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    Tiffany Lamp

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    February 1, 2021
    February 1, 2021. This is the 'tiffany lamp' (it's nothing of the sort, of course) in my office. You never see it on camera because it's directly behind my webcam. I like it because it's touch-sensitive - there's no switch to turn it on, I just tap it ...
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    Cattails

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 31, 2021
    January 31, 2021. It was very cold today so we went snowshoeing only for about a mile alongside the tracks. We extended our range a bit over a bit of a brook, where I captured an image of these cattails. Otherwise it was a quiet day; no coding today, j...
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    Doran Park

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 30, 2021
    January 30, 2021. I woke up this morning with an idea that wouldn't let go and except for a short walk to this park mid-afternoon I spent the whole day working on it. The result: an implementation and blog post about Remote Comments, a way to create a ...
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    Construction Site

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 28, 2021
    January 28, 2021. There should be a rule that construction sites should have a big sign telling people what's going on, since in the absenbce of any news media there's no way to know any more. Anyhow I see lots of cement pipes, but it still could be an...
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    Andrea on Snowshoes

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 27, 2021
    January 27, 2020. We're just a block or so from home snowshoeing through a little wooded area alongside the railroad tracks. More meetings today, plus I managed to send a newsletter to a test mailing list from gRSShopper using the MailChimp API. I also...
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    Closed

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 26, 2021
    January 26, 2021. This is inside the Tim Hortons just near the Costco. Though you can buy coffee inside (which I did) the seating area is closed due to the pandemic. I felt a bit under the weather today but I think it was less about Covid and more abou...
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    Along the Nation River

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 25, 2021
    January 25, 2021. Today's walk took me along the Nation River again, under a canopy of snow-covered trees. I published my MailChimp Perl module to GitHub and progressed well in testing; soon I can get back to fixing gRSShopper proper. https://flic.kr/p...
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    On the Prowl

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 25, 2021
    January 24, 2021. It was too cold to go out today, and in any case I've been caught up in a coding project, so it was indoors all day today. So today's photo of the day is a cat photo, specifically, Charlemagne as he prowls around looking for Lexi. htt...
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    Paper Boxes

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 23, 2021
    January 23, 2021. I doubt newspapers are even being delivered to these paper boxes any more, but there was a time not so long ago they lined the roads in the countryside. I used to deliver the Ottawa Citizen (yellow box) as a kid and I've thought of my...
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    The Rectory

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 22, 2021
    January 22, 2021. This stately building is right next to the church in the middle of Casselman. It was the objective of my walk today when I thought it would make a nice photo all decked out in snow. I also had a data literacy meeting, caught up on my ...
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    Snowshoeing

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 21, 2021
    January 21, 2021. I tried out the new snowshoes today, walking about along the tracks for a little over a kilometer round trip. The snow was fresh, soft and powdery, so it was difficult as it's ever going to be. I didn't move quickly through the snow, ...
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    Thriving

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 21, 2021
    January 20, 2021. This is the plant from my office. Not my Ottawa office - I assume those are all dead by now. No, this is from my Moncton office, and so is maybe 10 years old. Now it's in my hbome office, and since I cut back all its long tendrals it ...
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    Donuts

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 19, 2021
    January 19, 2020. We picked up our new snowshoes today and on the way I stopped into timmies for a couple of apple fritters and a coffee. It was a good day today as I managed to get an SSL site to load automatically in a Docker container. https://flic....
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    The Weight

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 18, 2021
    January 18, 2021. Today was clear and blue and cold. The snow the fell over the weekend lies heavy on the trees, bending them double or twisting them into contorted shapes, like these just past the park along the tracks. I did a presentation on OBS tod...
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    Aftermath

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 17, 2021
    January 17, 2021. Because of the deep snow we couldn't go for a hike, so this is a scene from my short walk around town after the snowfall. On the bright side, our new snowshoes will be ready for pickup on Tuesday. My big accomplishment for the day was...
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    Snowfall

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 16, 2021
    January 16, 2021. We had the most substantial snowfall of the year today. I thought I would go out and get some nice photos in the woods but just got stuck in the driveway. So this is a photo of our back yard. Besides digging out the car and going for ...
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    Nation View Farm

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 14, 2021
    January 14, 2021. I walked over the bridge into town and turned up this lane for a shot of the Nation View Farm. I spent a lot of time rebuilding Docker images after some of the binaries for my old image disappeared from the repository. It was one litt...
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    Screaming Tree

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 13, 2021
    January 13, 2020. This is another photo of the Gloucester branch of the Ottawa Public Library. I'm sure it was not intentional, but I can't help being reminded of Munch's The Scream when I look at it. Hence the title. I was on a walk while we were at t...
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    The Birch Forest

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 12, 2021
    January 12, 2021. My walk today took me to Du Boise St and along this birch forest. A regular work day today; I spent the morning working with CovidEA and afternoon working on a VR project and catching up for yesterday's missing newsletter. https://fli...
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    Snow on the Tracks

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 11, 2021
    January 11, 2021. It was milder today but this was accompanied with a bit of a snowfall that was at times heavy during my walk. I had an internet outage but was able to do some writing this morning and coding this afternoon to preserve a reasonably pro...
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    Wier

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 10, 2021
    January 10, 2021. This is the wier in Casselman, with ice and snow forming around the edges. It was a cold day and it looks even colder in the water. I focused pretty much all day on gRSShopper - I have a bee in my bonnet about making the havester work...
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    Moose and Monster

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 9, 2021
    January 9, 2020. Spotted during my daily walk. I'm not sure whether the moose has even been on Sesame Street, but I think the monster was (Sesame Street was after my childhood viewing age). Another classic type of day: I recorded a video (Learning Next...
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    Trunks

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 8, 2021
    January 8, 2020. These are some trees growing along the railway line spotted during my daily walk. I had such a good day today, I recorded a video about next.js where things mostly just worked, I did some coding this afternoon which also just worked, a...
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    Bridge Over the Nation River

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 7, 2021
    January 7, 2020. This is around four p.m. - the photo is a bit darker than it was actually outside, but the sun is still undeniably setting behind the bridge. Today I learned about Javascript templates - these have existed since 2016 but I found about ...
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    Wood

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 6, 2021
    January 6, 2020. I know it's a favourite of people who go back to the land but I'm not a fan of wood heating. It's even more polluting than oil or coal. It's selfish. Anyhow. Today I spent the day working with fetch() and managing JSON data, all in the...
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    Shopping Cart

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 5, 2021
    January 5, 2020. Today's photo is the humble shopping cart, n iconic symbol of today's society. This is a Costco cart, left abandoned at the side of a road. In addition to a lunch-hour trip to the store I worked on fixing issues with gRSShopper's page ...
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    Coalwater

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 4, 2021
    January 4, 2021. On my one mile photowalk (a new habit!) I captured these backhoes near the edge of the town, proof that Casselman is continuing to grow. First day back at work. I spent the morning attending to an IRAP thing and the afternoon fixing is...
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    Feeder

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    | 2021365, Syndicated
    January 1, 2021
    January 1, 2021. The text inside reads "If you want one I will make you one." It's along the tracks a couple blocks from my home, near where I took a photo yesterday. Aside from that, my day was spent working on gRSShopper and playing video games. http...
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