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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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    Fireplace

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    March 11, 2019
    March 9, 2019. This is the enclosed glass fireplace in the centre of the house, with the late afternoon sun streaming through it. It's really just a propane flame and we really never use it. But it looks nice. I was a little under the weather and took ...
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    Last Year’s Leaves

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    March 9, 2019
    March 8, 2019. Struggling through to the end of winter; these last few weeks are always the worst. These leaves are hanging onto the oak near my office. I like taking photos of them but it's usually too cold. Today followed up on an interesting paper o...
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    Past the Point of No Return

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    March 8, 2019
    March 7, 2019. We're past the point of no return, said one of the workers as I watched them take apart this work station in M-55. The wires woven in an out of the concrete floor where what caught my eye. Did a project review today and followed up with ...
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    Red Cross Chickadees

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    March 8, 2019
    March 6, 2019. The main cost of supporting Red Cross Alberta fire relief efforts wasn't the money, it was the steady pulse of follow-up mail from the Red Cross asking for even more money. They are very creative and in this envelop I opened today includ...
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    Snow Squalls

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    March 7, 2019
    March 5, 2019. Another day, another presentation. Got into the office relatively early and got to work compiling notes for my Creative Commons talk on the future of OER. This time I made extra-certain that the audio would record (and made a backup reco...
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    Decaf

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    March 7, 2019
    March 4, 2019. I spent the morning putting notes into my connectivism slides, then I gave the presentation in early afternoon. The audio failed, so I had to re-record the presentation on my own after in order to create the audio and video. Long day. Th...
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    Alex

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    March 7, 2019
    March 3, 2019. I spend another day on the connectivism presentation, finishing up the reading and making slides. More No Man's Sky in the evening, aided here by Alex in his usual spot between human and screen. https://flic.kr/p/2eZQoxw
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    Lexi

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    March 6, 2019
    March 2, 2019. This was another good day to work indoors all day, and so I did, digging through papers from the last year talking about connectivism. After that play some No Man's Sky and took a photo of Lexi. https://flic.kr/p/SVWmkm
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    Logging Truck

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    March 6, 2019
    March 1, 2018. I on't like logging trucks because they're too large, drive too fast, and drop bits of bark and whatever behind them. But as I followed this truck I admired the high quality wood (looks like pine) and thought about how much I like wood. ...
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    Office Farming Update

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    February 28, 2019
    February 28, 2019. As you can see, I can now grow thumbnail-sized red peppers. The problem is that the header fan doesn't work, to the plants literally bake. So they dry right out. Anyhow, I did my presentation this morning; it went well, I thought, an...
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    String Time

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    | 2019365, Syndicated
    February 28, 2019
    February 27, 2019. The joke is that it's *always* string time. Put the finishing touches on my presentation, built a blockchain wallet from source (someone else's code, not mine) and had a generally good day. https://flic.kr/p/SQvbkb
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