Pete LePage

Thoughts on web development, life, and photography.

Change to Daylight Savings Time?

Did anyone else miss this? Or am I the only one? From CBC _Currently in Canada and the U.S., daylight time runs from April through October. The exception in Canada is Saskatchewan, which keeps its clocks the same throughout the year. _ _RELATED STORY: U.S. moves to extend daylight time _ The American change, due to take effect this autumn if U.S. President George W. Bush signs it into law, could cause headaches for Canadians during March and November, the two months the two countries would be out of sync....

Night and Low Light Colour Photography

This quarter I’m taking a night, and low light colour photography class at school and its been pretty cool so far. I’ve shot about 6 rolls of film, and by far, these last two are the best I’ve picked up yet. These are just scans of the negatives, I haven’t had a chance to print them yet, so we’ll see how that goes. The one on my left is my favourite I think. The scan doesn’t really do justice to the colour of the sky, but its this wonderful royal blue. When I shot this negative, it was about an 8 minute...

Welcome!

As I think every other blogger has mentioned, there is always a first post, and its usually pretty lame. So here’s mine. I’m a tester on the web designer surface of VisualStudio. I’ve been at Microsoft for about 3 years now, and have been on this team the entire time. We’re working on some awesome stuff, and want to hear what you think about it. I also own the Designer Smart Tasks that pop up next to a number of controls when they are dropped on the page. They’re a great way to get stuff done quickly and...