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&lt;p&gt;So I found this parking meter one day exploring in France. Having studied a little about parking I was fascinated. One of the goals of parking meters is to encourage turnover to allow lots of people to visit the area. In France, you sometimes run into timed parking (limited to 1 to 4 hours) with a similar goal. The "old-school" way of doing that was to have a little disk you would put on your dash, showing when you showed up (and by extension, when you could park there till). It took me a while to figure out the system (they paint the lines green for those spots) and then once I had it figured out, I never had a disk with me. So when I spotted these machines, I thought they were genius! They tell you right away how long you can park in the spot and how much time you have left. As a "bonus," it makes if far easier for the Meter Maid to see in a hurry who has overstayed their welcome.
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I only saw it in the middle of the day but you could easily extend the idea to provide different parking rules throughout the day (for example, to allow people to park overnight) or to provide remote supervision, allowing Meter Maids only to be dispatched to over-parked cars, or maybe even to issue photo parking tickets without anyone actually having to be there!
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Below is another picture of the whole machine in context.

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&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Exposure:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;1/50 sec&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/5.6&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length: &lt;/span&gt;44 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;400&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;HOYA UV(0)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Date and Time (Original):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2011:04:22 14:46:09&lt;/blockquote&gt;

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&lt;i&gt;They shall grow not old,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;as we that are left grow old:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Age shall not weary them,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;nor the years condemn.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;At the going down of the sun&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;and in the morning&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;We will remember them.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;We will remember them.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Exposure:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;1/40 sec&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/5.6&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length: &lt;/span&gt;171 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;800&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;HOYA UV(0)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;My brand new locomotive!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;ENTER 3D PRINTING.&lt;/b&gt; Various technologies exist but the most popular, at least at the hobby level, basically consists of a hot metal nozzle that melts a 'thread' of plastic and then uses this melted plastic to paint, layer by layer, your desired object. A kit for a printer like this can be had for ~$1300 which would be about the same price as 20 buildings. And with a 3D printer, most of the time is spent creating the computer model rather than in physical model building, so I started wondering if I could sell some models and let someone else pay for my printer and railway modelling...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;LITERATURE REVIEW.&lt;/b&gt; Good research starts with a review of those who have already worked on the problem. My Google searches turned up a few sites of note.&lt;br /&gt;
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The first is &lt;a href="http://fabbaloo.com/blog/2008/7/16/tiny-3d-trains.html"&gt;a note from 2008&lt;/a&gt; talking about the feasibility of using a 3D printer for model railroading. There were two comments of interest: one, 3D pritners are expensive, and two, the resolution isn't there yet.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Next is a series of posts (&lt;a href="http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/126-Marleen-and-model-trains.html"&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/194-Shapeways-at-Rail-2009-The-long-train.html"&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://fabbaloo.com/blog/2008/11/10/take-the-train-from-shapeways.html"&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;) from about the New Years of 2009 when Shapeways, a 3D manufacturing company, was invited to a model train conference in the Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg). Not much was written as follow up, so I don't think the effort worked as hoped.&lt;br /&gt;
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Lastly, a came across &lt;a href="http://makerbot216.blogspot.com/"&gt;the blog of Robert Bowdidge&lt;/a&gt;, who owns a 3D printer and a model railway. His printer arrived in October of 2009 and he starts writing about trying to create a custom building for his model railway two months later. His concerns are again about resolution, but mostly in regards to getting &lt;a href="http://makerbot216.blogspot.com/2010/01/theres-skeinforge-setting-for-that.html"&gt;a flat surface&lt;/a&gt; on the finished printed part and &lt;a href="http://makerbot216.blogspot.com/2009/12/i-trust-my-makerbot-making-model.html"&gt;warping&lt;/a&gt; during cooling. With a little bit of tweaking, he decides that the result is acceptable from a three feet back (which is where most of the observing of the railway will be done anyway). He mentions some of the &lt;a href="http://vasonabranch.blogspot.com/2010/01/printing-1920s-drive-in-market.html"&gt;benefits&lt;/a&gt; too: easy to create duplicate parts and easy to create parts with complex geometries.&lt;br /&gt;
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So the two issues that stand out are cost (of the printer) and resolution.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;COST.&lt;/b&gt; Professional 3D printers don't come cheap. Searching online does not also show prices, but from what I can gather, professional printer lines start at $10-15,000 and can run to $60,000 or more and many also require maintenance contracts. The hobby printers are cheaper - $800 for the parts of a RepRap or $1300 for an unassembled Thing-O-Matic. Without someone else paying for it, I don't think I can afford the professional level machines.&lt;br /&gt;
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The other cost is that of materials. With many professional printers, they use proprietary powders or epoxies. Prices are hard to pin down, but the few prices I could find suggest $500-1000 per litre or more. In contrast, many of the hobby printers use plastic that runs $50 per kilogram or a couple of cents per cubic centimetre. Although not free, if it defendant within reach (like how we don't think about paper in our inkjet printers today). &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;RESOLUTION.&lt;/b&gt; Resolution is a measure of how fine of thing can be printed and still be seen. Ignoring the professional printers (already ruled out on the basis of cost), the basic resolution of the hobby printers is based on the size of the nozzle. For the Thing-O-Matic, I found a quote that the "stock 0.4mm nozzles allows printing at a layer height of 0.32 and 0.27mm right out of the box" (&lt;a href="http://store.makerbot.com/stepstruder-mk7-complete.html"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;). That works out to 3 or 4 layers per millimetre or 79 to 94 layers per inch. &lt;a href="http://wiki.makerbot.com/hall-of-fame-highest-resolution"&gt;The record&lt;/a&gt;, according to Makerbot, is 10 layers per millimetre, or about 250 layers per inch. That record has stood for over a year, so I have hope that that could be improved by myself or others soon.&lt;br /&gt;
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My feeling is that if I could get 150 layers per inch (approximately 150 dpi or dots per inch), I would have something workable. I remember when laser printers used to give you 150 dpi and it seemed rough, but very workable. So I think resolution is workable, although I will keep my eyes open for upgrades to that.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;COMPETITION.&lt;/b&gt; Competition is good and bad. On the one hand, if there is some competition, it means the idea isn't too crazy and someone else may have developed a market for you; if there's too much competition, it's hard to stand out.&lt;br /&gt;
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I found two competitors: Shapeways and MakeMyModel. &lt;a href="http://www.shapeways.com/"&gt;Shapeways&lt;/a&gt; is a print-on-demand service that allows you to upload a model and then they print it and send it to you. So Shapeways itself isn't a competitor, but their community might serve as competition (like eBay). Their search brings up a couple of things (&lt;a href="http://www.shapeways.com/shops/zrailways"&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.shapeways.com/shops/originaltrainandrail"&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;),&amp;nbsp; but not a huge selection and nothing in N scale (which is what I am modelling in). As a side, depending on the margin I could generate using their service, this might work as a drop-ship service for my own projects.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.makemymodel.com/"&gt;MakeMyModel&lt;/a&gt; appears to have the same idea I do: create railway models and then produce them on a 3D printer. I wasn't able to figure out what kind of printer they use, but anything I added to my cart was out of stock, so I'm not sure they're in business anymore.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;CONCLUSIONS.&lt;/b&gt; 3D printing is still a developing technology and as such is not "state-of-the-art" for model making. However, it is available at an accessible price point and allows creation of models at home! As a plus, I don't think it's unreasonable to turn it into a small side business. One of the big bonuses of having the manufacturing in-house like this is that the inventory I need to keep on hand is very minimal. And even if the business side fails, I still get to use it to build my own railway!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;OTHER READING.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.explainingthefuture.com/3dprinting.html"&gt;Overview of 3D printing technologies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kitforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&amp;amp;t=5593&amp;amp;start=10"&gt;Some 3D printed model railroad parts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2011/02/22/dead-simple-printer-calibration/"&gt;A tool to help with Makerbot configuration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4r-wl5PsJdA/TdhrHuijCEI/AAAAAAAAB08/qlKMR8N79Vw/s1600/2011-04-01+-+IMG_5262.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4r-wl5PsJdA/TdhrHuijCEI/AAAAAAAAB08/qlKMR8N79Vw/s640/2011-04-01+-+IMG_5262.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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My continuing adventures took me to London and to see the Queen! Actually, the Queen was nowhere to be seen, but I did see Buckingham Palace and the Changing of the Guards. On the square surrounding Buckingham Palace are gates recognizing the different British colonies and on the gates of the Palace itself sit the Arms of Britain itself. I thought the gold leaf was cool and it provided a nice contrast against the grey-green iron of the rest of the gate.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;blockquote class="photobox"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Exposure:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;1/60 sec&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/6.3&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length: &lt;/span&gt;36 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;200&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;HOYA UV(0)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Date and Time (Original):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2011:04:01 18:43:51&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9BpzijtX2EM/TdhrGaRcmoI/AAAAAAAAB04/sKhl3FFQT3c/s1600/2011-03-22+-+IMG_5242.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9BpzijtX2EM/TdhrGaRcmoI/AAAAAAAAB04/sKhl3FFQT3c/s640/2011-03-22+-+IMG_5242.JPG" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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This is one of those pictures meant open a portal onto daily life...&lt;br /&gt;
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In France, many people (including me when I was there) live in low-rise apartment buildings. Typically, they are three to six stories tall with the bottom floor as retail (I lived above an insurance agent and a restaurant) and those above as residential. Many of the buildings are fairly old and so have narrow staircases and a small, if existent, elevator. Day-to-day, this isn't too bad, but when you go to move in or out, the stairs turn into a nightmare. So the solution is to bring your own "moving elevator" on moving day! Such a moving elevator can be carried nicely on a trailer behind the moving truck and unfolds at your soon-to-be-former lodging. Point it at a window, which can be as large as your front door and is never screened, and the moving begins!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Exposure:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;1/125 sec&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/9.0&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;48 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;200&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;HOYA UV(0)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Date and Time (Original):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2011:03:22 15:00:17&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26967745-1834574900036619988?l=blog.minchin.ca' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g1PZXKMJIlI/TdhrFdktn5I/AAAAAAAAB00/iYMZ-qmfvPU/s1600/2011-03-12+-+IMG_5222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g1PZXKMJIlI/TdhrFdktn5I/AAAAAAAAB00/iYMZ-qmfvPU/s640/2011-03-12+-+IMG_5222.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The French love their comic books (Tin Tin, et al.), a tradition that may be ten centuries old! One of the oldest records in France is the Bayeux Tapestry (dating to the 11th century), which records the conquest of England by William the Conqueror, in comic book form of course! The style is actually surprisingly similar to the newspaper comics, just without the bars between scenes and the punchlines.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="photobox"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/4.0&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;24 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;800&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;HOYA UV(0)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Date and Time (Original):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2011:03:12 11:56:18&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26967745-8540389336082651628?l=blog.minchin.ca' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;A visit to the south coast of France would be incomplete without a visit to the Chateau d'If, the famed prison that gave birth to The Count of Monte Cristo.
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="photobox"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/9.0&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;55 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;100&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;HOYA UV(0)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Date and Time (Original):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2011:02:26 14:00:11&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26967745-7793521270233249229?l=blog.minchin.ca' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pBect_LUgpM/TdhrDg8qEMI/AAAAAAAAB0s/04TM_jOASw8/s1600/2011-02-22+-+IMG_5075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pBect_LUgpM/TdhrDg8qEMI/AAAAAAAAB0s/04TM_jOASw8/s640/2011-02-22+-+IMG_5075.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Tucked away along the French Mediterranean coast are these beautiful little villages. This is the history that makes France seem like a fairy tale in North America...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is the village of Les Baux-de-Provence. 
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="photobox"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Exposure:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;1/100 sec&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/8.0&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;30 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;200&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;HOYA UV(0)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Date and Time (Original):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2011:02:22 16:32:54&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j4l98DUpuB0/TdhrCF9UU_I/AAAAAAAAB0o/MQQT7tobJl8/s1600/2011-02-21+-+IMG_4975.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j4l98DUpuB0/TdhrCF9UU_I/AAAAAAAAB0o/MQQT7tobJl8/s640/2011-02-21+-+IMG_4975.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
We traveled to southern France with some friends and as we explored the coastline and abandoned buildings, they decided it was quite romantic! (It probably helped that this was a trip they took to celebrate their anniversary.)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="photobox"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;	50mm ƒ/1.8-23&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;50 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;200&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;none&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Date and Time (Original):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2011:02:21 15:39:20&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26967745-3413130715778944701?l=blog.minchin.ca' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m2MzTieOXOI/TdhrBO54R3I/AAAAAAAAB0k/SMhJuLqcAAs/s1600/2011-02-04b+-+IMG_4777.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m2MzTieOXOI/TdhrBO54R3I/AAAAAAAAB0k/SMhJuLqcAAs/s640/2011-02-04b+-+IMG_4777.JPG" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
Located just south of London proper is the London Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From our base in France, we made a weekend trip here.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I loved how the slowly faded daylight came out as this beautiful blue.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="photobox"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;	50mm ƒ/1.8-23&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Exposure:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;1/30 sec&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/1.8&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;50 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;800&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;none&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Date and Time (Original):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2011:02:04 17:26:46&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26967745-7005910088217617826?l=blog.minchin.ca' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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During a short visit to London, I found a a beautifully manicured garden. As the evening sun set, I got this picture of my Honey by the lake...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="photobox"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;	50mm ƒ/1.8-23&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Exposure:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;1/50 sec&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/2.0&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;50 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;640&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;none&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Date and Time (Original):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2011:02:04 17:58:51&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26967745-3506735685320345873?l=blog.minchin.ca' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Half an hour from our home on the coast, I found a &lt;i&gt;château&lt;/i&gt; with this driveway. Where do I get one?! :)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="photobox"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Exposure:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;1/200 sec&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/10&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;27 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;200&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;HOYA UV(0)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Date and Time (Original):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2011:01:05 13:12:12&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26967745-6543297283337967072?l=blog.minchin.ca' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;blockquote class="photobox"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Exposure:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;1/25 sec&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/5.6&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;55 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;800&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;HOYA UV(0)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Date and Time (Original):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2011:01:05 12:28:53&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26967745-4378726475205564633?l=blog.minchin.ca' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;
The Brilliant&lt;/h3&gt;
The Internet has made distances, for many purposes, very small indeed. From France, I could search though hundreds of possible jobs from scores of companies across North America. That sure beat flipping through the classifieds, one local paper at a time. Search engines and job boards made it easy to find even more possible jobs. When I found a position I was interested in, email allowed me to submit my resume without having to find a FAX machine or worry about the eight hour time difference. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;
The Brutal&lt;/h3&gt;
While the Internet has reworked the world in wonderful ways, not all the implications have been dealt with.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Let me return to the metephor I mentioned in the title. Imagine an Internet dating site. You've been told this is THE site, the one where everyone hangs out on (and no, it's not Facebook...). It's free to sign up so you start looking around. You find a couple of cute girls and decide to try and get a date and that's when it all starts going downhill. Each girl wants your vital stats, your relationship history, and a few other random pieces of information you don't normally tell complete strangers. More annoying is the fact that there's no standardized way to enter the information; every other girl sends you to her own website to enter it and no two of them look the same. After spending every night for two weeks doing this, you're made it through about ten 'applications' so you sit back and wait for someone to get back to you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Then you look up the numbers, just out of curiosity. In a nutshell, they're dismal:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;About 1 in 10 will write back and tell you they're dating someone else; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;About 1 in 20 will get back to you and ask for more information; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Only about 1 in 100 will offer you a first date and of those only about 1 in 5 (so 1 in 500 of you original 'applications') will call you up for a second date.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
If I would have known my odds were 0.2% going in, I probably would have taken a cardboard sign down go the local street corner! At the very least, I'd have a better story than spending weeks and months in front of the computer...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;
 My Job Search&lt;/h3&gt;
In the beginning, my job search was realitively simple, spending time on the Internet with a goal of 2 or 3 applications a week. I spent about three months at this until my internet connection suddenly died (French customer service can be the subject of another post...grrr). &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On returning to Canada, I rewrote my resume (twice) and then hit the pavement. My 40 online applications netted me nothing, but of my 8 walk-ins, one landed me an interview and then a job.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;
My Suggestions - To Those Offering Jobs&lt;/h3&gt;
My experience is just my own, but there are some lessons I hope I can pass along.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Online job hunting is a great idea but it needs to be implemented well. Keep in mind that most job hunters will have to deal with several of these sites. Too many sites were cluncky, slow, and hard to navigate. The longer it takes for me to apply, the more likely I am to abandon part way through or to never come back. And although there might be a lot less effort to apply to the second job, I have to finish the first application.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Keep your website up to date. Do you know, for a fact, that your phone number and address are on your website and are current? Also, if you hire someone, take down the job posting; it's very frustrasting to prepare an application, call to get the submission email and at that point find out the position was filled last week.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Have good job descriptions. Too many job descriptions are filled with advertising copy for the company and too little about the actual position. If I'm applying for this job,  you've already sold me on your company. Tell me about the specifics of the job and what I need to be able to do it. And if I have to call to get those details, let me talk to someone who actaully knows the details of the job. Please.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You only get one chance to make a first impression - how does your receptionist greet job seekers? With a smile and then have someone from HR come out to meet with them for two minutes? Or do they turn up their nose at a paper resume and tell the job seeker "We're a Green company [whatever that means...] and only accept online resumes"? I got both; the first type I followed up with while the second I crossed off my list (Where do you think I got their office address from?&amp;nbsp;I had already visited their website and their tortured job section...).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;And most importantly, keep it personal! If the Internet has destroyed realationships, it's the relationships between businesses and individuals. Too often in my job search I felt like I was being ignored by a computer. Much of my second phase of job hunting was about trying to figure out how I could talk to a living breathing human being!  After a while, even the emails saying someone else had been selected started to be appreciated...&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
The wonders of the Internet have changed the way many things are done in business, but when it comes to filling positions, let's not forget that it's real people applying.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26967745-3829718843595633806?l=blog.minchin.ca' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;blockquote class="photobox"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Exposure:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;1/60 sec&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/5.6&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;55 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;200&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;HOYA UV(0)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Date and Time (Original):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2011:01:01 14:55:32&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26967745-6887638591476307227?l=blog.minchin.ca' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZuDKujNqIhk/Tdhq9Wo-5qI/AAAAAAAAB0U/DTek7hbxUoQ/s1600/2010-12-31+-+IMG_4534.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZuDKujNqIhk/Tdhq9Wo-5qI/AAAAAAAAB0U/DTek7hbxUoQ/s640/2010-12-31+-+IMG_4534.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Part of the image of Europe gets built around the old things, including the old stone homes from the days before 2x4 (lumber, wood-frame) construction. This home is at Mont Saint Michel, a rock on the Normandy coast that has had an abbey at the top of it for over 1000 years and a village built in stone under it for almost as long. As a side, Mt St Michel is one of my favorite places to visit in France.
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="photobox"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;29 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;200&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;HOYA UV(0)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Date and Time (Original):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2010:12:31 13:45:04&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26967745-1816020449506854892?l=blog.minchin.ca' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-at_4J0R1Frs/Tdhq8WKTj-I/AAAAAAAAB0Q/cdKxP7rQ1Uw/s1600/2010-12-30b+-+IMG_4477.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-at_4J0R1Frs/Tdhq8WKTj-I/AAAAAAAAB0Q/cdKxP7rQ1Uw/s640/2010-12-30b+-+IMG_4477.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Still in the &lt;i&gt;Land of the Celts&lt;/i&gt; (Brittany, France), I came across this beautiful country driveway. I think it caught my eye because even though there was no snow and the green leaves were gone, the scene was still beautiful.
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="photobox"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Exposure:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;1/160 sec&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/5.6&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;55 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;100&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;HOYA UV(0)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Date and Time (Original):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2010:12:30 13:19:21&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26967745-8577523324347917228?l=blog.minchin.ca' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Touring after Christmas, we traveled to the land of the Celts in Brittany, France. I found this stone cross on the top of a fence. The cross, the vines, and the stone seems to fit the image of the Celts in my mind too well to pass it by.
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&lt;blockquote class="photobox"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Exposure:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;1/125 sec&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/5.6&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;55 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;200&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;HOYA UV(0)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Date and Time (Original):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2010:12:30 13:02:04&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26967745-8371957027017604443?l=blog.minchin.ca' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-imlqu-ztJ5A/Tdhq6QZbOPI/AAAAAAAAB0I/MZX_N9nZzco/s1600/2010-12-28+-+IMG_4398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-imlqu-ztJ5A/Tdhq6QZbOPI/AAAAAAAAB0I/MZX_N9nZzco/s640/2010-12-28+-+IMG_4398.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just after Christmas, I went exploring in northern France. One of my many stops was the iconic cathedral in Chartres, a little out of Paris. Candles are lit by many of the patrons and pilgrims, as a sort of prayer, as I understand it. But the light of the candles in the dark cathedral made for a beautiful picture.
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="photobox"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Exposure:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;1/30 sec&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/4.5&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;30 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;500&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;HOYA UV(0)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Date and Time (Original):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2010:12:28 18:10:50&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26967745-8013372483392234286?l=blog.minchin.ca' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cCnQDcpqsvs/Tdhq5jxjPgI/AAAAAAAAB0E/zLCL6MWo0Ro/s1600/2010-12-24+-+IMG_4243.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cCnQDcpqsvs/Tdhq5jxjPgI/AAAAAAAAB0E/zLCL6MWo0Ro/s640/2010-12-24+-+IMG_4243.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
LEGO is one of those things that bring back wondrous memories of childhood. But LEGO is something that didn't leave its wonder behind when I left childhood. So when my Honey got me a LEGO advent calendar for Christmas, I was delighted. This ended up being our Christmas tree in Paris!
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="photobox"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Exposure:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;1/60 sec&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/3.5&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;20 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Yes&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;400&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;HOYA UV(0)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Date and Time (Original):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2010:12:24 17:39:35&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26967745-4255782408070556319?l=blog.minchin.ca' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-28X1Lqtkwko/Tdhq5DDpIqI/AAAAAAAAB0A/5jNDtvdAhoQ/s1600/2010-12-19+-+IMG_4132.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-28X1Lqtkwko/Tdhq5DDpIqI/AAAAAAAAB0A/5jNDtvdAhoQ/s640/2010-12-19+-+IMG_4132.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Well the snow kept coming. This day we were in Rouen, waiting for the train, as the snow fell softly in the train station. Setting the exposure just right, I could freeze the snow mid-flight!
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&lt;blockquote class="photobox"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Exposure:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;1/30 sec&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/4.5&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;36 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;640&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;HOYA UV(0)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Date and Time (Original):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2010:12:19 12:39:50&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26967745-8281998060101529506?l=blog.minchin.ca' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bpx-HA5flco/Tdhq3j9qIUI/AAAAAAAABz4/5QcSrAfcvJc/s1600/2010-12-18+-+IMG_4123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bpx-HA5flco/Tdhq3j9qIUI/AAAAAAAABz4/5QcSrAfcvJc/s640/2010-12-18+-+IMG_4123.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We didn't get much snow, living on the coast as we were in Dieppe, but a little showed up just before Christmas. This photo was taken a little before dawn, which lends itself to the gentle light. On this particular morning, I was hoping to get into the school where I worked because I thought I could get a nice time lapse of the sun coming up across the harbour. Although the school is normally open Saturday mornings, on this particular morning I found the doors locked. Maybe it was the snow, maybe it was because it was the day before Christmas vacation...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="photobox"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Exposure:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;1/15 sec&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/4.5&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;32 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;800&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;HOYA UV(0)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Anyway, there's nothing quite like being shut down with scripture:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Anyway, I thought I'd share; it made me laugh :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26967745-661173781072830485?l=blog.minchin.ca' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vMtOGv3UpEM/TQueh0aH_2I/AAAAAAAABtM/aF5eXpg9SJI/s1600/2010-11-20c+-+IMG_3926.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vMtOGv3UpEM/TQueh0aH_2I/AAAAAAAABtM/aF5eXpg9SJI/s640/2010-11-20c+-+IMG_3926.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I'm on a St. Malo roll, why stop now?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
St. Malo is a wonderful little city, and one of my favorite places to visit in France. This here is on the beach, during low-ish tide. Just barely off the coast, there are several old military posts. This is the path leading to the closest one. But a picture of a path like this is a little more because it opens the question "Where does this path lead?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Where would you like it to lead?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="photobox"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Exposure:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;1/160 sec&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/9.0&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;55 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;200&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;HOYA UV(0)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Date and Time (Original):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;2010:11:20 13:18:38&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26967745-4067305657002337516?l=blog.minchin.ca' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WdeSjYTL4Ro/TQuee1Tag0I/AAAAAAAABtI/Rpyk4QNpgu8/s1600/2010-11-20b+-+IMG_3921.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WdeSjYTL4Ro/TQuee1Tag0I/AAAAAAAABtI/Rpyk4QNpgu8/s640/2010-11-20b+-+IMG_3921.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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This is also from St. Malo. St. Malo is a coastal city and can have so very large tides. To protect the city, there is a seawall, and to help protect the seawall and dissipate the energy of the breaking waves, there is a double line of woods stakes (&lt;i&gt;peiu&lt;/i&gt;) that I thought made a very neat picture from above.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="photobox"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Model:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Lens ID:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Exposure:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;1/100 sec&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aperture:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;ƒ/8.0&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Focal Length:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;33 mm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Flash Used:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;No&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;ISO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;200&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt;Filter(s):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;HOYA UV(0)&lt;br /&gt;
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