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#1 ·
Hello everyone! And welcome to ehMac.ca: Canada's Mac Community! We hope you will enjoy your stay and become an active, positive presence to this little corner of the web.

This thread is here for you to introduce yourself (Or re-introduce yourself) and to allow us to get to know you better! After-all, community is what ehMac.ca is all about!

Please feel free to be as brief or as detailed as you feel comfortable with. (Be careful about giving away too much private, personal information)

* Who you are (male, female, student, professional, etc.)
* Brief summary of some of your other interests
* How you got involved with Macs, or how you are currently involved.
* How many/which Macs have you owned or presently own?
* What are your favourite Mac programs?
* What general area of this great country are you from?

Let's continue to foster a sense of community here! ehMac.ca Newbies / Lurkers, press that New Reply button! :)
 
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#127 ·
Howard, violence is not an alternative. Now, breathe deeply and say, "I shall love all things Mac, bright and beautiful" four times. Paix, mon ami.
 
#128 ·
I started coming here in March 2006 but I was hiding for awhile and just started coming back on here again recently.

My name's Kelly, I am a Technical Support Consultant (Tier 1) for Rogers Hi-Speed Internet. I live in Nova Scotia. I have an iBook g4. My mom had a boyfriend when I was younger and he was into Macs and that's how I got influenced, I don't think I would be as interested in computers or Macs if he hadn't been around me at such a young age. I love the iCal, it's awesome.
 
#129 ·
Scott, from Kanata... Computer Programmer / DBA; mostly Oracle. I dj, had been on hiatus for some time but am getting back into things. Vinyl; house, d n' b, hard trance. Hoping to have 2 CDs out asap. Own an eMac and am buying a MacBook next week. I despise microsoft...if only I could convince my boss that I NEED to use a Mac at work.

My avatar is a picture of my standing on the front door step of the "Cosby Show House" in Grenwhich Village.

Cheers,

Scott
 
#130 ·
Hello all... I've popped in here occasionally in the past as a lurker, but decided it was about time that I finally sign up, as this looks like a great general Mac community for those of us Canucks! :)

Although a veteran of the computer and I.T. space, since my day job is an IT consultant, I'm a "switcher", having bought my first iPod in the fall of '04, and then having finally given in about a year later to the resulting desire to get a PowerBook. At this point, I'm now a die-hard convert, and other than a cob-webbed PC in the corner that I use for testing purposes, I've managed to convert to an all-Mac world at home.

In my other major hobby I'm the token Canadian over on the iLounge editorial and admin team, so you'll probably see me hanging out around there quite a bit.

Other than that this looks like a great place, and I look forward to becoming a more active participant.
 
#131 ·
RunTheWorldOnMac said:
Scott, from Kanata... Computer Programmer / DBA; mostly Oracle. I dj, had been on hiatus for some time but am getting back into things. Vinyl; house, d n' b, hard trance. Hoping to have 2 CDs out asap. Own an eMac and am buying a MacBook next week. I despise microsoft...if only I could convince my boss that I NEED to use a Mac at work.

My avatar is a picture of my standing on the front door step of the "Cosby Show House" in Grenwhich Village.

Cheers,

Scott
Cool pic!
 
#132 ·
It's all about Me

I'm an Electrical Designer for Honda Canada. No, not designing the cars but the machines that build them. we build 1600 cars and trucks a day. I got tired of the Windows world and started using Gentoo Linux for about a year. I later bought a PC laptop and got frustrated trying to make Linux work on hardware that only cared about Windows. So I then sold it a bought a Powerbook. That started my Mac love affair and our family now has 3 Macs. I've also help a few guys at work to switch as well.

Nice to meet you all,

Olias
 
#134 ·
Hi, I'm Kayla. Someone recommended this board. I AM CANADIAN. Je parle français. Ma mère est québécoise donc je suis moitié française.

Granted, I didn't examine the board name too closely but I only just realized the reason for the eh. I didn't know it was a Canuck board even though it has .ca.
 
#135 ·
RunTheWorldOnMac said:
Scott, from Kanata... Computer Programmer / DBA; mostly Oracle. I dj, had been on hiatus for some time but am getting back into things. Vinyl; house, d n' b, hard trance. Hoping to have 2 CDs out asap. Own an eMac and am buying a MacBook next week. I despise microsoft...if only I could convince my boss that I NEED to use a Mac at work.

My avatar is a picture of my standing on the front door step of the "Cosby Show House" in Grenwhich Village.

Cheers,

Scott
post some sets! lol
 
#136 · (Edited)
Well Lets see now that I have gotten a few people attention and not intentionally

Male
Certifications: Martial Arts Instructor, UMAB Certified, IPSC Certified, PMAB Certified, Diploma Specialized Electronics, C of Q Mechanic (Passenger and Truck Coach), Diploma Youth Work, Diploma Behavourial Forensics, CompTia A+, Network+, Security+, Linux +, MCP XP, MCP 2003 Server, MCSA, MCDST, CNA. Diploma Computer Systems Engineer, ACDT, ACHDS. ASL Level 3

Current Goals: Certifications/ Designations include CCNA, ACPT, ACSA, CISSP and Thwate Notary.

What I Do : Network Security Systems Consultant.
Where I am from : Charlton Ontario

Who have I worked for : Correctional Services Ontario, Ontario Public School Boards, General Motorsof Canada, Florida State Thermal Energy Commision, Apple Stores, Microsoft Tier 3 Premiere Support and Myself.

My Macs Past Present Future :, Lisa, Apple 512K, Macintosh II, LC575, Mac Cube, iBook Clam Tangerine, Emac Graphite,iMac DV SE,Quick Silver, Sawtooth, Blue and White Yosemite

Currently Own: MacPro Quad Xeon 2.66, iBook Clam Tangerine (2), IPod 60 gig Video, iSight, iDog, Creatures, Blue and White G3, Power mac 9600 and soon to be the proud father of a virgin TAM.

Mac Options: Original Software System 6, 7.5, 8.0, 9.2, OSX, Jaguar, Tiger


My view on life, I dont read the paper or listen to the news,
the tragidies that surround us are enough to give us the blues.
Look into the eyes of the person before you and see the hope,
at some time in the future terrorism will have us all up in smoke.....................
 
#138 · (Edited)
Introduction from Firstuser

It makes me feel good to find such a thriving community of Macintosh users. I've been a Mac user for almost 24 years now -since August 1983. Before any of you point out that the Mac wasn't launched until 1984, I was a member of the Apple International Marketing team and had the first Mac in Canada in 1983 - so that makes me the "firstuser" - at least in Canada:) The first Mac I owned had a "Twiggy drive", a 5 1/2" double sided floppy for storage. Fortunately, that was quickly upgraded to the 3 1/2" diskette of the production computer. The Mac was serial # 000003 and I wish I still owned it.

I've been a Mac user ever since, although unfortunately I have to use a Wintel machine at work. :eek:

I'm now working in a software development company that has developed a code generating robot for which automatically builds .Net applications - but I use a Mac at home and have become very adapt at using the home machine to handle work from the office.

My hobbies are photography, travel and cooking and I live out on the wet coast in Vancouver.

As I have family spread around the world, the Mac is great at producing DVDs in a variety of standards and formats to keep the family up to date with news. iMovie, iDVD and iPhoto are my three most used apps.
 
#140 ·
Hi I'm Blu. I've been lurking since I got my mac a year ago. I've learnt so much from this board. I decided on a mac as my first computer because it seems so much more practical, and less stressful plus it looks great. I call it my baby.

I reside in Toronto moved here from Winnipeg. I miss the 'peg...the people not the cold.
 
#142 ·
lotus, we were saying the same thing about you in The Shang.
 
#143 ·
Dr.G, with so many new members I find it difficult just to read all the posts. I try to keep up with all that is going on, but don't get around to posting.

For the last 3 hours I have been in a parking lot waiting for a tow truck and I do not have any nice words for CAA. Would you believe the gas tank fell off my car! It was my suggestion that they send a flat-bed truck as there was no way they could tow the car, but no, they just sent a regular tow truck. He took one look and called dispatch to tell them he needed a flat-bed.

Why is it that mechanics and service managers ignore any thing a woman tells them? Reminds me of the time I took my car into a garage with a minor problem and the mechanic told me he couldn't fix it and I needed a new engine. Lucky for me one of my son's friends was a mechanic and I had him check it out. After about 10 minutes and $3.00 my car was like new.

Sorry to get off the track of this thread, but I am not a happy camper.

And just where is Sheamusj????
 
#144 ·
lotus, an amazing story.

Not sure where Sheamus, Carex, Matt or Peter S. went. At least the fairest flower of The Shang is still alive and well. Paix.
 
#145 ·
I am from Darien CT USA and discovered ehMac by watching a Google video on the Apple Store in Tronto. I curentley have 3 Macs in my house hold, a G5 2GHz Dual with 10.3.9, A 6500 with a G3 upgrade with 9.1, and a PowerBook 540c with 7.5.5 installed, and an 30GB iPod Video, my sister has a 512MB iPod Shuffle (1st Gen.). Next year I hope to get a MacBookPro for when I go off to colloge.

Outside of my Mac Life I am an Eagle Scout in troop 35 and am serving on the Scout Master Staff. I enjoy camping, hikeing, biking.

As you can tell by my name, I am a Red Sox fan and enjoy watching baseball a lot, as well as lising to Red Sox podcasts redsox.mysportsradio.com

I video tape school sports for airing on TV. I have videotaped Ice Hocky, Foot Ball, B-Ball, Swiming &Diving, Track, and Wersing, as will as school plays and conserds.
 
#147 ·
I've been here for awhile, so I thought I might as well introduce myself. :)

Anyway, my name's Laura and I'm from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. My grandfather was actually the person who introduced me to the Mac; he loved to tinker with electronic things (he was a ham radio operator) and he owned an old VIC-20 for several years. One day, a friend of his showed him his Mac—I think it might've been a Macintosh II, but I'm not quite sure—and soon my grandfather bought his own. Long story short, he became very fond of the Mac and, from about 1992 until his death in 1997, he taught a class at the local Senior Citizens' Centre about how to use computers—specifically, the Mac.

As for my immediate family—we didn't have a family computer until about 1996, when we bought a Performa 6360. Between that and a relatively long history of familiarity with the Mac, it's probably no wonder that the Mac is still my favourite computer. I did have to use a Dell for a couple of years (I still have no idea how my father talked my mother into that one, though I've got to admit that it ran well enough until the motherboard got fried during a thunderstorm), but when I bought my laptop I chose an iBook G4 and haven't regretted it since then.

Now, for the non-Mac essentials...I'm a musician of sorts (I sing soprano for a local choir and I play the violin and the bagpipes), a bookworm and an occasional writer. (Haven't published anything, but I'd like to someday, though it won't break my heart if I don't manage to.) It's a little inaccurate to say that I have three cats, cats being the way that they are...perhaps I should say that three cats have me?

Eek—I think that's enough of an introduction for now! I don't usually talk about myself this much, honest...anyway, I'm looking forward to being part of this community. I may not say much, as I tend to underestimate the extent of my own knowledge, but I do enjoy reading the threads, at least. :)
 
#148 ·
Wow, so it's been a heck of a long time since I signed up to ehMac and finally got around to posting!

So many years, so many Macs. Do I really want to list them all? Sure. In order that I owned them :D
LC520, Centris 610, iMac 333, PowerMac G4/450, PowerBook G3 Pismo, PowerMac 8600/300, PowerBook G4 1.67, PowerMac G4/450 (again), iMac (Lampy) G4, iMac graphite, iBook G3/500 (the one with all the problems). And now, buying either a G4 cube or another Pismo. I don't have the money for a newer mac but someday, I will. (Ok well I did buy a 1.67 PowerBook, the fully loaded one with 3-year AppleCare for a grand total of $3300 but ended up selling it to my Father when I ran in to financial trouble!) My penchant for PC gaming has steered me towards PC rigs for the last few years, but I think now that I'm outgrowing the games, I can safely resume being a Machead.

About me personally, I've lived in the Vancouver area all my life, in West Vancouver specifically for the last 15 years and I love it! So much to do, so much to see. Sometimes it's hard to make time for a nice evening of listening to music or doing something creative on my many Macs. I work in the film industry, for Technicolor, doing film to digital transfers and all the associated stuff. I do get a chance to use one of the G5s there often, which makes me very happy on many levels. And I suppose the other pertinent information would be that I'm 20, single, and love off-roading, cycling, photography, music, and gaming.
 
#149 ·
I could've sworn I did an intro a while back, but whatever. :lmao:

I'm caucasian male in my early 30s; I've been a Mac user for about 9 yrs now; I started with an cobalt iMac G3 and now work with a 20" iMac G5.

I used to live in Toronto, now in Oshawa and yearn to go move back to Toronto sometime soon.

I love anything and everything to do with Japan. I have a NA and JP PS2 (the Japanese one is so I can play my Super Robot Wars/Taisen games. My favorite animes are by Go Nagai, my fave webcomic is MegaTokyo. Um....I also love to read and am an avid movie buff.

OK, so I suck at these intro threads! lol Anywho, glad to be back, and if anyone wants to know anything else about me, just ask. For the most part, I'm an open book. =(^.^)=
 
#150 ·
Who you are (male, female, student, professional, etc.)
* Brief summary of some of your other interests
* How you got involved with Macs, or how you are currently involved.
* How many/which Macs have you owned or presently own?
* What are your favourite Mac programs?
* What general area of this great country are you from?

Hello everyone. Since I've been posting a bunch I felt it was time I introduced myself.

I'm currently a student at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario studying Philosophy and Classical Studies. Thankfully in three weeks I'll be done here, since at this point I desperately need a break from school. In September I'll be moving to London to get my Masters in Library and Information Science at UWO.

I got my first computer 3.5 years ago, and my first Mac in November of last year after being completely frustrated with the world of PCs and Windows. Ick. I'm so happy I switched. My MacBook Pro is much more reliable and way more fun to use than my crappy Dell was.

Apple's tech support is a dream to work with after all the crap I was put through before. This machine had the screen inverter whine, and so I called and then brought it in to get that looked at. Though the tech couldn't get it to make the noise in the couple days he had it, he noticed my screen was not evenly lit [apparently at all, I was just used to a lesser product and didn't notice how bad it was] and so replaced the screen, the inverter, and any related cables.

There was no arguing and complaining or lists of redundant questions keeping me on the phone for hours. I just said what was happening and had it taken care of without all the bull****.

Needless to say, it's been a great few months so far and I'm looking forward to many happy years with this computer.
 
#151 ·
Allo, hows life for all? Anyway i am Engineering student going to UNB for electrical engineering. Found this place while trying to find a fix to get my behmoth of a printer to connect to my computer through Airport express, found the solution here too :) . Own one nice last gen Powerbook g4, and its my baby. Orginally I hated macs having worked tech support at the elementry school on 1st gen imacs, apple IIe's and many that ran OS7 i belive. When they broke they were devil to fix, and I will never understand how children can wipe a harddrive every week, sigh so many long nights. Upone entering Uni and seeing a friends new powerbook and fiddlin with it i was hooked, so much sleek and sexy than pc's.
 
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