Tag: toronto
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late bloomer
I guess I must’ve dropped a sunflower seed earlier in the summer. So now we have a sunflower blooming in the back garden in October. Not many bees around.
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OooOooh!
Toronto Hydro’s PowerLens for BlackBerry is quite neat:
That’s real data from my home meter, folks. -
old computers, new computer
Had a bit of a clear-out yesterday. I dropped off
- one Sempron-based PC
- an ancient eMac
- a built-like-a-tank Samsung laser printer
- two monitors: one LCD, one flatscreen
- two mini-itx boxen of undetermined operation
- about six external USB drives
- a DVD player with VGA output
- a box of stuff, including various network thingies, an NSLU-2 and a KVM switch.
at Free Geek Toronto. I’d heard about them from Colin at Mappy Hour, the monthly(ish) OpenStreetMap event. They have a very neat warehouse, and are definitely doing the right thing in getting surplus electronics either to people who need them, or properly recycled. On the (lengthy – 2 hours from the Junction to home, grr) drive back, I even heard a tiny CBC radio spot about them. Shame that the announcer almost said “old electronics crap” instead of “old electronics gear”, though …
I just built a new linux box to replace a bunch of the stuff I just threw out. It’s a small and quiet MSI 6676-003BUS with a fanless Atom 510 processor. It plugs straight into the HDMI of the TV, and remote work is done with VLC or SSH. To cut down clutter, I’m using a cheapo Logitech® Cordless MediaBoard Pro for PLAYSTATION®3, which works just fine as a keyboard and mouse with a generic $10 bluetooth USB adaptor.
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Please Be Kind | Colleen and Paul
I like this album a lot. Colleen and Paul have been working together for years (I saw ’em as Jack and Ginger in 2006), and this music needs to be heard!
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aggressive-aggressive note
I thought the highlighter was a nice touch:
Seen on University Ave on a moped parked blocking a bike ring. -
Canada Day softball
On Canada Day, I rigged up my bicycle with a camera set to take a picture every 20 seconds, and a GPS to track my location. I had no control over when the camera would fire as I rode round the neighbourhood. Out of the 150+ photos it took, this one from Jack Goodlad park came out quite well:
The rest of the pictures are here: My Neighbourhood, Canada Day 2010 « Numpty’s Progress -
Robyn Covers Syd
Robyn Hitchcock plays The Drake this weekend. Last night he covered Syd Barrett’s Terrapin. His Fylde has never sounded better.
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dammit!
I’ve double booked myself tonight. Got a spare ticket for FRIGHTENED RABBIT if anyone wants it. Me, I ‘ll be at Hugh’s Room for the Carolina Chocolate Drops.
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Old Man Luedecke instore
Old Man Luedecke just gets better and better. Here’s a half-hour instore he did at Criminal Records last week.
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