The Website of Kyle Thomas (KyleWith)
Canadian Tire has done a really good job with their online catalogue. It brings in what it means to be Canadian, stories about really people and the products that make life easy. I quite enjoy browsing it.
The website scales to your monitor size and even on my 27” Apple monitor it is really enjoyable to view. The one things I was disappointed about what the lack of a fully responsive site. I couldn’t use this site on my iPhone.
http://catalogue.canadiantire.ca/
Fresh look. Clean look. Simple look. Over the past couple months my approach to my own person blog and writes has simplified. I once wanted a place that told you more about me than the average person wants to know about anyone.
I found it was cumbersome to write when there were so many distractions, and if I couldn’t even write properly, who would want to read it. So I started to scale back.
From two columns to one I took this site and from there I decided it was time I cut even more out and switched themes to this sleek coat. Nothing but words on a paper… or white background.
It seems like more than a month in this new home, but it isn’t even that yet. I took possession of my new house on September 30th, 2013 and in the time between then and now I’ve done a lot… of moving.
Apparently I owe more stuff than I could have ever imagined. I’ll always remember that time I moved to Fort St. John with nothing more than a few boxes. Now I have an entire uHaul truck of “stuff”.
In 27 days I made several trips moving stuff from old house to new house, built an office desk, drove to Edmonton, spent a a combined total of 12 hours in Ikea, drove back to Yellowknife, built $1000 worth of Ikea furniture and setup the house. Here are some photos:
Had a quick break from shopping down here in Edmonton to meet up with some long time friends who I haven’t seen in a couple years.
We took off in search of Big Lake just outside of St. Albert. On the way there however we were interrupted by a bull moose on the side of the highway. ON THE SIDE OF THE ANTHONY HENDEY.
The trail system that leads to Big Lake offered lots to see. Here is a couple photos from the walk.
It was a lovely fall day.
Over the weekend I built a desk and I got a comment that while I work as a project manager in front of a computer during the day, I somehow bake bread at the summer market and now build my own furniture. And I think I can chalk doing these things up to one quote that has always stuck with me by Walt Disney.
Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
For whatever reason it has always resonated with me. It can be interpredend several different ways but when I think of it, I think it means never stop learning and seeking new knowledge.
I was never much for formal education but I LOVE learning. I decided one day to start building websites, I decided I wanted to be a bike mechanic, I was never a strong writer in school, but gosh darn it, I was going to create a blog and keep writing it for almost four years now, I decided I wanted to take photos of people, I decided I wanted to weld again and the list goes on and on.
Unfortunately I didn’t get to spend much time with my uncle growing up, him in Ontario, me in Yellowknife, but when I visit, it is inspiring. He’ll take nothing and turn it into something and I was always fascinated by this.
I believe the only limitation we have is time. There is simply not enough time in the day. And equipment. That’s what made high school so great the access to the equipment.
I encourage other young adults to keep moving forward and opening new doors. I’m happy with where I am at only 23, but I understand the feeling of not knowing what to do. My advice would be to try, try and try again. There is not harm trying something new and if doesn’t work out, then you’ll know.
My first loaves of bread sucked!