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23Apr 2025 by R&O No Comments

Top Tens that never took off

Entertainment, Internet, Of Interest, Silly Stuff

Way back in 2011 TopTenInPictures original called 'TopTenInPictures.com' that would display image slides I created for a variety of top ten lists. Each list was created in PhotoShop and would take some time to research and create. I created hundreds of lists covering a wide variety of topics and hoped to monetize the site with Google Ads. That was not to be. Within a relatively short period of time Google Ads stopped serving ads to the site due to copyright infringement claims for some of the images I used. After struggling along for a few months I finally gave up and closed the site. I came across the slide images on a backup drive a few weeks ago and decided to post some of the lists here on Aprilroad.com. I'll…

19Jun 2018 by R&O No Comments

Droning On and On

Of Interest, Technology

I've been doing some freelance video work over the last year and have been collecting the necessary equipment to improve the quality and hone my craft. One of those pieces of equipment is a Mavic Pro drone, which allows me to shoot great video, even 4K! Learning to operate the drone is akin to learning to drive. It's all about which button and lever to press and when not to press the wrong button and lever. Crashing my expensive toy is paramount and I'm extremely paranoid about putting it in a tree or crashing it into a wall. It looks easy but it's actually quite difficult. I've lost sight of it a few times and had to use the 'Return Home' option as I had no idea where the hell…

02Mar 2014 by R&O No Comments

The Power of Photography

Arts, Of Interest

It's no secret that photographs can be far more powerful than moving images or the written word. Photos can be moving, disturbing, funny, sad, frightening and evoke instant emotion. Photographs are also very personal, as one person may be unaffected by an image and another moved to tears. Some of human history's most cherished and celebrated moments have been captured on film and still resonate to this day. The following gallery represents a few examples of photos that elicit that emotion and instantly tell a story much faster than film or written explanation. I found some from within a collection from The Meta Picture while others were the result of a Google images search. [caption id="attachment_5337" align="alignright" width="300"] Evelyn was incorrectly identified as 20 years old in the NY Times,…

29Dec 2013 by R&O 1 Comment

Nickel Mining Circa 1976

Adventure, Of Interest

Back in 1976 my friend and I decided to try our hand at nickel mining and travelled to the wasteland known as Thompson, Manitoba. The money was great (a staggering $6.30 an hour!) and adventure beckoned as we packed a car full of meagre belongings and, with my friend's older brother, made the early summer trip from Victoria. We passed through Winnipeg during a police strike (can you say 'anarchy'?), I fell in love with 'Tammy', a fellow camper in Banff National Park whom I never saw again, and eventually arrived in Thompson, Manitoba, north of the 55th parallel and an excellent vantage spot for viewing the Aurora Borealis. Heading to the hiring office the next day I secured myself a position and started work a few days later. I…