More behind the scenes : Shockwave' Driller

As the release date for Transformers Dark of the Moon Ultimate DVD and 3D Blue Ray draw closer we are seeing more clips of the behind the scene footage. Here's one more featuring Shockwave's Driller.

Photographers dream or nightmare

Not sure if I would want to use this badboy. 

 Film camera measures 35-feet long, makes photojournalists keel over in worship / pain (video) 

Lockout Trailer

Hate it or love it this may or may not be good lol

Tainted Milked

Want a cold glass of refreshing milk .. you may not if its the Nelson 2%  Partially Skimmed Milk expiry tag contains 1590 FE12 H7 with expiry date February 12 2012 and UPC Code 066800 00404 4.  Apparently it has been contaminated with a cleaning solution.  A recall was issued in Ontario. 

 Batch of Neilson milk recalled due to cleaning solution contamination (yikes!) 

Launch Party for Mississauga Young Artists Limelight Association

MISSISSAUGA’S TOP YOUNG ARTISTS SET TO LAUNCH LIMELIGHT ASSOCIATION

The launch party is tonight at 7pm at the Maja Prentice Theater located at 3650 Dixie Rd.

Peel Police release complaint ...

Mississauga News has published that Peel Police have released their report of complaints for last year.  Of the 116 complaints filed only 3 resulted in the officer being disciplined.  More on the report can be found below. 

 http://www.mississauga.com/iphone/news/news/article/1286360

Behind the scenes

Remember the falling building scene in Transformers Dark of the Moon? Well Industrial Light and Magic Visual FX's have uploaded a video featuring a behind the scenes look at how it was done.  Presumably this will be included in  the upcoming 3D Blue Ray DVD being released next week. 

Niagara Falls Photos

Yesterday I finished up loading the pictures I shot while down in Niagara and Buffalo last weekend.  About an hour into editing them my computer decided to exit the browser and delete all the gory details about each picture.  So in all fairness to my laptop I decided that I would walk away (there was another alternative) and complete this post in the morning.  So here are the pictures as is.

MIA

Hi there remember me Bloggin B.  Well its been about a week since I've posted any updates which in internet time translates to years.  I have been having technical difficulties and a lot of back pain (not that it has anything to do with it) and was out of town so now that I am through with my excuses for dropping off the face of well the internet I am back. 

Where your money is going...

Budget talks are hot on the table here in Mississauga with the 2012 budget.  Trending topics are that Taxes are rising, bus fares going up, programs being potentially cut or put on hold. 

Here's a few reads on the topic:

 City taxes going up, up, up 

 City working on 2012 Budget 

 Plans for the future.. 

 2012 Budget Overview Presentation (Pdf file) 

 Budget Committe Recap 

Your invited to Mayor's Budget Meeting

Mayor Hazel McCallion invites residents to a town hall meeting tonight to discuss the City's Budget for 2012.   Click here for more details.   Those who can't be there in person may still participate virtually through Twitter.   The session will be broadcasted through Rogers10 and streamed at http://www.rogerstv.com/   If you would like to ask questions you may email them to  townhall.meeting@mississauga.ca 

Control your car with the swipe of a hand

Is it just me or does it seem like everything technology-future based we saw in the movies in the 90's and early 2000's has either been made or is in its early development stage.  From Robots (I'm telling you one day they'll take over), Psychological Stimulant Drugs , Wet Wear (electronics on the body), Financial Chips on phones or implanted in you (Google Wallet) and much more craziness is being tried, tested and developed.

Take for instance Mercedes new toy the DICE  (Dynamic & Intuitive Control Experience).  Mercedes' built a car interior which is supposed to be motion controlled.  There seem to be a few kinks to work out but definitely something I think we will see in the future.   Have a look at the video and check out Engadget's original article on the subject. 

Photo Shoots, Vault Update, New Creatures.... busy B

Definitely making some Pho this coming week, I've been lofting on cooking this for a while.  Chez Blodg has been slacking on the kitchen front.  Its going to busy a busy week with a number of photo shoots I have planned.  Also I'm really looking forward to heading down to Niagara and Buffalo next weekend.  Lots of interesting things to photograph in the Niagara/Buffalo area... Camera will be making an appearance.   Henry's Camera, Best Buy and Target are on the hit list as well once they let me out this zoo.  Planning to hit up CheeseCake Factory too for some good eats.  Price point pending I'm really hoping to be able to finally video throwing this laptop off the balcony upon my return (long overdue).  This post was suppose to be done a while ago. 


The Toy Vault has been updated once again with a few new editions so watch for out for the pics this coming week.   I will be adding a couple new little guys to the aquarium towards the end of the week.  All is going well so far in Aqualand. 

For my fellow social media addicts hit me up I'm all over the place literally.  Facebook, Twitter, Google+.

Also if you haven't visited the Fan Page do so at  BlogginBlodgett (press the like button, you know you want to, you can't resist)  Last Month we gave away a $100 gift card join us for more contests and exclusive info.

Thank you for all the love and continued support wishing you a great week
Bloggin Blodgett

Just cooked a Greasy Artery Cloggin Brunch ... mmmmm

FRIED BACON

FRIED SPAM

PORK AND BEANS WITH MAPLE SYRUP

RICE WITH WILD MUSHROOM AND GARLIC

POTATOES FRIED IN BACON FAT

EGGS FRIED IN SPAM FAT - YEAH THAT'S RIGHT

The table is set

Dark of the Moon 3D Blue Ray....

Not sure why I didn't post this earlier but for all your Transformers Fans Dark of the Moon 3D Blue Ray comes out January 31st. 

One way to sober up

Take a dip in Lake Ontario but leave your car on the shore, well unless you've had a few too many.  I'm not going to knock this guy as I was no Angel when I was 20, seems like this is a gentle way to sober up real quick, compared to what could of happened.  So in Toronto a man was driving home from Queens Quay (pronounced Key) earlier this morning and didn't see that the road was ending.  I have a rough idea of where this is and it can be a little dark down there on a winter morning, nevertheless the young gentlemen ended up taking what must of been a cold shower (last night was real cold here).  Not seeing the road was ending he took a plunge into the lake car and all.  The guy was rescued by a bunch of people who happened to be out.   Ah drinking and driving, responsibility, risks.. no need to elaborate.  Life just spoke to this young man and in many ways he got off with a very stern warning.  Thankfully no one was hurt.

http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120114/120114_Accident_Lake_Ontario/20120114/?hub=CP24Home

Buck Buck Buck How to eat the Bird

Okay so this topic may strike a few cords, touch a few nerves, rubs a couple funny bones...Apparently there is a "correct" way to eat a Chicken Wing.  I'm not knocking anyone who believes this is the way to go but myself I prefer to grab the wing and go Ape (  ) on it!  But that's just me. 








Original post   via  TorontoWriter (Go pay them a visit)

Wedding Show

For all those entering the journey of Marriage the Mississauga Convention Center will be hosting their annaul Perfect Wedding Show beginning Jan 13 running until the 15th. 

In Anticipation of Chinese New

Get your Chinese New Year off to an early start as The Living Arts Center will be hosting Shen Yun show including Classical Chinese Dance, story telling myths, and showcasing traditional Chinese Culture.  The Show runs from January 19-22 2012.

http://www.livingartscentre.ca/index.php/shows/event-calendar/event/175-Shen.html

Enter the Studio

 
For those of you looking at getting into music and production Metal Works Institute Mississauga is having an Open House this Sunday at 1:00pm.  For Details visit the site

Take off your 3D glasses

Not to long ago I remember discussing with a friend the new 3D technology, movies and tvs.  In that conversation I remember him saying that he would be waiting a few years before considering whether to buy a 3D TV because by then manufacturers would have found a way to watch 3D without the glasses.  You can imagine my suprise tonight hearing that Sony displayed their first models at CES in Vegas.  So we have now officially entered the era of 3D without glasses.  I still stand by my arguement that 3D should be the exception not the norm but as with all things tech eventually the markets will force us to buy them.

 read here

RE:GENERATION

I camera I phone I spy I something

"Its a iPhone!"

"No its a Camera!"

"No dude its a Camera phone"

Actually its a  Gizmon.  The Gizmon iCA  is an iPhone case, check this, made up of 32  Polycarbonate parts.  Poly who?  Polycarbonate silly. Basically  Polycarbonate is a very tough plastic. But the cool thing about it is the camera features.  Thats right its a case with a camera, or its a camera with a case, either way its a Gizmon. 



The Gizmon is designed to be attached to the iPhone or the iPhone attaches to the case either way you choose Gizmon touts a bunch of accessories as well including a flash attachment and a bunch of lens options (pictured below or above .. where ever Blogaway decides to put it)

If you like a Leica…LOOK at this! 

10000 views Thank You for the Love!!

Last night Bloggin Blodgett's page hit 10,000 views.  Much love to everyone who made this possible.  When I first started Bloggin Blodgett six months ago as with all new ventures there is a hesitation how is this going to work out? What is the feedback going to be?  Getting into a routine took a while between working fulltime and maintaining a balance in my personal relationships but it has all panned out.  So we journey forward as I stomp the Mississauga streets sharing my adventures with yours truly.  Lots of great things in store for the coming year from contests to photography, more event coverage, cooking to clothing thank you for your continued love and support.   When we hit 500,000 Bloggin B is giving away a TV and at a million hits we're throwing a party.  Much love Bloggin Blodgett

PS of course you know I had a Crest to Celebrate.  Its a Sauga thing.

Tweeting with music

Want to tweet and listen to music...

 The Echo Nest teams with Twitter to integrate tweets into music apps 

Finally the Autobot Ark comes to the Vault

Well it was about 6 months ago that I first mentioned the Transformers Autobot Ark.  I have been waiting for this toy since last summer.  For those unfamiliar the Ark is an Autobot ship.  Well I finally picked this up for a decent price point too.  The toy transforms from ship into the Autobot Battle Station including a prison for Decepticons.  There's a few sound effects when transforming the ship to its battle station along with with your typical lazer gun sounds.  The cool thing about this Battle Station is it has a whole mini-toyline (Cyberverse) which you can use with it. 

Also the package comes with the Autobot Roller the Lunar Rover transformer seen in Dark of the Moon when the Autobots go to see their ship on the moon. Thus my Cyberverse collection has begun.  More to come and need to find a place to store these Mini Sets.

Breakfast of champs for dinner

Ahh the breakfast of champions for dinner.  Sometimes its just great to eat unhealthy food.  Eggs topped off with Corn beef, rice and seasoned with Franks Red Hot.   Mmmmm. 

Merry Christmas from Walmart

 The nice people over at Walmart Canada want to give you a break after the big spending Christmas that just passed.  Walmart is having a major Rollback on approximately 7000 items.  More details can be found over at the Mississauga News' Press Release

Join us on Facebook

As you may have heard last week Bloggin Blodgett gave away a $100 gift certificate for Christmas in appreciation for all the love and support from the fans and follower of  Bloggin B.  Join us over at Facebook  for lots more of that goodness this coming year.   

Criminal runs away from Monestery to go back to prison

And you thought being a monk was an easy deal.  This is an interesting story about a criminal who was serving his sentence at a Monastery instead of prison and runs away for the second time in order to be put back in jail citing living with the monks is too hard compared to living in jail.

Criminal serving time with monks beg to be sent back to prison

Mississauga 2012 Budget Open House

For those interested in how your financial contributions (tax money) is being utilized are invited on Wednesday at 7:00 pm to an Open House which will discuss what is on the agenda for 2012.  More info can be found here.

Sunny day

Its always nice to start the week to a colorful sunrise.  One of these days I'm actually going to get up to do a Mississauga by the dawn photo shoot.  Lots of stuff on the agenda this week stay tuned. Have a great week and thanks for following.  

MIA - working on the tank

Bloggin B has been MIA for a few days I do apologize.  One of the contributing factors (amongst others) has been the new 90 Gallon tank I purchased on New Years day which was previously noted here but for some strange reason the picture never uploaded.   So here are a few pics of the setup from day one along with some new pics of plant additions and some of the first creatures to be added.

Day One

So the first thing to do was to cycle the water.  Cycling the tank is the process where you prepare the aquarium for fish to live in.  There is a big chemical difference between tap water and freshwater or saltwater. Normally the rule of thumb is to let the water run through the filter for 24 hours before adding any fish I gave this bad boy 48 hours as its a little bigger tank and I have no need to rush in transferring the fish from the other tank.  As you can see the water is cloudy which is a result of both the cycling the process and the addition of the substrate which I choose to use a small gravel this time around.  I find sand gets too messy especially during cleaning time.


Day 2

 Second day I  added a few plants (close ups below), log and Mr Daewon's (Newt) lily pad and floating log.  Actually I plan on adding a Red Root Floater to give him a real plant to hang out on.
 

This plant (Water Hedge/ Didiplis Diadra) is really cool and will gradually turn partially brown once I have begun adding C02 and nutrient supplements.  

The Second plant is the Ozelot Sword which is a really tall plant and may eventually out grow the tank.

The third plant is a variant of the Corkscrew Val plant which I picked up on sale at Pet Smart. 

Next comes the awesome Banana Plant which floats around and sprout leaves at the top of the plant. 

Day 3

I began to add a couple small aqua-critters which will help begin the nitrogen cycle.  This is essentially where the tank begins to develop its waste decomposing system.  One thing many people do with a new aquarium is add 20 fish and then a week later most of their fish are dead.  A tank, including an established tank, needs to gradually develop the proper levels of ammonia, nitrites and nitrates which control the break down of the waste.  If any of these levels fluctuate too much your fish will die as Ammonia is highly toxic even in very small amounts. You can read more here if you want.  So I added the following water dudes to the tank

Assassin Snail

Assassin snails are really cool snails which I find quite amusing and necessary.  Anyone who has run a planted tank will attest to the fact that sooner or later you are going to have a snail problem.  Usually snails are transferred via plants, specifically located on the roots which at the time of purchase often are invisible to the eye because this is where the eggs are often found.  Assassin snails help to alleviate this problem because they ultimately assassinate any other snails they find.  These colorful little guys only eat other snails.  Second I am a fan of aquarium snails because they help to keep the bottom of the tank clean but the problem with many other species of snails they eat the plants more than they clean which is annoying so I vouch for these little dudes.

Ghost Shrimps

I purchase these guys in bulk as they are cheaper and serve a few purposes.  There are about twenty in the tank right now.  These guys clean the bottom of the tank from all left over waste. They grow about an inch and a half.

Platinum Hatchet Fish

So this is the first fish I added.  It is really small right now but will end up about 3 inches.  He cruises along the top of the water most of the time and it is the first time I have actually come across this particular species so I picked him up.

That's all for now but I will be adding more fish in the coming weeks very gradually along with more plants.  Stay tuned.
Aqua Blodgett

The Hobbit Production Video # 5

For all you Hobbit Fans there's been another production video released. This one is rather lengthy, running just over twelve minutes. Have a gander.

Another year.....

Another year is over and with that comes all the count downs (top tens, hundreds etc..) along with all the Year's in review. Gizmag's "A year in technology" is an interesting read and may just give some insights into what is coming in the coming year.  Have a look!

A dream come true

I have been in the aquarium hobby for about 6 years give or take.  I remember when I started out with nothing more than a five gallon tank which had been collecting dust in my sisters room.  I had no idea what I was doing and for the most part still have much to learn.  Over the years fish have come and gone, plants have shriveled up, and the tank sizes have grown from 5 to 20 to 30 to 55 to 90 which is as far as I plan on going.   Well until I'm brave enough to try a Marine Tank.   Yesterday I came across a great deal for a 90 gallon tank with stand and thanks to a little bonus from a recent Condo Sale Bloggin B splurged on the beast.  It is a nice size just what I have been waiting for.   No more spacing concerns for the breeds of fish I plan on housing.  So Happy New Year once again.  This year is already begun with a few blessings.  Stay tuned Bloggin B.