see what it can do with that subject.

Toronto Image Works Open House

Peter Timofejew — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 18:33:51 +0000

A couple of my photos on 'permanent' display at the Toronto Image Works

Neato!

Peter Timofejew — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:28:57 +0000

Toronto Image Works selected a couple of my photos for display in their gallery.

New toys

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:38:18 +0000

Brief discussion about some new photography gear I picked up (a Lensbaby and an Epson R2400)

My brain I.B.M.

Peter Timofejew — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:48:21 +0000

An invitation to display a couple of photographs, agonizing about upgrading my camera, and moaning about all the work I still need to do.

Partial pictures up from Coal Country, PA

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 16:16:20 +0000

Some photos from coal breakers in Pennsylvania.

New studio lights

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:30:49 +0000

Picked up some new hot lights.

Can’t sleep, clown will eat me

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 07:30:45 +0000

Oh look! It's an 'I should write an entry' post!

Photo Course

Peter Timofejew — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 16:36:35 +0000

Decided to get some fhoto educashun.

Minimal content now online

Peter Timofejew — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:41:15 +0000