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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM!!
Tech Geek &amp; Head Banger! I’m IT Manager for Master Promotions Ltd by day, wanna-be Rocker by night.

Rum and Rock Band are my pass-times… NOTHING beats a great night of fun with great friends… except of course time with my girls!</description><title>Opposite Ends...</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @mikecarpenter)</generator><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/</link><item><title>Supermodel Saturday!! (Taken with instagram)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3x0zk3JTu1qz530ko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Supermodel Saturday!! (Taken with &lt;a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank"&gt;instagram&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/22904654987</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/22904654987</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 11:14:07 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Still bothered by the lack of automated transforming in the...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Pegy1ZjDO8I?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Still bothered by the lack of automated transforming in the official &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/transformers" target="_blank"&gt;Transformers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; toys? Then you’ll likely want to head straight to the video above to see your dream realized. While details are a bit light, the robot on display was apparently built by Kenji Ishida and JS Robotics, and is just the latest in a series of transforming bots that Ishida has been working on (version eight, to be specific). About the only other detail revealed is that it makes use of 22 servo motors to turn from a car into a surprisingly mobile humanoid robot and, as you might expect, there’s no word on any eventual commercial availability.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/22711629066</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/22711629066</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 07:45:45 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Watching the Samsung Galaxy S III Launch video. Looks like a...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3nqkkYCwm1qz530ko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Watching the Samsung Galaxy S III Launch video. Looks like a fantastic device! Must get me one when it comes out!! (Taken with &lt;a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank"&gt;instagram&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/22588330753</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/22588330753</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 10:50:44 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Up next, HMMS Varity cheer team! Good luck girls!! (Taken with...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m391ayxDX51qz530ko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Up next, HMMS Varity cheer team! Good luck girls!! (Taken with &lt;a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank"&gt;instagram&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/22054651390</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/22054651390</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:18:34 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Ok, that looks yummy!! (Taken with instagram)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m37kdk9cYq1qz530ko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ok, that looks yummy!! (Taken with &lt;a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank"&gt;instagram&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/22002448694</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/22002448694</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:15:19 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Best smartphones - CNET Reviews</title><description>&lt;a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/best-smartphones/?tag=epicStories"&gt;Best smartphones - CNET Reviews&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;img align="right" alt="Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket (AT&amp;T)" class="productImage" id="img35055815" src="http://asset0.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/sc/35055815-2-200-0.gif"/&gt;&lt;span&gt;Smartphones have become incredibly advanced, with multicore processors and cameras that almost make us want to abandon our point-and-shoot cameras for good. We’ve gathered together the best of the best, with any carrier.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/21916386929</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/21916386929</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:11:30 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Belkin Bluetooth Music Receiver Review</title><description>&lt;a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/home-entertainment/belkin-bluetooth-music-receiver/4505-6449_7-34505053.html?tag=TOCcarouselMain.0"&gt;Belkin Bluetooth Music Receiver Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;img align="right" class="cnet-image" src="http://asset0.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/04/12/Belkin_F8Z492TTP_Bluetooth_Adapter_34505053_01_610x458.jpg" width="250"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;If you have an older stereo system or speaker dock lying around that doesn’t offer wireless streaming, a few companies &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;make adapters that allow you to add Bluetooth to an existing set of powered speakers or an iPod speaker dock for not too much money.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/21916022491</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/21916022491</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:02:53 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Samsung announces 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad as basis for Galaxy S3</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/25/samsung-announces-1-4ghz-exynos-4-quad-as-basis-for-galaxy-s3/"&gt;Samsung announces 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad as basis for Galaxy S3&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Looking for something a bit more solid than a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/25/antutu-purportedly-reveals-galaxy-s-iii-specs/" target="_blank"&gt;third-party benchmark&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;? We can do that. “Already in production the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/23/samsung-demos-new-32nm-quad-core-exynos-ahead-of-mwc/" target="_blank"&gt;Exynos 4 Quad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; is scheduled to be adopted first into Samsung’s next Galaxy smartphone that will officially be announced in May,” the horse’s mouth reveals. Samsung boasts that the new 32nm 1.4GHz quad-core processor flaunts twice the processing power over &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/01/samsung-releases-1-5ghz-exynos-processor-and-16mp-cmos-for-mobil/" target="_blank"&gt;its predecessor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;, thanks to its High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) low-power technology.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/21913664834</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/21913664834</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:58:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Just signed myself up for Google Drive. 5GB of “cloud...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m31qo8owXy1qz530ko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just signed myself up for Google Drive. 5GB of “cloud space” accessible from phone and computer. Liking it so far! (Taken with &lt;a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank"&gt;instagram&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/21790673200</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/21790673200</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:45:43 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Beading project with my girls. One Direction, what a surprise...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2ua66gwgY1qz530ko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beading project with my girls. One Direction, what a surprise lol (Taken with &lt;a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank"&gt;instagram&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/21506493973</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/21506493973</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:06:06 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>This was a few years, and fewer gray hairs ago! (Taken with...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2r9wpw92Q1qz530ko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;This was a few years, and fewer gray hairs ago! (Taken with &lt;a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank"&gt;instagram&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/21415110629</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/21415110629</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:07:37 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Found this on the internet and thought I’d share it. This...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2dvejaub61qz530ko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Found this on the internet and thought I’d share it. This is the plans for the changes that are happening at the Dolan Road Exit to Rothesay / Quispamsis. Looks like some great improvements that should help make things run a little more smoothly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click the photo to see a larger version.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/20979432374</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/20979432374</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:25:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>This is what I do when I’m “on the road” for...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2dn5nV0RZ1qz530ko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is what I do when I’m “on the road” for work. 15 computer network built and ready to go! (Taken with &lt;a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank"&gt;instagram&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/20971081419</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/20971081419</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:27:23 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>My wheels for the week. Great for zipping around in Montreal...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2bbelxg8A1qz530ko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;My wheels for the week. Great for zipping around in Montreal traffic! (Taken with &lt;a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank"&gt;instagram&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/20898784001</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/20898784001</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:18:21 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>First supper in Montreal. Very thankful for the English menu!!...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2ahun4ybg1qz530ko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;First supper in Montreal. Very thankful for the English menu!! (Taken with &lt;a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank"&gt;instagram&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/20874247843</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/20874247843</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:39:59 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Sitting at the airport waiting to board my flight to Montreal...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m29qvzSrPK1qz530ko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sitting at the airport waiting to board my flight to Montreal but wishing I was going some place warm!! (Taken with &lt;a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank"&gt;instagram&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/20843353498</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/20843353498</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:57:34 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Google Project Glass, Concept: I think this would be REALLY hard...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5R1snVxGNVs?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Google Project Glass, Concept: I think this would be REALLY hard on the eyes constantly focusing and un-focusing between your lenses and the rest of the world.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/20533551858</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/20533551858</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:11:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Another thing from my childhood ruined!! Star Wars characters do...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/x_xJqkzngBI?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another thing from my childhood ruined!! Star Wars characters do not dance!!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/20525789897</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/20525789897</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:01:17 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Hey @adeloves_1d “What The Buck” loves 1D almost as...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZfW24Gm_1ZM?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hey @adeloves_1d “What The Buck” loves 1D almost as much as you do lol&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/20469346244</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/20469346244</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:38:58 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out."</title><description>“Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;John Wooden&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/5317792423</link><guid>http://www.mikecarpenter.ca/post/5317792423</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 19:22:22 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>

