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    Spotlight

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    December 11, 2017
    December 8, 2017. This was the best of the sessions I saw at the conference (my own excepted of course ;) ). Wilfred Rubens chaired a panel with Marc Prensky and David White on innovation and learning outcomes.Lucid, engaging discussion. I spent all of...
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    The Red Baron

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    December 11, 2017
    December 9, 2017. Spotted in Berlin's Tegel Airport as I waited for my early morning flight. I looked it up and the Red Baron was shot down in early 1918, so this is close to the 100 year anniversary. I flew Eurowings to Brussels and thence on Air Cana...
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    Farewell Carthage

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    December 11, 2017
    December 5, 2017. The day consisted mostly of a flight from Tunis-Carthage airport (where this photo was taken) to Berlin. I worked on my virtual box on the airplane. Then I went to the Christmas Market at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitsch...
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    Work Day

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    December 4, 2017
    December 4, 2017. I spent the day working on gRSShopper in a box. This was my view of Tunis outside my window this morning, which was all I saw of the city. In the end, though, I made my code work - it felt so good at the end. http://ift.tt/2BHGNLF
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    Tunis

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    December 4, 2017
    December 3, 2017. Arrived in Tunis this afternoon, took a short walk around, and settled in to watch the last of the new Star Trek episodes. http://ift.tt/2kkaUo1
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    Arm Wrestling

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    December 3, 2017
    November 2, 2017. Final day of the conference in Hammamet, Tunisia. Attended the conference in the morning, then was witness to this arm wrestling match at lunch. With the conference closed, I spent the afternoon sleeping. Caught up on some Star Trek e...
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    Arm Wrestling

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    December 3, 2017
    November 2, 2017. Final day of the conference in Hammamet, Tunisia. Attended the conference in the morning, then was witness to this arm wrestling match at lunch. With the conference closed, I spent the afternoon sleeping. Caught up on some Star Trek e...
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    Papa

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    | 2017365, dieng, hammamet, papa, Syndicated, tunisia, youga
    December 1, 2017
    November 30, 2017. Conference day today all day in Hammamet. I attended talks in the morning, including this one by Papa Youga Dieng, from Senegal, from the OIF, who I've known for a number of years now. He was the motivator behind our MOOC in French o...
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    Papa

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    | 2017365, dieng, hammamet, papa, Syndicated, tunisia, youga
    December 1, 2017
    November 30, 2017. Conference day today all day in Hammamet. I attended talks in the morning, including this one by Papa Youga Dieng, from Senegal, from the OIF, who I've known for a number of years now. He was the motivator behind our MOOC in French o...
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    Sunrise Over the Mediterranean

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 29, 2017
    November 29, 2017. I got a lot of sleep and woke up around 3:30 a.m., which sets me up nicely for "jet lag day" for today and the conference starting tomorrow. My room faces east toward the sea so I was able to watch the sun rise over the Mediterranean...
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    Angels

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 29, 2017
    November 28, 2017. During a layover in Frankfurt I was browsing around and surprised to see three angels setting up shop outside the Duty Free. I hung around to listen for a bit and take this photo. Arrived in Tunis on tome and after a shortish drive d...
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    Montreal Moose

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 29, 2017
    November 27, 2017. Departure. Drove to Montreal and got on the plane for Tunisia. That was basically my day, though I did a bunch of setting up (downloading files, preparing posts, etc) to prepare. This is a new (?) sculpture in Trudeau airport in Mont...
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    Flu Shot

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 29, 2017
    November 26, 2017. We drove into the city to do some errands before my departure, including getting our annual flu shots at the St. Laurant Shoppers (our regular Shoppers ran out of vaccines). http://ift.tt/2j2Bu1r
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    CPU

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 29, 2017
    November 24, 2017. Today's photo is a blast from the past. Andrea was rooting through some old boxes and found this - it's my ID as a volunteer at the Canada Games in Brandon, Manitoba, in 1997. I love my access code - C.P.U. - which gave me entrance t...
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    Alcove

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 24, 2017
    November 24, 2017. This is what it looks like when I leave the office these days. I like the way the little alcove looked lit up by the light and frames by the tree - I wanted to frame it a bit differently but shooting with a phone limits your options....
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    Paper Roses

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 24, 2017
    November 22, 2017. I was at the School of Publish Service today getting set up from a new research project and one person had these paper roses in her office. Nice! http://ift.tt/2A51X80
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    Bridge to the brick

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 22, 2017
    November 21, 2017. Had a couple of meetings today and puttered with Scrapy, a python aggregation platform. Back to Costco on the way home; this is a picture of the parking lot an bridge to the parking lot at the Brick. http://ift.tt/2mRymd7
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    Cat in a Box

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 21, 2017
    November 19, 2017. Where would we be without cat photos? Quiet Sunday indoors paying bills and catching up on paperwork. Snow and cold outside. This is Alex in the box in my office. http://ift.tt/2B00flA
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    Sunrise

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    | 2017365, ca, canada, casselman, ontario, Syndicated
    November 21, 2017
    November 20, 2017. The time changed while I was flying back from China with the result that now i see the sunrise when I get up in the morning (it's also dark when I drive home). Easy Monday; got a bunch of newsletter bounces cleared off the books, cau...
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    Geranium Bloom

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 19, 2017
    November 18, 2017. It didn't take long for or indoor geraniums to throw out the first bloom. Nice inspiration as we're having a blast of winter weather this weekend. Managed email and played No Man's Sky for a while. Spent some time on the spin bike, f...
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    Lexi on the Rail

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 19, 2017
    November 17, 2017. Lexi is completely comfortable on the railing despite the ten foot drop to one side. Short meeting this morning and puttering for the rest of the day. Did some work on data modelling. Accomplishments: - wrote Four Conclusions on OERs...
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    Costco

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 17, 2017
    November 16, 2017. What significant about this photo isn't that it's Costco, it's that it's the first photo shot with my new mobile phone. Andrea and I both got new Samsung S7s - I know, last year's model, but an excellent phone, and easier on our budg...
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    Watering Can

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 15, 2017
    November 15, 2017. Caught up on email today and wrote an article. Also admired the geraniums. This is a watering can we bought a while ago from Ikea for 75 cents. I love the design. Accomplishments: - wrote The Real Goal of Open Educational Resources h...
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    Geraniums on a Shelf

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 15, 2017
    November 14, 2017. Andrea assembled the shelves we bought from Costco (not an easy task) and we set the geraniums (previously) up in their winter home. Meanwhile, I spent the afternoon in the office using the world's slowest web site to enter my work h...
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    All in All

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 14, 2017
    November 13, 2017. After four days work punctuated only by a shopping trip and a football game I finally finished my Consciousness paper. I feel like I ran a marathon. I know it's not as poliched as it could be but I wanted to capture what was in my he...
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    All in All

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 14, 2017
    November 13, 2017. After four days work punctuated only by a shopping trip and a football game I finally finished my Consciousness paper. I feel like I ran a marathon. I know it's not as poliched as it could be but I wanted to capture what was in my he...
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    Touchdown

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 13, 2017
    November 12, 2017. Today was mostly about the playoff football game. Going to a football game in cold weather requires forethought and preparation. Andrea got electric heated gloves. I hauled out my parka. We were there early, I had a foot-long hot dog...
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    Touchdown

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 12, 2017
    November 12, 2017. Today was mostly about the playoff football game. Going to a football game in cold weather requires forethought and preparation. Andrea got electric heated gloves. I hauled out my parka. We were there early, I had a foot-long hot dog...
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    Sunrise

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 11, 2017
    November 9, 2017. Still fighting jet lag. I was up at five in the morning again and so of course watched the full sunrise from beginning to end. Avoided work by working on the newsletter and attending an online seminar on NRC's new promotion criteria. ...
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    String Time

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    | 2017365, Syndicated
    November 11, 2017
    November 10, 2017. The day was almost a write-off because of jet lag. I was up in the middle of the night and slept all morning. But in the evening I was able to do some writing. Anyhow, this is Lexi, and the red is the string she loves. She spends a l...
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