Posts Tagged ‘toronto’

husky gets the milk bone

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008


at Pages Books on Queen W.

mississauga smogrise

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

I love the way the smog rises over Mississauga in the morning.

yeah, us long neck banjo players are a bad lot …

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008


Still from 1964 NFB docudrama Nobody Waved Goodbye, as mentioned in a nostalgia piece in Spacing.

random photos

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

i suspect prankage at Langstaff station

the owl of minerva: catherine liked this

Old Man Luedecke in Toronto

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

I saw Old Man Luedecke play The Drake on Thursday night. After being snowed out of seeing him in Guelph, it was great to finally hear him play. Wasn’t disappointed; really fun show. Superb lyrics, fantastic technique (his clawhammer and Seeger up-picking are spot on) and gently self-deprecating stage banter make it a fun night. Go and see him if he’s playing near you.

Ema Tei

Friday, May 16th, 2008

I reckon for more than half the time I’ve worked in Toronto, I’ve been within a block of Ema Tei. Yesterday was the first time I went there. I wonder what took me so long?

Kenn Cutts enjoys the wasabi at Ema Tei

Kenn, my former colleague from EPCOR, took me to lunch there. I was impressed; tasty food, great prices, huge portions and a great atmosphere. There was a good amount of wasabi sneakily hidden under the fish in the sushi, so we both ended up suitably decongested.

(and yes, the Technoid Balloon Gimp Script strikes again. While it does work nicely under Gimp 2.4, it’s hidden away in the very unhelpful Xtns/Script-Fu/Text/Balloon menu.)

i could do that

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

They are demolishing the show home at the corner of Nelson and Simcoe. They are bashing at it with a big excavator, trying to smoosh down the pile of drywall and plywood.

snoozing squirrel

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

On our fence just now:

snoozing squirrel

giveaway: windshare turbine picture

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

WindShare / Toronto Hydro wind turbine

Decided to give away my favourite picture of the WindShare/Toronto Hydro wind turbine under an open licence.

Here are the file details:

File size    : 719263 bytes
File date    : 2003:02:23 16:25:10
Camera make  : NIKON
Camera model : E2500
Date/Time    : 2003:02:23 16:25:10
Resolution   : 1200 x 1600
Flash used   : No (auto)
Focal length :  8.9mm  (35mm equivalent: 58mm)
Exposure time: 0.0007 s  (1/1451)
Aperture     : f/3.4
ISO equiv.   : 100
Whitebalance : Auto
Metering Mode: matrix
Exposure     : program (auto)
Jpeg process : Progressive
GPS Latitude : N 43d 37m 54.98s
GPS Longitude: W 79d 25m 32.4876s
Comment      : WindShare / Toronto Hydro wind turbine
Comment      : Exhibition Place, Toronto
Comment      : taken on opening day, 23 Feb 2003
Comment      : licensed Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Creative Commons by the
Comment      : creator, Stewart C. Russell / scruss.com - 23 March 2008

It’s also on flickr and Wikimedia Commons.

All that’s left of Bishop’s Block

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Bishop’s Block windows

Two windows are pretty much all that’s left standing at Bishop’s Block, which was one of the oldest buildings in Toronto. It would seem that the façade is being kept for the new Shangri-la bourge hut, but the way the workers have been wrecking old bricks, it would be a surprise if much of the outer wall can be rebuilt.

Bishop’s Block windows

okay, so maybe it’s not spring, then

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

car buried in snow

Circulatory System - Lee’s Palace, Toronto - 2003-04-13

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Circulatory System - Lee’s Palace, Toronto - 2003-04-13

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glacial

Monday, February 25th, 2008

ice melter

Toronto’s ice melter

icebeard

Icebeard

the first sign of spring in the city

Monday, February 25th, 2008

So how did I know that spring was on its way today? We’ve still got huge piles of snow, it’s pretty chilly, and there are few birds and no green things. I knew ‘cos Roll Up The Rim To Win started today. And I won a coffee with my first one. Sweet.

Don’t think I need one of these, though.

Sunday night at the chalet

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

The craving for second-rate chicken came over me. So I’m sat here in the chalet next to two couples who are having a conversation from two decades ago: how they drive out their way for Burger King, how the auto industry’s dying (but still a good place for a pension), bemoaning the lack of the Gardner extension, why recycling doesn’t work … and how John Tory’s a really nice guy who just can’t catch a break.

Just another Sunday night in Scarborough.

as welcome as a … in a …

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

The last couple of times we’ve been to the supermarket, we’ve noticed someone has thrown a pack of pork products into the halal section chiller. C’mon people; that kind of behaviour comes free with stupid. Just ‘cos you’ve got bacon breath doesn’t mean you have to force it on everyone else.

the train now arriving

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Kennedy GO station, Toronto - 0838, 22 Feb 02008

to GO Transit

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

(who managed to make my train 11 minutes late, then had it overrun the platform:)

1.) Rent a brewery.
2.) Tell people.

I’m sure, though, that you couldn’t even follow these simple instructions for arranging a piss-up in a brewery.

a note for Rob (and others in Waikato) to say that it’s rather cold here

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

It may be a drought for you, but we’re shovelling it here …

cold in toronto

cold in toronto

cold in toronto

cold in toronto

cold in toronto

cold in toronto

cold in toronto

cold in toronto

cold in toronto

king st abstraction

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

building on king st