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Desired Landscapes 2
The second issue of Desired Landscapes arrived in the post today; what a lovely package. Desired LandscapesMagazinesMailStampsAthens
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The Island of your Island is your Friend
Earlier this summer my friend Andrea casually mentioned that she was planning to join Island Nature Trust’s guided walk to St. Peters Island.My ears immediately pricked up: if I am a lover of islands,...
View Article"Yah, I'm right here, now shut the fuck up, I'm trying to sleep..."
A great New York story from Laurie Brown.Laurie BrownPondercast
View ArticleBeautiful People
A lovely cover by Pomplamoose of Ed Sheeran’s Beautiful People.Ed SheeranPomplamooseMusic
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3D Printing Screen Clips
My friend G. was unable to find replacement plastic clips that hold a window screen in place, so I offered to fabricate some on my 3D printer.I made the model in Tinkercad; the hardest part to figure...
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My Low Carbon Weekend
I’ve had a rare weekend by myself at 100 Prince Street: Oliver’s been at the Cloggeroo Folk Festival in Georgetown since Friday, and Catherine’s been in hospital, trying to get her back pain under...
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happy 20th anniversary, silverorange
Like the original the fifth estate and e e cummings, my friends at silverorange prefer lowercase. Which makes starting sentences that start with silverorange difficult for someone like me who wants to...
View ArticlePen Night is this Saturday
If you are looking for some inky collegiality this Saturday night, August 17, 2019, Pen Night, the monthly gathering of those interested in fountain pens, inks, paper, writing, illustrating and the...
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Portrait of a Power Outage
There was an electricity outage last night from Charlottetown east, starting just before 11:00 p.m. and ending around midnight. Because I’m logging the electricity load and generation for the province,...
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The Age Machine
When Oliver and I were in Wolfsburg in 2010, we visited Phaeno, the excellent science museum. One of the exhibits there was an “age machine” that would snap a photo of you and apply an algorithm that...
View ArticleMarket, Purity, Riverview, Receiver
Oliver and I cycled the entire Local Food Trail this morning: from home to the Charlottetown Farmers’ Market, down to Purity Dairy for milk and butter, a double back to Riverview Country Market, and...
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In a way that keeps one foot in each of North American and European café billing practices, Island Chocolates sometimes takes money up front for coffee, and sometimes advises “just take a seat,” with...
View ArticleA Day in the Life of Bus Number 68
On August 15, 2019, T3 Transit Bus 68 started its day just after 6:30 a.m. servicing Route № 3, the route that goes counter-clockwise around the city from downtown through Parkdale, Sherwood,...
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The One Where I Ripped the Sideview Mirror Off
One Friday evening earlier this summer we enjoyed a lovely supper at our friends Michelle and Bill’s house out in East Royalty. Returning home after supper we were in kind of a rush, as Oliver and I...
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Why we should pay attention to Extinction Rebellion
I skipped supper last night and attended a meeting of Extinction Rebellion at Trinity United Church.My reason for going was simple: Extinction Rebellion has three demands, one of which is:Act Now:...
View Article"And that," I told Oliver, "is what you call an asshole."
Although my business card says “writer, printer, developer,” a more accurate description you could give to me, given my myriad pursuits, is “reverse engineer.”My only skill, really, is being able to...
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Tony Reddin Saves the Day
Oliver announced late last week that he planned to participate in the much-vaunted Crow Parade that is the spiritual backbone of Art in the Open every year. As a result, Oliver and Catherine spent much...
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Printmaking in the Open
Although Art in the Open 2019 was a cavalcade of artistic wonders, my favourite part of it was the portable printmaking studio set up on Victoria Row by St. Michael’s Printshop from St. John’s,...
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Want my business? Install a bicycle rack!
The City of Charlottetown recently announced a program to incentivize local businesses to install bicycle racks:The City of Charlottetown is offering a cost sharing incentive to provide local...
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Overflow Parking for Chocolate Milk
Catherine, who heretofore I’d never seen drink a glass of chocolate milk even once in 28 years, has suddenly gone gangbusters for it. Cancer meds work in mysterious ways.Fortunately Purity Dairy is but...
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