Oliver's Unconference, Part Two
Oliver’s holding part two of his unconference this Friday:An opportunity for people to gather to talk about things they are working on. These can be presentations, “show and tell” or discussions about...
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The Real Reason I Bought an Electric Vehicle
When Steve Howard was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the spring of 2019, I made it my life’s mission to create the conditions that would allow him to drive his...
View Article"Light, turn on"
Matt Webb writes, in How I would put voice control in everything:Because it is really appealing to me to turn on a light, set the stove timer, play music, pause the TV, snooze an alarm etc just by...
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Official Dessert of the Pandemic
Three day old homemade waffles, heated up in the toaster, covered with tangerines and fresh mint (from Heart Beet Organics) and drizzled with melted 90% Lindt chocolate.Bonus pandemic pro tip: sprigs...
View ArticleThe Curl in the Dilly Bar
From the Dairy Queen FAQ:How come my Dilly Bar doesn’t have a curl in the middle?Some Dilly bars are made by the staff of DQ stores and those have a curl. Others are manufactured for those DQ...
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Où est la langue française?
Six years after the boulder was carved, it occurred to someone that maybe the “Quebec Garden” should be marked in both English and French, so an aftermarket add-on was installed.Confederation...
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"Ce film ne s'adresse pas à votre sens logique"
From the opening titles of Louis Malle’s Black Moon.Louis MalleMUBIBlack Moon
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Tracadie Harbour
On Prince Edward Island, if you want to go to the shore you don’t have to think about it too much: you just drive until you can’t drive any longer. I decided I needed to get out of town to clear my...
View ArticleYou’re Spooking the Hostas
Being at war with Japanese Knotweed, and having no semblance of a green thumb, I’ve feared that at least some of the shoots I’ve been digging up haven’t been Japanese Knotweed at all but rather, well,...
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I Walked A Kilometer for a Dilly Bar (so you don't have to)
You had to see this coming: Oliver and I walked the 1.3 km to Dairy Queen tonight after supper so as to throw off the shackles of my childhood and have Dilly Bars for dessert.And to engage in...
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Stop Paying Your Landlord's Mortgage!
Provincial Credit Union and a street artist confront the same issue.Rent StrikeProvincial Credit UnionGraffitiStreet Art
View ArticleCeòl Aig Baile
Karine Polwart in today’s edition of her email newsletter:My home, like some of yours too, I’m sure, has become a place of industry these past two months. I’m a writer, so my kitchen has long been a...
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Annals of Haircutting
I have not had my hair cut since January 20.That’s 130 days ago.A long time.Playing a logistical game of cat and mouse, I reasoned that a Friday afternoon, after a week of Island barber shops being...
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Patched
The duvet cover on my bed had a couple of holes in it that were only getting bigger with time. Duvet covers are expensive, and I kind of like this one, so I decided to see if I could patch it.The most...
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Ocean, Shore, Son
We drove east today. Wood Islands for a picnic lunch. Visited Trudy on her farm, met a dog and a pony and a cow and enjoyed ice cream bars. To Montague where we charged the car by the marina and walked...
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Them of Receiver
This is one of my favourite photos; I took it two years ago at Receiver Coffee Brass Shop, and magically managed to capture the People of Receiver at just the right moment in their smiles:Receiver has...
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"The following media includes potentially sensitive content..."
This is what happens when we allow Twitter to make editorial decisions.TwitterCensorship
View ArticleDarning
From this month’s edition of The Craftsman Newsletter:Second was the encounter with textile artist Rachael Matthews who introduced Noguchi to the use of darning mushrooms, a tool for mending and not a...
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I type my name and email address dozens of times a day...
I have two text shortcuts set up on my Mac, px and pz, which, when I type them, automatically get replaced by Peter Rukavina and peter@rukavina.net respectively. Setting these up is easy: System...
View ArticleI Shut Down Catherine's Instagram
Since Catherine died in January I’ve been lurking on her Instagram, drinking in the daily dose of heavily weaving, spinning, knitting and woodworking photos that she would have seen.It’s been nice. I’m...
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