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Click
A week ago, I picked up a new camera. After years of point and shoots. In years gone by I had used a Minolta SLR with a small assortment of lenses. When the digital age arrived I opted for easily portable Point and Shoot style cameras, especially given the expense (and initial unavailability) of proper Digital SLRs. Since the field has matured ( Read more... ) -
The Sun!
Last week saw an interesting development: the installation of 1.75kW of solar PV panels on the house. It took a bit longer than the plan was, but that was okay. I learned a lot from the installers, and they were cool guys. They've been very busy this summer. Ontario has instituted a feed-in tariff for residential (and small commercial) PV that' ( Read more... ) -
Net Energy
The following graphic is a simple, clear and unpleasant sample of the future. It simplifies things somewhat. But the simplification is illustrative.
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DVCS
I've just pushed the first commits to my newest (public) coding project: genosha (no apologies for the name at all ;> ). A pretty small one, but it's been kind of fun to do. While the other project I've opened up to all comers (terbium) has application for general computer users (despite its lack of point-and-droolness, it's actually reasonable ( Read more... ) -
Random update
Another gap. But not much has been happening of note. Well, some things, but nothing earth shattering ( Read more... ) -
Jane's Walk: The Other Danforth
Today I took an excursion around the part of town I live in (or near enough). Today was the first day of the two days of Jane's Walk, an annual event to get people in the modern lifestyle to reconnect with their locality (or discover new ones ( Read more... ) -
Assortment
The contract work continues apace. Somewhat less organized than it was supposed to be, but due to the dispersed stakeholders (geographically) this is hardly surprising and it's all going about according to plan ( Read more... ) -
Workling
I've slacked on updating again. Mind, there have been updates at Facebook, so I'm not being completely hermit-like ( Read more... ) -
OBEY!
Remember that Friday is Talk Like a Dalek Day (date selected in honour of Peter Hawkins, the original voice of the Daleks. His birthday was April 3rd). So get out there, SEEK, LOCATE, EXTERMINATE!
