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October 31, 2024. The banks of the Sava River in Sisak, Croatia, near the triangular fort where the battle of Sisak was fought between the Austrians and the Ottomans in 1593. Sisak is smallish, about 40,000 people, and I spent the day wandering around...
October 30, 2024. I took the train for what turn out to be a three hour trip to Ljubljana, Slovenia. I had all day to explore the city in alternative fog and sunshine. https://flic.kr/p/2qs7H1D
September 28, 2024. Sljeme is a mountain peak just north of Zagreb, and after the conference ended today I took a tram, bus and cable car to get to the top. This resulted in a lot of up-and-down hiking, but he peak was shrouded in mist and it was cert...
The rare scholars who are ‘nomads-byâchoice’ are essential to the intellectual welfare of the settled disciplines.” Benoit Mandelbrot Mandelbrot, a Jewish refugee in Europe set out as a ‘nomad-by-choice’ to do the unthinka...
We used Wendell Berry’s Peace Of Wild Things poem for some remix this morning for the Write Out prompt at DS106 Daily Create. I first created a song, and then a poem.
Peace (gone wild),
Kevin
Yesterdayâs prompt for the DS106 Daily Create and Write Out poem was an invitation to collaborate on a tree-themed poem. We used Etherpad. Here is the full poem â thanks to all collaborators. A spark beneath the brittle soil, a seed awakes and stretches out towards the sun above Fibers thread their paths burrow in [âŚ]
October 21, 2024. Worked from the home office today mostly fixing bugs in gRSShopper. I need it functioning properly because I'll be on the road again soon. https://flic.kr/p/2qpgCfE
October 20, 2024. Today's walk was through Pine Grove Forest in Ottawa to enjoy the fall colours. It also included a trip to Costco and the Metro. https://flic.kr/p/2qp1tK8
This poem comes from the DS106 Daily Create prompt today, in conjunction with Write Out. I used ClaudeAI to generate the code, and then found the evocative flower image via Flickr to overlay on it.
Peace (and bloom),
Kevin
October 19, 2024. Went out for a short bike ride today on a beautiful fall day. This is the local harvest, locally called 'cow corn'. As cattle feed, it supports the eastern Ontario dairy industry. Watching the football game as I upload this; it is no...