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Notes to Self on IPv6
Thanks to a nudge from my friend Dave Cairns, I’ve dipped my toe into the waters of IPv6, and I’m noting what I did here for future reference.Enabled ICMP on my Bell Aliant-provided Actiontec R1000H...
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The Day After the Election
Times were simpler back in 1931 when, on the day after the Provincial General Election, the headline in The Guardian was“The Lea Government Defeated And The Conservatives Were Returned With Magnificent...
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The New Type Holder Moderne 2
When a pointer to The New Type Holder Moderne 2 came to my attention via Briarpress, I had to order one: I do not give into indulgences often, but this is a tool that seems as though designed...
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My New Jarvis Sit-Stand Desk
A couple of years ago the “sit-stand” (or simply “standing”) desk wind blew through silverorange, and, prompted by their experiments (and by their testimony that their emergency room doctor clients...
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Libraries are not Workhouses
My academic colleagues at Robertson Library, University of PEI, have a lovely new wayfinding sign at the entrance to the library; it’s very well-designed, and will be a big help to patrons:What strikes...
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What Township Lots Haven't I Visited?
The energetic folks at goPEI! invited me to join them today for the announcement of Walk a Lot, their project to encourage Islanders to get out and explore the Samuel Holland township lots in this, the...
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The Saddest Story Ever Told
(Warning: this really is a very sad story; don’t read it unless you’re prepared to be sad afterwards)Seventy years ago this weekend, on the front page of the May 9, 1945 edition of The Charlottetown...
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CBC + Kodi: Watching Compass with my Raspberry Pi
I am a big fan – and a daily user – of the open source Kodi media centre. I run it on an inexpensive Raspberry Pi computer hooked up to our 20 year old Sony television and, thanks to video services...
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Warning: Expect Painter Next 2 km
One of the first things to go is spontaneity.In my 20s I would think nothing of hopping in my Datsun 510 and driving to Vancouver if the opportunity presented itself. Indeed I did just that, once.But...
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Life of Crime
My friend Dave asked a question on Twitter this morning that produced a veritable torrent of replies:This got me thinking about the jobs of my youth – summer camp counsellor, computer programmer,...
View ArticleOff to Regina
The first real thing I did with Catherine, shortly after our courtship began, was to accompany her to her brother’s wedding. It was fun. And terrifying. “Here, meet my hundreds of relatives in this...
View ArticleGary MacDougall
Almost every morning, since Oliver started at Prince Street Elementary School eight years ago, we’ve run into Gary MacDougall, Editor at The Guardian newspaper, on our way up Prince Street to school in...
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Bitcoined
Last week while visiting Saskatoon, our friends took us out to Calories, a restaurant on Broadway. In the back, en route to the washrooms, I found a Bitcoin ATM, which is something I’d never...
View ArticleWelcome Olivia
I’ve launched a new “early intervention program” to help combat a perpetual social problem: someone new starts working here at The Guild and I never get introduced to them.And then weeks pass, and I...
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Dropping in on the Hollands
On June 19, 2014 – almost a year ago – we were driving from Düsseldorf, Germany to Enschede, Netherlands as part of our early summer trip to Europe.We got lost – or perhaps “misdirected” – and ended up...
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The Mysterious Symbols of PEI Road Signs
Last week the Canadian Cartographic Association held its annual meeting here in Charlottetown. By way of a delightful cartographic coincidence, I made the acquaintance of the program chair, Roger...
View ArticleGRTTWaK comes to The Guild
Dan Misener is bringing Grownups Read Things They Wrote as Kids to The Guild in Charlottetown on July 8, 2015.Dan is one of my favourite broadcasters – indeed, one of my favourite people– and the...
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10 Years Ago at Reboot 7
Ten years ago today, on June 7, 2005, almost exactly at the time I’m writing this post, I boarded an Air Canada flight to Copenhagen, via Montreal and London.I was off to attend my first Reboot...
View ArticleTen Years Later, What's Broken on the Web?
Writing my “10 years after Reboot” post yesterday afforded me a good opportunity to discover how much of the web gets broken after a decade of being left fallow. Here’s what I learned:While this weblog...
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Pin Marks
This week I had occasion to learn about pin marks, courtesy of Ed from Swamp Press, who replied to a query I’d sent him asking “what about the pin marks?”Which prompted me to wonder “hmmm, what does he...
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