A Scooma folding bike seen on the Danforth.
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no wonder it didn’t drain
Witness this opened-up downpipe I hacked out the weekend:
 That’s a solid plug of roots that had grown about 20cm up. There was also no discernible drain at the bottom of the pipe, so it was basically just dumping into the flowerbed.
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messing with cars makes you bad at spelling
I think it’s supposed to mean “Never Low Enough”, but it’s hard to tell
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Pullhair Rubeye
I really like Avey Tare & Kria Brekkan’s album, but I’m not sure if I’m playing it forwards or backwards.
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strange seminar thoughts
Questions at this seminar are being taken on index cards. I’m just waiting for a moderator to say: “… and our next question is – a very nice little drawing of a cat” (holds up card, delegates go awww).
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run screaming from the building
I’m attending the CanWEA / AWEA Wind Integration & Forecasting seminar in Calgary. While the hotel is very nice, I should’ve pegged there might be trouble when the room next door to mine is marked Crew Lounge. And yep, between 0100 and 0300, the crew was there. And they lounged loudly.
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a nerd whee!
The USB data transfer works flawlessly from the GPSMap 60CSx to GPSBabel.
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twang twang
I had my first guitar lesson with Nichol Robertson last night at Steve Briggs‘s place. It’s strange coming to guitar from another stringed instrument. I’m still convinced that the guitar has one string too many. But then, my guitar teacher is better known for playing the banjo, and my banjo teacher is better known for playing the guitar, so I may be confused.
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eBay.ca: Garmin Geko 201 GPS plus extras
I’m selling my Garmin Geko 201 GPS plus extras on eBay (item 320106781450). I’ve been very happy with it, and the only reason I’m selling it is because I just upgraded to a GPSMap 60CSx. Dave has a similar unit, and I was very impressed with the way it handled routing when we drove around Vancouver.
Most of the reviews of the unit seem to be pretty on the mark: accurate location, quick acquisition, and an ability to find a signal with little or no skyview. While the 60CSx does appear to work indoors, it suffers from weird track jitter.
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at the earth day parade
It’s a lovely day for it …
(image links to photo gallery)
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Bluffer’s Park notes
Sights: water, bluffs, rock, birds, blue sky.
Sounds: water, redwing blackbirds, grackles, geese, falling limestone.
Smells: the lighting of BBQs.
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not so feisty
Ubuntu‘s servers are currently failing to cope with the demand for everyone trying to upgrade to 7.04 “Feisty Fawn” all at once.
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it’s a beautiful sunny day …
… And I have no Polyphonic Spree on my player, alas.
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no illegalsigns.ca?
did someone take down illegalsigns.ca? It’s blank today.
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how can you have less than one unread?
My blackberry is confused. It really thinks it has -1 unread messages. This creates all sorts of philosophical questions, most of which I’m not equipped to handle.
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random images that really deserve better
dog outside Another Story Bookshop on Roncesvalles
discarded film
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365 Days #103 – The Ukuleles Of Halifax – Country Roads (mp3)
So I wonder how many Canadians can still play the uke?
365 Days #103 – The Ukuleles Of Halifax – Country Roads (mp3)
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nasty snow pile
There is a nasty snow pile at Kennedy Commons:
