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Back at the end of July in Berlin Oliver and I went out one weekday morning for an adventure in deepest Kreuzberg. We had smoked salmon bagels at Barcomi’s, went comic book shopping at Grober Unfug,...
View ArticleRice: How Much Water?
I was talking with my friend and restauranteur Winnie this afternoon about the difficulty I have with making rice: somehow it just never turns our right. She said “how do you measure your water, with...
View ArticleIf this then that...
Dan Misener pointed to ifttt.com a couple of weeks ago and I curiously followed the link to see what it was. What it is: IF This Then That. What is to say, a web service that lets you do things like...
View ArticleBánh mì in Charlottetown
One of my favourite places to eat in Berlin this summer was Babanbè on Oranienplatz in Kreuzberg: it was a handy 2 minute walk from betahaus where I was working, has friendly staff, and serves terrific...
View ArticleReally Simple Proxy using SSH
Sometimes it’s useful to exist on the Internet as though you were in a different country. The reasons for this can vary: maybe you’re want to use a website that’s only available in your home country;...
View ArticleIt’s a good Monday when a child names a ladybug after you..
Jane has only lived in downtown Charlottetown for two days, and already she’s named a ladybug after me. Alas my arthropodic namesake flew away.
View ArticleTelephone Message Pad v0.1
Ever since I acquired a letterpress cut of an old candlestick telephone at the Printing Arts Fair I’ve had the notion of creating a telephone message pad bouncing around my head. When I heard from Kwik...
View ArticleTelephone Message Pad v0.2
After some adjustments to the type and the lines, here’s what I ended up with after tweaking version 0.1. I moved the heading to the right and adjusted the line thicknesses (still not perfect, but it...
View ArticleAll life is if...then
After I blogged about If This Then That a week ago, Oliver read the post, signed up for an account, and created his first “recipe,” which was to tweet out the time every morning at 2:30 a.m. I know...
View ArticleArchitecture Week in PEI
The architects of Prince Edward Island, vital to the public interest but not known for their public relations abilities, are holding an “Architecture Week” starting Monday, October 3, 2011. True to...
View ArticleRobert Fulford on The Old Farmer’s Almanac
It’s not every day that Robert Fulford, a Canadian icon and the country’s preeminent man of letters, writes glowingly about a project you’re deeply wedded to. So today’s column on The Old Farmer’s...
View ArticlePadified
So I dropped my letterpress-printed telephone message pad pages off at Kwik Kopy this morning and when I dropped back just before 4:00 p.m. they’d been “padified” (there must be a technical printing...
View ArticleFather and Son in Kippah
My friend Oliver Baker emailed today looking for some photos I might have. While I was gliding through my iPhoto I came across this photo of Oliver (wee Oliver, my son, and Oliver Baker’s namesake) and...
View ArticleLetterpress Cuts from Tryon
I took a trip out to Campbell’s Printing in Tryon this morning – they are retiring after more than 30 years in the business – to see what equipment and supplies they might be selling that might help me...
View ArticleLooking for Space in Downtown Charlottetown
In what is either the most or least brilliant acquisition of my life, I’ve purchased a Golding Jobber No. 9 letterpress, a press that looked like this back in the day and that weighs about 1,000 pounds...
View ArticleAir Canada Surcharges
“Wow,” I say to myself, “Air Canada has terrific fares from Halifax to London.” Terrific like $361 return, which, at least on the surface, is the airline’s lowest fare on this route in years: After...
View ArticleFor as long as I dig you...
Catherine and I have been dating now for 20 years. Because we don’t have the convenience of a wedding day to mark our anniversary, by tradition we use October 5. This is the date – you can read more...
View ArticleThe 2011 Charlottetown Architecture Awards
As mentioned in this space last week, today was the day that many of the architects of Charlottetown held open houses as part of Architecture Week. The weather didn’t cooperate: hurricane-force winds...
View ArticleSmart Communities that Aren't
The following notice appeared on the City of Charlottetown’s website this morning: City Council will hold a Public Meeting to hear comments on the following: Property Adjacent to 4 Prince Street...
View ArticleSunset over Wood Islands
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner in Little Sands yesterday, packed into a very full house with a group of friends and family new and old. The house is 5 minutes walk from the beach and so after a...
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