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Broccoli Cheese Baked Potato vs. 4000 Steps
I took the bus up to Charlottetown Vision Care this afternoon for my biennial eye exam. Afterwards, finding myself uptown I decided to pop in at the PEI Home and School Federation office and, after...
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Sphere, Cyl, Axis, Add
Here’s my latest eyeglasses prescription, based on an eye exam this morning at Charlottetown Vision Care:Here’s my prescription from 2014, one I never had filled (progressive lens are expensive!):And...
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"A Survey Marker is Nearby"
These signs, found on utility poles across Prince Edward Island, are so wonderful. They’re designed to weather the elements, to be obvious, and to never wear out.There are 4,746 survey monuments in...
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Did you know there’s a “Capital Area Transit Coordinating Committee” here in the Charlottetown area? It’s made up of representatives of the municipalities of Cornwall, Charlottetown and Stratford as...
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Identifying Music with Android
A capability heretofore unavailable to we Canadians had recently been enabled for Android: identifying music that’s playing.If you say “OK Google” (or tap the speaker icon on the home screen), if...
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Kitchen of Wonderland
On the way back to town from the dentist in Cornwall this afternoon we spotted a new shop, Natural Power Solar Products, in the plaza across from the post office. Curiousity got the best of of us, and...
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The Chimes at Midnight
One of the downsides to lacking a fuller formal education is that I don’t recognize concepts from Shakespeare. But fortunately I can Google them. And this is a lovely one (it’s from Henry IV, Part 2)....
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Major Gault's Divorce
A small item on the front page of The Guardian from March 16, 1916 concerning the application for divorce of Major Hamilton Gault being denied by the Senate.Follow this thread and you end up learning...
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Spy Photo from Catherine's Studio
Catherine and her friend BJ are working on an epic piece together.
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Sackville for Lunch
The proper thing to do on the way to Halifax, although it flies directly in the face of my no doubling back rule, is to stop for lunch in Sackville at the Black Duck.
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Oxford
Is there a better room to watch movies in than The Oxford in Halifax? One of the last surviving un-multiplexed theatres. Here to see Lady in the Van.
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Oliver's MacBook Fixed!
All it took was 15 minutes at the Genius Bar to get the sound working on Oliver’s MacBook Air (it was simply a loose connection inside). No charge.
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The Genius Bar
I was all wrong about the Genius Bar.I was never quite sure what you would do there, but I imagined it had something to so with asking questions about shortcut keys or backup strategies or the right...
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Dawson Print Shop
My friend Christina did me the great favour of facilitating a tour of the Dawson Print Shop at NSCAD tonight. There’s a regular Monday night Letterpress Gang in the shop; I must return another Monday...
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Two If By Sea
Day three in Halifax; we start the morning down by the water with the macchiato special.
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Lunch at The Wooden Monkey
Who knew there’s a Wooden Monkey in Dartmouth too!? We took the ferry over for lunch (still the cheapest thrill you can have Halifax – it’s a mini-cruise for $2.50).The Wooden Monkey | Dartmouth | Ferries
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Tonight we're learning about maps...
We’ve been Mountain Equipment Coop members for years and years; we’re by no means in the target demographic of rock climbing kayakers, but I’m a big believer in cooperatives, and on the occasion that a...
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Halifax Highlight Reel
As is my habit, here’s a review of what’s hot and exciting in Halifax (see also 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2013).We has an excellent sashimi lunch today, inventively prepared, at Alex Oh Sushi &...
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