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Sixteen days after my internet was cut off for one-day repairs, I have internet again. Sort of. It cuts out a lot more now and as of yet, I can’t update my website significantly. My ISP moved to another town, so the antennas that propel the internet around town had to be moved. My ISP … [Read more…]

Game 7: Oilers vs. Flyers

After waiting 9 days of patiently downloading 160 MB each day, my iTunes purchase arrived: 1987 Stanley Cup Final – Game 7 – Philadelphia Flyers vs. Edmonton Oilers. I was in grade 5 and a new fan to hockey. My favorite players were (and continue to be) Glenn Anderson (9) Esa Tikkanen (10) Craig MacTavish … [Read more…]

Die Duck Die

Blaise’s stuffed toy duck used to say a prayer when you squeezed it’s foot. The voice is a scary child’s voice, half whispering. Sometimes in English. Sometimes in French. Amber washed the duck. Now, when you squeeze it’s foot, nothing happens. But every now and again, the duck comes alive and just starts praying. On … [Read more…]

Choked Back

Two weeks ago my ISP knocked on my door and explained that because he had taken on new clients, he was going to have to limit my internet consumption to 250 MB/day. He said that up until now, for the 18 months that I had been ‘enjoying’ the service, I had not had any limits … [Read more…]

Stand and Stocks

This morning I enjoyed the fruits of yesterday’s labours. The goat (we need to name her) wasn’t able to pull her head out of the stocks and aside from a lot of kicking (which is normal) stayed in one position. I’d like to add a small board over the swinging part to add more support … [Read more…]

Bliss

Facebook has this great game from TravelPod where you are quizzed on world geography and you click as fast and as accurately as you can on the map. For me, it’s completely exhilarating and I get a real rush out of trying to beat the clock and improve my score. I’ve been wanting to learn … [Read more…]

Lost and Phoned

Remember that Seinfeld episode where one of their cars gets stolen and they phone the car phone and talk to the theif? Yesterday while I was taking photos of the construction site of a new school and medical clinic, my cell phone slipped off my belt. I discovered two hours later after taking Blaise to … [Read more…]

Collective Thought

Got an email from my friend Carole suggesting I take a look at this video clip from TED. It discusses using technology to link the collective images on the web to form one master image of the world. In other words, if I post a picture of my house and add a bit of meta … [Read more…]