But all I want to do is tweet!?
If you’re anything like me, you’ve got a collection of Twitter robots, written in various languages, the push automated tweets for applications like @city_cinema and @casamiacafe using code that looks...
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From the Port Explorer for Charlottetown from Celebrity Cruises: USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES English and French are the official languages of Canada. English speaking Canadians might use other words than...
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Not a Post about Letterpress
It has been brought to my attention, through intermediaries, that some senior members of the readership have come to feel that this weblog has become “all letterpress, all the time.” Sarcastic comments...
View ArticleSpark Alert
Episode 120 of Spark, wherein I discuss the ins and outs of printing ebooks with Nora Young, has just hit the Internet. You can listen to it online right now. Or, if you prefer, on your radio on...
View ArticleThe SketchUp Conundrum
On Saturday afternoon Oliver asked me for some help getting Google SketchUp installed on his computer. He needed to do some building design work, and he’d decided that SketchUp was the tool for the...
View ArticleElections PEI API
With Municipal Elections coming up in Charlottetown, Cornwall, Stratford and Summerside this fall, we’ve spent some time renovating the Municipal Elections section of the Elections PEI website. What...
View ArticleVets 1, Philosophers 0
I was quite excited when I heard that the University of PEI was holding an open house today: I’m something of an open house junkie, and I love the combination of “backstage access,” education and fun...
View ArticleTwo Days in Fredericton
I’m here in Fredericton, New Brunswick for a couple of days, observing the Provincial General Election on behalf of Elections PEI. It’s a good opportunity for me to observe an election in a larger...
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Two Great Meals
I had two great meals yesterday. First was lunch, at the King’s Head Inn at the King’s Landing historic village north of Fredericton. I had the Ploughman’s Lunch – fish cakes, salad, cheddar cheese,...
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King’s Landing Print Shop
Back in June at our Pecha Kucha one of the audience, a nice man from New Brunswick who had driven over just for the event, mentioned the print shop at King’s Landing historic village north of...
View ArticleI’ll take 265 Dozen Glue Sticks...
Every year the Eastern School District has a bulk-ordering program that it offers to schools in the district that want to participate. I’ve a particular interest in this program because one of my pet...
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Ten
Oliver turns ten years old today. As a special bonus, if you’re numerically inclined, this birthday brings him back to the binary number system he was born into (he was born on 10-01-00 and today is...
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Reversible Rainnie?
Is it just me, or is the Matthew Rainnie in this small promotional graphic from the front page of the CBC Prince Edward Island website: just a cropped and mirror-imaged version of Matthew from this...
View ArticleAnnals of Tiny Electric Shocks
I discovered this morning that, were I to travel back in time and be captured by the Russians and subjected to electrical shock torture, I would immediately give up all of Canada’s military secrets and...
View ArticleThe Italians are Here
The Costa Atlantica is in port in Charlottetown today and, from the plethora of Italian being spoken on the streets of the city today, it’s obviously carrying a lot of Italians. It’s easy to spot...
View ArticleEarly Netflix Impressions
It’s been just over two weeks since Netflix brought its movie streaming service (but not its more-well-known DVD home delivery service) to Canada; I signed up on the first day it was available, and...
View ArticleDr. Coull
If you live in Prince Edward Island and you haven’t been closely following the developments at the newly-christened Phoenix Medical Practice of Dr. Robert Coull, you’re missing out: some of the most...
View Article7 million camp stove toasters
The story of Norm Coghlan and his camp stove toasters: Prior to forming his own company, Norm Coghlan sold lanterns, camp stoves, lamps, mantles and parts primarily to the hardware market in the United...
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Standalone Electoral Poll Lookup using Javascript and Taffy DB
There are Advance Polls for the municipal elections in Charlottetown, Cornwall, Stratford and Summerside on October 23, 25 and 29; these are opportunities for electors who can’t vote on election day...
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The Future of Province House
Back in April of this year, the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island passed Motion 56: The Future of Province House that resolved: “…that the Standing Committee on Legislative Management be...
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