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    Northern Flicker

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    April 22, 2019
    April 20, 2019. Spent the day indoors working on a scraper for gRSShopper and adding chapters to my upcoming ebook. Meanwhile, the songbirds are flocking to our backyard, joined by this Northern Flicker. https://flic.kr/p/2eekfGB
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    Alex Helps

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    April 19, 2019
    April 19, 2019. I finished a paper today with plenty of help from Alex. He wasn't as interested in the ball game after as I was. Still, he fits perfectly in my home office. (I like the light in this photo) https://flic.kr/p/RPX6TB
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    Ordinary

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    April 19, 2019
    April 18, 2019. I was sitting at the mall waiting while my snow tires were changed and I looked at the scene and thought "nobody ever takes pictures of the ordinary and mundane, like this parking lot." So I did. https://flic.kr/p/Ts4yqQ
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    Vine

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    April 18, 2019
    April 17, 2019. This is a vine along the fence-line on the train tracks in front of the house. You can see the trunk and branch structure really clearly - this is obscured when it has leaves. Wrote a scraper for gRSShopper over the last couple of days ...
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    Roof Repairs

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    April 18, 2019
    April 16, 2019. We had some patches applied to our roof in advance of what are likely roof repairs. You can see where we lost a large chunk of shingles. We're hoping insurance will cover it. A new roof, by the way, costs a *lot* of money. https://flic....
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    Controller

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    April 17, 2019
    April 15, 2019. Coming home from what turned out to be an unpleasant day at the office I spotted this controller (drone? racing car?) just sitting by itself on the cement wall. Nobody else in sight. https://flic.kr/p/TqP7hG
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    Monk

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    April 14, 2019
    April 14, 2019. Today's weather was cold and rainy, so no biking today - I stayed inside and wrote a couple of articles instead, one on the carbon tax, and another on the concept of value. Also watched the Blue Jays game, but we're not talking about th...
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    Spring Ride

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    April 13, 2019
    April 13, 2019. It was warmer and sunny today, so I was able to get out for my first bike ride of the season. It was also really windy, so it wasn't as pleasant as you might think. This is a scene from the ride to St. Albert and back - 14 km each way, ...
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    Activité de réseautage

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    April 13, 2019
    April 12, 2019. I was up early for this networking event at Université de Montréal. It was, as the title suggests, held entirely in French - still a challenge for me, but I was able to participate OK, including giving a short impromptu presentation abo...
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    Snowbound

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    April 12, 2019
    April 11, 2019. I went to Montreal in the evening to be there for an early morning event. During a short walk around the hotel I spotted this poor gnome, head in hand, sitting and waiting for the snow to go away. https://flic.kr/p/Tnz8Qh
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    Domlasoul

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    April 11, 2019
    April 10, 2019. This picture is from York Street downtown where I ran an errand today. I also got a funding review completed and an ethics final report submitted. So, overall, a productive day. I think yesterday's baseball game (Lordes Gurriel stole *h...
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    Snow

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    April 9, 2019
    April 9, 2019. As I watch another snowstorm outside the window I would like to remind people that back on February 2, some 10 weeks ago, newspapers and media were reporting that a groundhog predicted a quick end to winter. Even the other groundhog that...
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    Freezing Rain

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    April 9, 2019
    April 8, 2019. The winter that Will. Not. End. has not ended. Today we got freezing rain. I retired my pepper plants today - they had basically been cooked by the malfunctioning radiator. Spent most of the day reading the ADL report on learning ecosyst...
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    Blue Jays

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    April 8, 2019
    Aorul 7, 2019. The blue jays arrived in our back yard today. Not a very good photo, but they were far away and I shot it through a dirty window. Watched the ball game in the afternoon and had a birthday pizza in the evening with family. https://flic.kr...
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    Montreal Downtown

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    April 6, 2019
    March 25, 2019. This is downtown Montreal as seen from our hotel, looking straight down Saint Catherine Street. We were here for the two Blue Jay's spring training games. https://flic.kr/p/RFAuK8
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    Hunting

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    April 6, 2019
    March 31, 2019. This is the neighbour cat hunting in the snow in the back yard. Shot through a dirty window in snow or drizzle. Winter has been hanging on, making me depressed, and I've lost the will to photograph it. I'll get it back, but I've missed ...
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    The Neighbour Cats

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    April 6, 2019
    March 24, 2019. The neighbour cats have been skittish for the last three years but they've become comfortable on our back deck and made friends with our cats through the window. https://flic.kr/p/2e48xaR
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    Tracks

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    March 21, 2019
    March 21, 2019. Still desperately waiting for spring. Spent more time working on my paper, attending a meeting, and watching the Jays get pummeled. Sigh. https://flic.kr/p/2dT4pqk
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    Waiting…

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    March 21, 2019
    March 20, 2019. Another day spent working on my paper, punctuated by a wistful look at my bicycle, waiting for the spring. Which should be today! In related news, I put a bid on a trail bicycle, the first step in an ambitious adventure. More to come. h...
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    Winter Scene

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    March 21, 2019
    March 19, 2019. It's hard to believe, but this wintery wilderness scene was photographed in late March just a couple hundred feet from the back door of the building where I work. I took it on my noon-hour walk, a break as I work on a new publication. h...
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    Bearbrook Church

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    March 19, 2019
    March 18, 2019. After a day spent working on a new publication, I decided to take the slow road home, driving down Russell Road instead of the highway. Part of the reason was to find a good photo for the day, which I found here with this little church ...
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    Thunderbird

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    March 19, 2019
    March 17, 2019. This is Andrea's coffee mug. I bought a pair of them years ago while in B.C. but while beautiful they weren't well-made, and so mine became unusable. I'll look for more when I'm in B.C. in May. Meanwhile, today was another day of rest a...
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    Smith & Ives

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    March 18, 2019
    March 16, 2019. This is the clock in our kitchen. Andrea bought it for my birthday in 2006. Today was a rest day; I watched the ball game on the computer and took a long nap in the afternoon. https://flic.kr/p/RtznSV
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    Fabs

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    March 18, 2019
    March 15, 2019. This is the Canadian Photonics Fabrications Centre, aka the C-wing of the building where I work. I was going for the classic puddle reflection, but it wasn't really bright enough to work. Spent the day finishing up the finding proposals...
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    March Snow

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    March 13, 2019
    March 13, 2019. I finished my critique of the ICDE Ethics in Learning Analytics document. Meanwhile, it snowed outside, which is not what I like to see in mid-March. https://flic.kr/p/T2XTsU
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    Looking Down the Road

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    March 13, 2019
    March 12, 2019. This is looking at the NRC administration building from the 2nd floor cafeteria in M-51. I spent most of the day analyzing and working on a critique of ICDE's document on ethics in learning analytics. https://flic.kr/p/2e5fhrw
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    Behind the Tims

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    March 13, 2019
    March 11, 2019. Spent the morning at a Kubernetes presentation and then reworked my Start Page in the afternoon. Felt stressed all day so I had some donuts at Tim's on the way home. I shouldn't, because they add weight, but they do help with stress. As...
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