New year new me- maybe, probably not. Its 2024 and I thought it would be good to have a reflection on what’s transpired in 2023 Health– its been an interesting year. I had a flare up in my foot pain- having dealt with this in the past, I was quick to get it worked on…
Sony IER-Z1R IRL Review
Sony IER-Z1R IRL Review-the IER-Z1R is Sony’s flagship in earphone. Sitting alongside its full size headphone brother, the MDR-Z1R, it is part of Sony’s Signature Series premium audiophile offering. Its an amazingly well received headphone and I love it. Here’s my IRL review. The IER-Z1R has been out for some time now since 2018. It…
IRL Review- MDR-Z1R
IRL Review– Sony’s Signature Series- MDR-Z1R- probably one of my favorite headphones of all time- this is my in real life review of Sony’s flagship over the ear headphone. The MDR-Z1R was Sony’s first venture back into extreme cost headphones- prior to this, Sony had largely left the price segment behind when it stopped production…
reflections
Reflections years later- I don’t remember a lot of the context in these photos but its been in my drafts forever. Here we did a hike in Banff and saw some pretty mountainside water. It was pretty fun with friends and also pretty warm. I remember being exhausted after running around doing wedding things I…
Sony 16-80mm f3.5-4.5 Carl Zeiss lens IRL Review
The Sony 16-80 CZ lens is a DT SAL lens- quite dated at this point, and definitely end of life but one of my favorite lenses to work with. Originally part of the Sony alpha mount series, it was the first serious crop lens to come from Sony, and really just one of a few-…
Things this month
So its been a month or so into ownership of my new laptop and I’ve been pretty happy with it thus far; some things were predictable- the i9 13980hx is brutally fast- office productivity is a non issue; I’ve not really touched the 4070 GPU yet- probably more gaming in the holiday time. The speakers…
Los Angeles 2023
We had another flurry of weddings back to back , like in 2019. This time we got back from Hawaii, and then in a week or so we were off to Los Angeles. We lucked out here right away- we were supposed to get the Nissan Kicks – I had a lot of doubts about…
Maui as it went
We just arrived back home from Maui just under six hours ago; I thought it would be good to catch my musings before I got caught up in everything including jet lag. Heading off to a wedding was probably one of the more exciting things I have had in some time- randomly running into high…
2023 musings
ponderings- In the last month I have been thinking about my next five years- maybe even my next ten years. Running my own clinic has been nice – I’ve had some pretty amazing managers and bosses in my last few stints, so I don’t have any misgivings there. Doing my own thing though has been…
Toronto
We recently flew back for a fall trip in Toronto. It was…interesting. Time certainly does fly though. I have very strong memories of our last trip there, likely because of the pandemic and being the first trip for our family. I remember having a different home every now and then with different expectations of what…
IRL Review Sony a77 II SLT camera
The a77ii is a prosumer “sports” oriented APSC camera that was released in the waning lights of Sony a-mount cameras. It was meant to provide an action oriented body to track action. I hesitate to say sports because sports has traditionally been tied to the Canon 1DX and Nikon D series bodies; and now the…
IRL Sony RX10 Cybershot review
Mark 1 RX10; this camera is so old I doubt anyone cares about it; its so old that one inch sensors while a hit before, are now largely taken out by computational photography. It was a camera that really got me excited at its announcement; large sensor, magnesium body, constant f2.8 24-200mm Zeiss zoom; of…
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