Dad improved physically last week, as he recovered from the pneumonia. He gained some strength and now is managing his walker again, with help, for very short distances. He is easily confused, his short-term memory vanishes quickly, and his long-term memory is mostly lost even with prompting. He does still recognize family and seems calmer when one of us is around, especially and mostly Mom of course. Emotionally, he seems to have a calmer frame of mind. (more…)

Holidays, such as they were, are over. I’m back to work, but spent my last day off taking some pictures in and around Ottawa’s Arboretum. I’ve produced different treatments of the same capture in some cases. I also learned the dangers of over-polarizing. (more…)

I’ve launched a small sub-site to uncommonpear.com that will feature on focus on my photography. I will try and include only my best work. Like this site allow users to post comments, so please take a gander and share your thoughts on images that you find interesting, boring, earth-shattering, or stupid. I can handle the constructive feed-back.

A link to the sub-site is under External in the navigation above, or you can just go to www.uncommonpear.com/nareshdebidin/

What a summer it’s been. (more…)

The race at Spa-Franchorchamps this weekend should be pretty darn interesting. Not only will it be the Belgian GP’s return after a one year hiatus, but McLaren will be racing in the immediate aftermath of today’s World Motorsports Council decision that stripped the teams of the all of its constructors points, cost it $100 million, and (more…)

Well, its all set-up. The study has been cleaned-up to accomodate it and my computer, with a fresh install of XP Pro and CS3, has sent 3 print jobs to the IPF5000. (more…)

With Ped’s Dad in hospital and with her feeling really under the weather, too, we’ve decided to cancel our trip to visit Alec and Michelle in Washington, D.C. We’re both bummed about it, but there’s not a lot we can do. (more…)

After about 11 hours of driving, the behemoth is finally home. (more…)

Finally got out and saw the Simpsons Movie last night with Mike. Despite some mixed reviews, we all really enjoyed it. It was classic Simpsons so if you’re a fan, you’ll surely love it. All I know is that I can’t get this out of my head: (more…)