Eastern School District Calendar, 2010-2011
Once again this year I’ve taken the official Eastern School District School Calendar and created a set of public calendar files. This is a little early to be doing “back to school” things, I admit, but...
View ArticleJohns Hamilton Gray
Students of Canadian history will recall two men named John Hamilton Gray being Fathers of Confederation, one from Prince Edward Island and the other from New Brunswick. So, a simple style question:...
View ArticleMaking a café react to its customers...
Those of you who have been reading since the Working for Free days will recall that presentation was anchored in this project for Casa Mia Café, an altruistically selfish attempt to ensure the success...
View ArticleFour Islanders in Europe
A few months ago Gordie and Janet phoned me up and invited me out to lunch: they were planning an extended trip to Europe with their two daughters, and wanted to poke me for advice on travel with kids....
View ArticleEmily's Theatre Camp
Back in the mists of time when Oliver was wee, we had an excellent run of babysitters. One of these was Emily Hanlin, an American expat who’d fallen for Prince Edward Island. Oliver met her for the...
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Two New Businesses
Two new businesses have sprouted in Charlottetown this spring that might have escaped your notice. Of course everyone already knows about Zen Sushi on Queen Street, in the former Just Juicin’ space....
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The Guardian Redesigns
The Charlottetown Guardian released a new design for its website today. Here’s what it looked like before: And here’s the new version:
View ArticleBluetooth Discovery Update
I’ve been testing a Bluetooth discovery process in Casa Mia Café since Sunday as part of the build-out of my Customer + Bluetooth + Last.fm system, and I’ve learned some things: Over 3 days of...
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Regis and Kelly in 30 Cue Cards
Now that Confederation Landing Park is again available to we in the neighbourhood after almost a month of being closed, Oliver and I were able last night to resume our nightly walk along the...
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Rogers Wireless Data Usage
I’ve had an actual data plan on my Rogers account for use with my Nokia N95 (as opposed to the prohibitively-expensive pay-as-you-go data use I had previously). The plan allows for 500MB of usage per...
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Moneris 8200 stalking Mac Mini via Bluetooth
If you’ve been following along from home, you’ll know that I’m building the pieces of a customer-presence-sensitive music system for restaurants. Part of this system is a Bluetooth device discovery...
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2 Days with a Nexus One
I’ve spent the past two days using a Google Nexus One – I had one drop-shipped to Yankee to coincide with a visit here this week. This afternoon I called HTC to start the process of returning the...
View Article2 Years with a Nokia N95
I wrote yesterday about my short-lived affair with a Nexus One, and alluded to the fact that my venerable Nokia N95, which I purchase in the spring of 2008, returns to the fore as my trusty backup...
View ArticleEmpire of the Word
Last night we watched the final episode of Empire of the Word, Alberto Manguel’s TV Ontario documentary about books and printing and reading. While it has a high pomposity quotient, it’s still worth...
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Like a Kid in a (Letterpress) Candy Store
Back in May at the letterpress workshop at The Arm, personable printer Daniel Morris pointed me toward Don Black Linecasting in Toronto as a good source in Canada for letterpress equipment in supplies...
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Do Not Talk to or Distract Operator
We all need one of these stuck to our workstation. This one was on a complicated-looking piece of printing machinery at Don Black Linecasting.
View ArticleNewly Acquired Stuff
When I’m traveling away from Prince Edward Island I give myself permission to be more liberal in my media impulse purchases. Living here in the remotest edge of the country, there’s plenty of Danielle...
View ArticleWork
Two interesting commentaries on the workplace: Why you Can’t Work at Work from Jason Fried and an episode of The Conversation with guests Merlin Mann and Jeff Veen. Both are worth listening to,...
View ArticleMicroworlds from Elephant Magazine
Elephant magazine is a lush magazine with sharp typography and beautiful illustrations. Unfortunately it tethered strongly to print, and its web presence, such as it is, it more digital paper than...
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Up by Up East
Oliver and I were snuggled in front of our workstations here at the office on Sunday afternoon, content to spend an afternoon at work and play, when I was suddenly struck with one of those “oh my,...
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