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Amazing video by Terje Bakkland
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One of the World’s Finest Guitarists, Tina S plays Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata ( 3rd Movement )
Tina S is an amazing Guitar Player.
Get your guitars out and play along. It’s easy.
Hey, if 17 year old Tina S can play this, so can you.
Video is courtesy of the Tina S YouTube Channel
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Is the Universe a Simulation? 2016 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate.
Since Time does not exist (yes that is true), the Hypothesis of what we consider to be our life being a Simulation, is possible.
What strikes me is that events occur in life and can repeat, giving one a chance to handle the event differently.
Timelines are predefined. When your timeline ends, you leave the simulation. An American female was in the Eaton Centre (Toronto) food court. Suddenly she felt ill and went outside. As soon as she left, a guy with a gun entered the food court and went to the spot where she had been sitting and started shooting people. Had she not left, she would have been shot dead.
About a month later, after returning back to the US, this same woman went to see the latest Batman Movie. As the movie started, a guy with a gun entered the theatre and started shooting people. She was shot dead. This is fact.
Click on this line to view our prior post about Timelines with News Report proof.
This also fits into the hypothesis that Timelines are predefined – ie programed into the simulation where we think we exist.
Is the Universe a Simulation? 2016 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate. Great debate to watch and listen to.
Video is courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History YouTube channel
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Skydiver Luke Aikins jumped out of an airplane at 25,000 feet above ground with No Parachute
No Parachute. 25,000 feet above ground. Has to hit a 100 foot x 100 foot net at ground level. Skydiver Luke Aikins made the jump and landed in the net.
Congrats go out to Luke Aikins for his successful History Making Skydive and for having the biggest set of balls on earth.
Video is courtesy of the RT YouTube channel
Click on this Link to read the Associate Press news release about this event.
Click on this Link to read The New York Times article about Luke’s skydive.
Click on this line to visit the Mail Online site to view their great coverage (including photos) of Luke Aikins History Making Skydive.
Click on this Link to visit the Luke Aikins Facebook page.
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Upgrade to Windows 10 stalled at 99%
Photo courtesy of https://85ideas.com/freebies/best-hd-windows-wallpapers-for-your-desktop/
I tried to Upgrade a desktop to Windows 10 from Windows 7. It continued until it hit 99% complete and stayed there. Rebooted and tried again and got the same result.
Checked on the internet and a Microsoft site suggested to uninstall all your Security software – Antivirus and Firewall as these may be preventing the completion.
Another non-Microsoft site suggested to disable Windows 7 updates (in control panel). I did that but it seems that the upgrade would never have gotten to 99%, if the Windows 7 Updates were the problem. I suspect that it was the Security Software was conflicting with the Windows 10 security software.
So I disabled Windows 7 updates. I uninstalled the firewall. I uninstalled the Antivirus. Restarted the Windows 10 upgrade. It worked.
There is also apparently a way to do the upgrade with a Windows 10 disk – via an ISO file download. I did not try that because if you mess up and end up doing a “clean install”, you may not get a “free” upgrade.
As for security, Windows 10 installs it’s own security software. I will check into how good it is and will probably install my own selected software.
Note, before you do the upgrade make sure that you have a backup or an image backup of your Windows 7 in case things go very wrong with the Windows 10 Upgrade. I used a free software program called System GoBack Free from Easeus. Click on this link to visit their web page.
Note that the free Upgrade to Windows 10 offer expires on July 29 2016. Click on this link to visit Microsoft’s website for more details about the Windows 10 Upgrade.
Hope this helps.
NOTE: I will shortly post about improving the Privacy of the Windows 10 install.
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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KBT Growing Together
The video gets off to a slow start. You must watch it till the very end. If you have ever owned a Dog or had one share a part your life, you will appreciate what this video is saying.
Video is courtesy of the KTB Care YouTube channel
This video is in fact an ad, for Krungthai Bank. The video show how a young woman was inspired to become a veterinarian. The video also shows that yes, Banks can have a “Heart”.
Simple story line. Good acting. An ending which rips at your heart. This is not just an ad or commercial. This video is a work of art. Simple and amazing at the same time.
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Balmuda Toaster $414.60 US via Amazon.com. Yes they have stock.
The Balmuda Toaster is made in Japan.Years back the Japanese learned to be innovative. At one time Radios and Televisions were produced in the USA. The Japanese created better, more functional and easier to use products. Today, you will not find a USA made Television in any America home.
The Balumda Toaster is another example of Japanese innovation. There is a three month waiting list at Japanese retailers, who sell this item. Why? Because it is likely the best Toaster available.
The Balmuda Toaster uses both Steam and Low heat, which does not dry out the item being toasted. Then at the very end the heat is raised to crispen the outer surface.
In Japan they do not sell the pop-up variety of Toasters. Their Toasters lay flat and have a door and trays. That makes more sense since it makes it easier to clean.
By using Steam while toasting an item on low heat the item comes out smelling and tasting like it just came out of Bakers oven.
I was surprised (ok maybe not) that one could acquire one via Amazon.com. Amazon is the best thing that ever happened to retail. Great product variety. Great prices. A trusted retailer. The Balmuda Toaster is being sold by ORIDURU from JAPAN via amazon.com. Shipping is apparently free. ORIDURU from JAPAN has a 100% positive rating from past purchasers.
The price is not cheap. But then this apparently sells for 22,900 YEN which is a huge amount for a Toaster, even in Japan. Yet their production is sold out. In Japan, one would have to wait 3 month to get one.
So the price at Amazon.com is $414.60 US for the Black coloured model, as of today (subject to change without notice by Amazon). Yes they have stock. My suggestion would be to grab one, your morning toasted Bagel or Croissant will taste like you just brought it home fresh from a Bake Shop.
Click on this Link to visit amazon.com to visit their page for the Balmuda Toaster.
Click on this Link to visit the officlal manufacturers website, in Japan, of the Balmuda Toaster
Click on this Link to visit the Gurashii website to read their review of the Balmuda Toaster.
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Riding a Motorcycle on one of The Most Dangerous Roads in the World
Video of a Motorcycles trip from Killar to Kishtwar Route, Pangi Valley along one of The Most Dangerous Roads in the World.
Just imagine if it rained, how slick that road would be. It’s a very long way down.
Video is courtesy of the Charanpreet singh YouTube channel
Jumping from the Dolomites in Northern Italy
Who in their right mind would jump off the top of the super high cliffs of the Dolomites in Northern Italy?
Would you have the guts to try this???
Video is courtesy of ViralVideoUK YouTube channel
Ontario shop wins Gold medal for one of the best Dark Chocolate bars in the world
So you want to enjoy some of the very best Dark Chocolate made. No need to go to Switzerland. Forget about having to travel to Belgium or France. Come to Ontario Canada for some the very best Gold Medal Winning dark chocolate that money can buy. Says who? The Academy of Chocolates in London England and their latest 2016 Awards.
Here is what they won:
Dark Bean to Bar Under 80%
GOLD
Hummingbird Chocolate Hispaniola 70%
SILVER
Hummingbird Chocolate Vietnam Lam Dong 70%
Hummingbird Chocolate Alta Verapaz 70%
BRONZE
Hummingbird Chocolate Reserva Zorzal 70%
Flavoured Dark Chocolate Bar
SILVER
Hummingbird Chocolate Fleur de Sel 70%
Congrats on their win. Their Chocolate is available in about 50 Ottawa area retailers and their own store.
The Award winning Chocolate makers have their shop in Almonte Ontario. They are called Hummingbird Chocolate
TASTING ROOM HOURS
Tuesday to Saturday – 10am to 5pm.
Sunday – Monday – closed, or not (all depends – knock on the door if in desperate need!)
TOURS
Every Saturday, times vary. More info Register
Their contact info is:
Click on this Link to visit the hummingbirdchocolate.com website
Click on the Link to visit the Hummingbird Chocolate Facebok page
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Another great Motorcycle on display at Back Alley Cruisers Woodbridge Car Meet July 11 2016.
Here’s another photo a great bike which was on display at the Back Alley Cruisers Woodbridge Car Meet July 11 2016.
Last year the Nikon D7000 was driving me nuts with the output photos. I disliked them. They looked soft.
This years, all of a sudden it’s working. The Woodbridge photos look fine. And the wide Tamron Zoom which I used to shoot these is an OK lens, but not hyper sharp. By the time my meetings were over and I got to the car meet, the sun was going down. The pics have to be High ISO shots (haven’t checked – duh). I’m shocked. This is what I expect from any DSLR, and last year I was not getting anywhere near this out of the D7000. Wish that I could have afforded the Nikon D5.
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Really nice Indian Motorcycle in Woodbridge on July 11 2016
I had something to do in Woodbridge, so I figured that I would drop by the Back Alley Cruisers Woodbridge Car Meet.
Last year, I went and shot the opening day for the 2015 season. This years could not make it.
I shot some of the cars. There are always a few Bikers who bring down some amazing machines. I checked the bikes out and started taking pics. Someone approached me with their hand extended.
It blew my mind, as he knew my name. He mentioned my shooting at La Paloma. It’s been years since I dropped by La Paloma. That was back when I was trading equities and used to hang out on the Ferrari Chat board.
I had been down to La Paolma shooting Ferraris and Lambos, when I spotted two Motorcycles, parked side by side. One was an Indian and the other a Harley. It was getting dark and I remember loving the way the bikes looked. They had a glow. So I started taking photos.
Next thing I know the owners yell to me, asking what I’m doing. They were ready to leave. So I asked them if I could takes shots of them on the Motorcycles. I normally do not shoot people – model releases etc. They agreed. I snagged a few shots. A couple pics turned out really nice. The early evening and their headlights. Overhead lights hit the edges of their machines. It all combined to create an atmosphere in the photos.
I posted them on the old CLiK CLiK Vic zenfolio website. They liked the pics and asked for a larger size to enlarge it, and put it up in a repair shop.
This was years ago. One those guys was in Woodbridge tonight. He was the guy who came up to me. I was standing there trying figure out how it was that he knew me. I remember that evening at La Paloma. That Harley and Indian looked great. I’ll have to dig up the pics and post them on this site.
Anyhow, the fellow brought a classic Indian Motorcycle to Woodbridge tonight. His girlfriend was riding a Triumph. Nice folks.
So I shot the Classic Indian and did a quick conversion using the internet PC. I will probably do the car pics on the PC dedicated to Photoshop – maybe on the weekend.
I brought the Nikon D7000 with me to Woodbridge. Yes, the one which had been giving me soft pics. I had tried some new setting. These two pics look fine.
I now wonder if the issue might be the Raw Converter. I downloaded Adobe DNG coverter to convert the NIkon NEF files to DNG. I did not use Photoshop for these (it’s on a different PC). I used Zoner Photo Studio to take care of Levels and Curves and sharpening. I did not do any noise reduction. On the Photoshop PC I use a Topaz Plugin for noise reduction. Noise is not an issue with these.
Things turned out great. I’m glad that I decided to drop by the Car Meet…More Photos later this month.
Beaches Jazz Festival coming to Woodbine Park – July 16 & 17 2016
The Beaches Jazz Festival is a Toronto Tradition. Many have grown up with it – literally. 2016 will be the 28th rendition of the Beaches Jazz Festival.
Where?
At Woodbine Park – east end of Toronto by the Lake. Don’t drive. Take the Red Rockets to Woodbine Subway Station and a bus will take you down to the lake and Woodbine Park.
The Main Stage at Woodbine park has always had really good sound. It’s almost like bowl, as there is a hill behind the stage area. Great sound system.
The centre audience area has Food vendors all around. There is a 2nd stage , which they started a few years back.
Cost?
No Charge – it’s Free. A really great way to spend an afternoon with your lover or your family. For some reason the weather has always bee good the weekend of of the Jazz Fest at Woodbine. We’ll see next weekend.
Saturday July 16
3:30 PM Rich Brown & The Abeng
Video is courtesy of the Rich Brown YouTube channel
5:30 PM Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar
Video is courtesy of the Samantha martin YouTube channel
7:30 PM Ivana Santilli
Video is courtesy of the Ivana Santilli YouTube channel
9:30 PM De Bruces A Mi
Video is courtesy of the OjoDeGatoFilms YouTube channel
Sunday July 17
2:30 PM David Vest & The Willing Victims
Video is courtesy of the davidvestband YouTube channel
4:30 PM Paul James Band
Video is courtesy of the pauljamesband YouTube channel
6:30 PM Johnny Rawls Big Band
Video is courtesy of the AnasaziCliffs99 YouTube channel
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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When the Sunspot Cycle peaks, so could the stock market based on the Dow30 index
This is one way to possibly forecast how the US Stock Market (Dow 30 Index) could be doing. Check a Historical DOW30 Index chart to see when the Peaks occurred. Then check the Sunspot Cycle chart below.
Sunspot chart is courtesy of our friends at NASA at the Marshall Space Flight Center.
Click on this Link to display a Historic Chart of the DOW30 Index courtesy of the Stockcharts.com site (sorry but can’t get the embed code to auto display).
Sunspots run in cycles and In My Opinion so does the US Stock Market (your mileage may of course differ).
Posted by: Vincent Banial
http://www.uniquelytoronto.com
Disclaimer: The above is not meant as Financial or Investment advice. I am not a registered Financial or Investment advisor. Do your own Due Diligence. Always seek out the advice from your own Financial and Investment Professionals before placing any bets at the Financial Markets casinos called the Stock Market. You can lose money, possibly all of it, when buying and selling or trading stocks. The above is not a recommendation to buy or sell the DOW30 Index or any other stock. The above post is for Entertainment purposes only.
WTFEST.CA Music & Arts Festival Sat June 25 in Brantford
WTFest.ca is back. We covered their awesome festival in 2015. Reminded me so much of the Festival of Friends. Very well organized. Plenty of room. Great stage and good sound. The weather was perfect to boot.
Billy Talent with be the Headliner for the 2016 version of WTFest.ca .
“Monster Truck” via Wikimedia Commons. Copyright Tronbortis Creative Commons Lic
Bands from all over
I caught The Standstills performance at their Record Company’s party at the Gibson Showroom. The Drummer is a blonde Beauty who knows how to play the sticks.
Click on this link to visit the official WTFest.ca Festival website to get your tickets.
Click on this link to view all our prior coverage of WTFEST.ca 2015, inlcuding posts with concert pics.
Posted by: Vincent Banial
www.uniquelytoronto.com
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Norton Security Premium – 10 Devices [Download Code] Amazon Deal of the Day Jun 20 2016
UPDATE June 21 2016 – This Amazon Deal of the Day has expired. Was valid only on June 20 2016
For our American USA based visitors, the Amazon Deal of the Day for June 20 is:
Norton Security Premium – 10 Devices [Download Code] priced at $27.99 or 69% discount on June 20 2016 only
Deal only valid on June 20 2016. Deal only valid for residents of the US. Sorry Canadians. Click on this link to visit the amazon.com site for this their Deal of the Day
Norton make decent Security Software. The Norton deal is for 10 devices, that includes laptops and Desktop PC (MAC and Windows based), Cell Phones, Tablets.
Installing a security package on your Cell phone or internet connected Tablet is a smart move, especially for Windows users. Mac Operating systems are a growing target, but no where near how much Windows is targeted.
The deal ends today June 20 and is only valid for US residents.
Uniquely Toronto saves you money…
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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CNE Midway Stage concerts 2016
We had already posted about the CNE Bandshell Concerts for 2016. The CNE Midway Stage concerts just became available. I love shooting bands on the Midway Stage. Great lighting.
CNE Midway Stage Concerts 2016:
Aug 19 The Fraser Melvin Band 3pm and 6pm
Aug 19 Destroyer 7:30pm and 11pm
Aug 20 The Jade Monkeys 3pm and 6pm
Aug 21 Gyles 3pm and 6pm
Aug 21 Community Soul Connection 7:30pm and 11pm
Aug 22 Gyles 3pm and 6pm
Aug 22 Strange Magic (ELO tribute band) 7:30pm and 11pm
Aug 23 LMT Connection 3pm and 6pm
Aug 23 Sugar Heat 7:30pm and 11pm
Aug 24 LMT Connection 3pm and 6pm
Aug 24 Ferraro 7:30 and 11pm
Aug 25 Tony Paglia and the Nomads 3pm and 6pm
Aug 25 The Phil Naro Band 7:30pm and 11pm
Aug 26 Tony Paglia and The Nomads 3pm and 6pm
Aug 26 Thriller Canada 7:30pm and 11pm
Aug 27 Sons Of Rhythm 3pm and 6pm
Aug 27 The Rattles (The Beatles tribute band) 7:30pm and 11pm
Aug 28 Sons Of Rhythm 3pm and 6pm
Aug 28 The Honeyrunners 7:30pm and 11pm
Aug 29 Greg Wyard Band 3pm and 6pm
Aug 29 Groovestone 7:30pm and 11pm
Aug 30 Greg Wyard Band 3pm and 6pm
Aug 30 Hot Rocks (Rolling Stones tribute band) 7:30pm and 11pm
Aug 31 Lost Patients 3pm and 6pm
Aug 31 Wednesday’s Engine 7:30pm and 11pm
Sep 01 Lost Patients 3pm and 6pm
Sep 01 The Weber Brothers 6:30pm and 10:30pm
Sep 02 Alex Pangman & Her Alleycats 3pm and 6pm
Sep 02 Shawn Brady and the Northern Sons 7:30 and 11pm
Sep 03 Alex Pangman & Her Alleycats 3pm and 6pm
Sep 03 Wanted (Bon Jovi tribute band) 7:30pm and 11pm
Sep 04 The Carpet Frogs 3pm and 6pm
Sep 04 The Proud Sons 7:30pm and 11pm
Sep 05 The Carpet Frogs 3pm and 6pm
Click on this line to view our prior Post about the CNE Bandshell Concerts for 2016
Click on this link to visit the Destroyer website
Click on this link to visit the Destroyer Facebook page
Click on this link to visit the Ferraro website
Click on this link to visit the Ferraro Facebook page
Click on this link to visit the Sons Of Rhythm website
Click on this link to visit the Sons Of Rhythm Facebook page
Click on this link to visit the Greg Wyard Band website
Click on this link to visit the Greg Wyard Band Facebook page
Click on this link to visit the Lost Patients website
Click on this link to visit the Lost Patients Facebook page
Click on this link to visit theAlex Pangman & Her Alleycats website
Click on this link to visit the Alex Pangman & Her Alleycats Facebook page
Click on this line to visit the official CNE website
Click on this line to visit the official CNE Facebook page
Posted by: Vincent Banial
http://www.uniquelytoronto.com
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Yorkville Exotic Car Show is coming back on Fathers Day
2015 was a bust for the show apparently due to the Pan-Am games. It’s now 2016 and the Yorkville Exotic Car Show will be returning to Bloor St West.
When?
On Fathers Day. That will on Sunday, June 19 2016. So make a note in your Calendars and Day Timers.
All that I know so far is that the Red Carpet on Bloor St will be back. The 2016 Yorkville Exotic Car Show with feature about 120 Exotic Cars. No word if there will be a stage with live music.
Posted by: Vincent Banial
www.uniquelytoronto.com
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NXNE free concerts at Yonge Dundas Square
NXNE started off it’s 2016 edition with a concert last night (June 13) at The Horseshoe Tavern on Queen St West, near Spadina, in Toronto.
Two days from now, on Thursday Jun 16, the free NXNE concerts at Yonge Dundas Square, will start at 4pm. Same for Friday and Saturday, except on Friday when the concerts will start at 5pm.
Thursday Jun 16:
4pm Sydney Delong
5pm The Lionyls
6pm Fast Romantics
Friday Jun 17:
5pm Frisky Kids
6pm Long Range Hustle
7pm Ferraro
8pm Jane’s Party
Sat Jun 18:
4pm Hungry Lake
5pm No King For Countrymen
6pm Taylor Knox
7pm LGS
8pm Sam Cash & The Romantic Dogs
9pm Zeus
Click on this link to visit the Sydney Delong website
Click on this link to visit the Sydney Delong Facebook page
Click on this link to visit The Lionyls website
Click on this link to visit The Lionyls Facebook page
Click on this link to visit the Fast Romantics website
Click on this link to visit the Fast Romantics Facebook page
Click on this line to visit the Frisky Kids website
Click on this link to visit the Frisky Kids Facebook page
Click on this link to visit the Long Range Hustle website
Click on this link to visit the Long Range Hustle Facebook page
Click on this link to visit the Ferraro website
Click on this link to visit the Ferraro Facebook page
Click on this line to visit the Jane’s Party website
Click on this line to visit the Jane’s Party Facebook page
Click on this line to visit the No King For Countrymen website
Click on this line to visit the No King For Countrymen Facebook page
Click on this line to visit the Taylor Knox website
Click on this line to visit the Taylor Knox Facebook page
Click on this line to visit the LGS website
Click on this line to visit the LGS Apple iTunes page
Click on this line to visit the Sam Cash & The Romantic Dogs website
Click on this line to visit the Sam Cash & The Romantic Dogs Facebook page
Click on this line to visit the Zeus website
Click on this line to visit the Zeus Facebook page
Click on this link to visit the Yonge Dundas Square website, if you are new to Toronto.
Posted by: Vincent Banial
www.uniquelytoronto.com
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Photo Gallery of “The Sheepdogs” concert at the Festival of Friends 2011
Since I found out that I can setup Portfolios on this site, I gave it shot.
I have uploaded a large gallery of Vincent Banial’s photos of “The Sheepdogs” performing at the Festival of Friends back in 2011. That concert was immediately after The Sheepdogs broke out into the mainstream via being on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine.
The Festival of Friends had record crowds that night. I heard numbers of about 70,000 fans. On the bill were The Sheepdogs and also City and Colour. Because of the huge number of people at that concert I left during City and Colour‘s set. There were cars parked on the main road all the way up to the QEW (or is it called Hwy 403 by Ancaster). I’m so glad that I left early. It must have been mayhem when over 70,000 would have left all together that night.
The concert was great. The Festival of Friends is an amazing Festival. Wish that someone could copy it in Toronto. Well worth the drive to Ancaster every year. Free entry and cheap parking fee. Normally there is lots of parking. The night The Sheepdogs played in 2011 there was no parking. The lot was jammed. the roads were jammed. I did not see any parking tickets on the vehicles parked outside the FoF grounds, so even the Police were cool. Was a fun day and evening back i.n 2011.
You can view the photos from the Main Menu at the top of the Home page. The last Menu item is called Vincent Banial Photography Portfolio. Click on that to get you there.
Ok, to make it easier, just click on the large thumbnail photo below to take you to The Sheepdogs photo gallery. Once in the Gallery just click on the square Thumbnail photos to view the enlarged photos.
“The Sheepdogs” in concert at the Festival of Friends 2011
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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New Twist – I can have Portfolio’s on this site!
I setup a separate website called Vincent Banial Photography on WordPress. Basically it was to replace our closed Zenfolio site, which had housed all of Vincent Banial’s Photo Galleries.
I found that I could also apply the same method to this site. It is far from intuitive and was also disabled on this site theme. So I tried it.
On the Home page of this site are the black Menu Bars along the top. OUr photos are being trasfered into the “Concert Photos” menu item. Try it, some pics have already been moved.
Guess what – it worked.
Check it out please…
Diemonds performing at eOne Party at Gibson Showroom 2015
eOne Music Canada (a division of Entertainment One), #1 independent music label in North America, put on a party at the Gibson Guitars Showroom in Toronto in 2015. At the party they had some great band playing, one of which was Diemonds. The stage was tiny, light were dim but they sounded great. It was an up close and personal concert with maybe 100 plus people in the room, with the bar at the other end.
Eric Alper, an Executive at eOne, invited us to the party. Thanks again Eric. I still have no idea how you heard about me and Uniquely Toronto.
I had a set of photos of Diemonds performing at the eOne party posted on ccvic.zenfolio.com which is closed. Even Google sent me an email asking what was happening with all the 404 results, because their spiders were not finding anything on the our old zenfolio site.
I have the Flickr site up. There are things that I would change if I could, but it is a really fast site and there are tons of things which Flickr provides which are super.
I’ve posted the Diemonds photos into an album on our Flickr site. Just click on the photo above to get there.
You could also click on this line to go to our new Vincent Banial Flickr Photo site.
Love this band. To give you a taste of Diemonds I’ve embedded a video of their song DIEMONDS – GET THE F&$K OUTTA HERE
Video courtesy of the Diemonds YouTube channel
Posted by: Vincent Banial
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Working on a couple of new sites
When I closed our CLiK CLiK Vic site at ccvic.zenfolio.com our library of photos went offline.
That in-turn affected some posts on this site. For example, the text of a post would come from WordPress but the photo would come from the Zenfolio site. That sped up load times for visitors.
I have setup two sites. One on Flickr and one on WordPress. Each host has it’s benefits. In the past I for some reason did not like Flickr. Having setup a quick site, I’m now impressed. It is no Zenfolio, but is impressive in it’s own right. First impression is that it is very fast.
The WordPress test site has been a battle to setup a structure that I want.
The watermark on older photos is still the ccvic.zenfoilio.com one. Will have to put all the pics thru Photoshop and remove that watermark layer and add a new one.
Both of the new sites use my name. It is something that I dislike doing. For example I think that calling this site “Uniquely Toronto” is far better than naming it Vincent Banial (or a variation with my name).
The Flickr site is called Vincent Banial. I know, it’s not very creative.
Click on this line to visit the Vincent Banial Flickr site.
The WordPress site has more photos on it, but it is still under construction. Some things I like about it, other things not so much. The Flickr site is “faster” and looks better.
This also explains the quiet time on this site, with fewer new posts.
“David Gilmour” performs “Breathe” and “Time” at The Royal Albert Hall in 2006
These songs spoke of the future, when Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album was released.
“David Gilmour” live performance of the songs “Breathe” and “Time” at The Royal Albert Hall in 2006.
Video is courtesy of the HDPinkFloyd YouTube channel
Making of St.Vincent’s Ernie Ball Music Man Signature Guitar
Photo above is of Annie Clark, the singer with St. Vincent performing at NXNE in Toronto
The Making of St.Vincent’s Ernie Ball Music Man Signature Guitar
Video courtesy of the Ernie Ball YouTube channel
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