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    Office Day

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    December 7, 2018
    December 6, 2018. Today was dedicated to office stuff - a team meeting, a lunch for new staff, a visit by the NRC photographer for group shots (including of this room, the User Experience Lab, down the hall from my own office). https://flic.kr/p/2cj3ou9
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    Lentil Soup

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    | 2018365, ca, canada, casselman, ontario, Syndicated
    December 7, 2018
    December 5, 2018. This was extra food, after supper, because I was extra-hungry. Spent the day working on aspects of the course, including an interview with Pete Forsyth. Right now I'm trying to make the harvest-read-post workflow more efficient, in or...
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    These Eyes

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    | 2018365, ca, canada, casselman, ontario, Syndicated
    December 6, 2018
    December 4, 2018. This is some street art I bought while in Toronto last month. The sheen is from the covering. Today was one of those days where I wasn't very productive - dabbled with some code, did a but of writing, got the module on community start...
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    Geranium

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    | 2018365, ca, canada, casselman, ontario, Syndicated
    December 3, 2018
    December 2, 2018. I spent my Sunday writing a detailed article on the Badgr API. It might not have been the most useful article I've ever written, but it was a lot of fun to work though and write. The result is that I didn't have time for anything else...
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    Looking In

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    | 2018365, ca, canada, casselman, ontario, Syndicated
    December 3, 2018
    November 30, 2018. I went downstairs for my morning shower, walked through the bathroom door, and saw the neighbour cat staring intently within. No idea why. Sidenote: a perk of living in the country: bathroom windows you don't need to cover up. The da...
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    Kumpa’nia

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    December 3, 2018
    December 1, 2018. We walked into town for the annual Casselman Christmas Festival today. This is Kumpa’nia, a drum group we watched giving a performance. Lots of fun, lots of people. https://flic.kr/p/Rcim3w
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    E-Learning 3.0

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    December 1, 2018
    November 28, 2018. It's not very photogenic, but my online course has consumed the bulk of my attention over the last month. It has been a great learning experience for me and deserves to be at least one of my daily photos. https://flic.kr/p/2dhrfVB
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    Snow Gnome

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    November 30, 2018
    November 27, 2018. This was a work-from-home day as it snowed all day and made the highways treacherous (especially on summer tires). The gnome started as a snowman made by neighbour kids the day before, but first it melted, and then the snow left a pe...
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    Bike Rack

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    | 2018365, ca, canada, ontario, ottawa, Syndicated
    November 29, 2018
    November 26, 2018. Heading home after another quiet day in the office (though there was one meeting in the middle, an uneventful meeting, but meetings still unsettle me even so). This is the bike rack, right beside the electric car parking spot (which ...
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    Nightstand

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    | 2018365, ca, canada, casselman, ontario, Syndicated
    November 26, 2018
    November 25, 2018. I spent the entire day working on my 'Resources' article, which in the end I was pretty pleased with. This left no time even for things like taking photos, so here is a nightstand pic. Coffee cup, reading light, and CPAP machine (bec...
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    Quinn’s Inn

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    November 26, 2018
    November 24, 2018. We took a drive down to Cornwall to buy some parts to repair the toilet. Oh what fun! This is a town along the way, St. Andrews West. I spent the rest of the day trying to make distributed networks work for me. https://flic.kr/p/2c5H...
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    Fabs

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    | 2018365, ca, canada, ontario, ottawa, Syndicated
    November 26, 2018
    November 23, 2018. This fabrication plant (at least, that's what I assume it is) was making a loud screeching noise as I left a little early today, so I snapped a 'before' picture. Turns out, there was no need to worry. Tough day today with a less-than...
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    The Homestead

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    | 2018365, ca, canada, casselman, ontario, Syndicated
    November 22, 2018
    November 22, 2018. It's dark when I get home at the end of the day, but with the lights on and a full moon in the background the house seems warm and appealing. It's a unique house, with a lot of character. I spent the day working on blockchain stuff a...
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    Polly

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    November 22, 2018
    November 21, 2018. Today was spent working on distributed web applications (and making a video interview). This is Polly, the Grande Dame of the household at 15 years old. https://flic.kr/p/QXJoUs
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    Cat, Horse and Sombrero

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    November 20, 2018
    November 20, 2018. I spent another day working on IPFS and Dweb and wrapped up with (what I thought was) a nice video. No time for rest, so today's photo is a cat photo - Lexi trying to get some sleep on top of the book boxes. https://flic.kr/p/2d3UXGX
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    The Tailor Shop

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    November 20, 2018
    November 19, 2018. This is a small corner shop in Gloucester mall where I took my jacket in to have its zipper fixed. It was a work day (aren't they all?) spent installing and experimenting with the Interplanetary File System (IPFS). https://flic.kr/p/...
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    Time and Light

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    November 14, 2018
    November 14, 2018. This is Alex sitting on my desk impatiently waiting for me to pay attention to him. Today was another day focused on the course, mostly on course content rather than tech. https://flic.kr/p/QLQJaW
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    Eggs

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    November 13, 2018
    November 12, 2018. Today makes three days in a row working on the course and/or gRSShopper (it's a good thing I enjoy the work and find it relaxing). It was also annual flu shot day. These are eggs; I eat one a day at lunch (two on weekends). I can nev...
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    Soldat Canadien

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    | 2018365, Syndicated
    November 11, 2018
    November 11, 2018. I spent the 100th anniversary of armistice revising a paper on the Cloud and making my newsletter look good in MailChimp. And having a long conversation about self and identity on Mastodon. A day of remembrance well spent. https://fl...
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    Cake

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    | 2018365, ca, canada, casselman, ontario, Syndicated
    November 10, 2018
    November 9, 2018. This is another one of Andrea's creations, a nice piece of cake, my reward for braving the snow driving home from the office. Spent the day preparing slides for an Intro to Blockchain talk. https://flic.kr/p/2a3cWeG
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    Frost

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    | 2018365, ca, canada, casselman, ontario, Syndicated
    November 10, 2018
    November 8, 2018. Back home, working from the home office, getting caught up on email and doing an interview for the course. I meant to do more but got distracted responding to emails for office-related stuff. https://flic.kr/p/P3xBrt
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    Politicians

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    | 2018365, ca, canada, dorval, québec, Syndicated
    November 10, 2018
    November 7, 2018. The flight home. Here I am in the small section of Montreal airport where they stuff people into mini-airplanes. The politicians headed to places like Moncton often flow through here. I find it interesting that politicians look, act a...
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