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Radio Silence
It’s been quiet here for a week, mostly because of a last-minute trip that Oliver and I took up to Montreal. The trip had a variety of purposes beyond simple “father and son road trip” (which was a...
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Crane Cast Iron and Valve Plant
When you see beautiful industrial builings like this (the former Crane cast iron pipe and valve plant on the Lachine Canal in Montreal), and realize that we’re capable of making substantial, striking,...
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How much does it cost to drive from Charlottetown to Montreal?
When we picked up our Kia Soul rental last Thursday it was full of gas. We drove from Charlottetown to Montreal, drove around Montreal a bit, and drove back. Total driven from door-to-door was 2,441 km...
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In a bid to learn more about the Confederation Centre of the Arts’ history, I sought out Frank MacKinnon’s book Honour the founders! Enjoy the arts! : Canada’s Confederation Memorial in Charlottetown...
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Water Tower, Then and Now
Across the road from La papeterie Saint-Armand is Lachine Canal National Historic Site which is filled with helpful signage about the industrial past of the area. Here’s a photo of one of the...
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The End of the Plaze
I first read about Plazes, the pioneering geolocation site that consumed much of the late 2000s for me, from Joi Ito and I signed up for an account on September 26, 2004, eight years ago, and “plazed...
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Richmond Street Goes Green
Last year I had the pleasure, along with Jenni Zelin, Rob Lantz and Laura MacPherson, of judging applications to the City of Charlottetown’s Community Microgrants program. After a long process of...
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That Business of Strangers
Oliver and I have been making the rounds in downtown Charlottetown after supper this week stapling Richmond Street posters on electric poles. On Monday night we ran out of staples and so popped in to...
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Plazes Infographics
As a pleasant and unexpected coup de grace, Nokia has transitioned Plazes.com into an infographic-rich summary of each user’s Plazes journey. It’s very nicely done. To get yours (and to download your...
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Google Reader Readable Extension
Olle sent me to the useful How to setup Google Chrome a few days ago. Which, in turn, sent me to Google Reader Readable extension. The extension transforms the visual cacophony that is: Into the calm...
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Five Years Ago Today
Ate lunch at the Town & Country Restaurant, since torn down: Vestigial oil tank discovered on the playground of Prince Street School: Add a Comment
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Pre-Transformed Richmond Street
Richmond Street between Queen and Pownal is getting transformed today into a “sustainable street.” From the Reinventorium we have a bird’s eye view. Here’s the pre-transformation scene at 9:00 a.m.:...
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An Accidentally Cool Photo
I leaned out of the window of the Reinventorium and snapped this photo of a “living wall” set up beside The Guild on Richmond Street, not anticipating the nice reflection the building would offer in...
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Transformers
The Richmond Street transformation crew has been hard at work all day, and the street is beginning to take on a different character. While my jury is still out on the shape of the bicycle lane — I’m...
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A Day at Brackley Drive-in
Oliver and I spent the afternoon inside the projection room at Brackley Drive-in yesterday with Bob Boyle and his son Ben helping them prepare files for their new digital projection system. Bob has...
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No Fax
I’ve had a MyFax.com account for as long as I can remember: I hardly every need to send faxes, but once or twice a year the need has arisen. But not for a long while now, and hardly at a volume that...
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Despite my difficulties learning how to spell it, I’m experimenting with using the third-party commenting platform Disqus to manage comments here. Although commenting might appear to be a technically...
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Get a Life
Can something be considered “sustainable” if only weirdos are involved? As a weirdo myself, this is a topic I spend a lot of time thinking about, and the Richmond Street Transformation project that my...
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