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peak g
My year-long effort to change the way I write my lower case g is paying off.GHandwriting
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You buy my Almanac, I will buy your radishes...
It’s not every day your primary client is on the front of the local newspaper, so today’s a day to celebrate: the cover of The Guardian this morning was graced by a story, Chilling forecast, about the...
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Unwritten
Start your Friday by listening to Unwritten by Pomplamoose ft. Malinda.PomplamooseMalindaMusicYouTube
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Proud UPEI Parent
Today is the start of New Student Orientation week at the University of PEI and Oliver is diving in with all feet.As I write he is off on a campus tour while I chill in the parent lounge and drink...
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How much can I carry on my bicycle?
Remember the Bateman-Atkinson Bicycle Trailer Conversion? Well it’s been serving me well for over a year now, never more so than today.Today was a complex cycling day that involved a cycle up to the...
View ArticleI registered my bicycle in Bike Index
There was a reference to Bike Index in this video about securing your bicycle:Cofounded by Seth Herr and Bryan Hance in 2013, Bike Index is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.It is the most widely used and...
View ArticleThelma Phillips Fixes Her Range
Thelma Phillips writes about getting the controller in her propane range rebuilt; in part:Then I found ApplianceTimers.com, who repair mechanical and digital controls for ranges, washers, dryers and...
View ArticleCaledonia House Does Weekdays
A very helpful development at the Charlottetown Farmers’ Market this summer has been Brett Bunston’s opening of a second coffee stall, outside in the parking lot in the trailer formerly occupied by...
View Article"I am so hot!"
It’s Sunday afternoon. Oliver is out with his University of PEI peers participating in a downtown scavenger hunt.My phone rings: it’s Oliver, making a Google Duo video call.Oliver: I am so hot!Me:...
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The Busiest and Sleepiest Roads on PEI
My colleague Matthew sent me a link to this compelling GIS application that allows exploration of the provincially-maintained roads on Prince Edward Island by annual average daily traffic:The busiest...
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More Traffic Count GIS Antics
Following on from yesterday’s experimenting, here are a couple of additional visualizations of provincial road annual average daily traffic counts.First, here are all the roads with an average daily...
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Why teach computer science?
Linda Liukas writes about why we should teach computer science to young people:Teaching computer science in primary school is not only about coding. It’s about developing a love of learning and...
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Confederation Trail Mud-Based Cycling Census
Oliver and I concocted a grand plan for today that involved cycling up the Confederation Trail first thing this morning to visit Brett’s coffee stand, then continuing on to rendezvous with his support...
View ArticleSelling Books, One at a Time
I am a subscriber to the excellent Notes from a Small Press email newsletter, by Anne Trubek, founder and director of Belt Publishing. I’m not sure how I found my way there; I suspect Robin Sloan may...
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How to divide a piece of paper into an odd number of sections?
In yesterday’s edition of Monica Langwe’s bookbinding-focused email newsletter she mentioned the book The Art of the Fold:I am glad to hold “The Art of The Fold” in my hands. The book, made together...
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cycle.travel has great cycle routing
The Cotswolds-based cycle.travel site has an excellent description of itself:Cycling is awesome. Amazingly, beautifully so. This humble machine, invented some 150 years ago, gets us to work, into town,...
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Chair Advice
I have been typing professionally for a living for almost 40 years, and along the way I’ve learned a thing or two about ergonomics (enough to realize I have a lot more to learn).Today I got a message...
View ArticleAcadian Time Lapse
The Irving-owned tanker Acadian was coming into the Port of Charlottetown yesterday while Oliver and I were walking around the boardwalk on the waterfront.“I wonder if my phone can shoot time lapses,”...
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