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  1. Stephen Downes

    Broadcast

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    December 29, 2024. TSN broadcasters doing their analysis during the first period intermission at the Czechia-Slovakia game in Ottawa. The game was pretty good through the outcome was never really in doubt. #hockey #tsn https://flic.kr/p/2qCABBP
  2. Stephen Downes

    IIHF Trophy

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    December 29, 2024 extra photo. This is the IIHF Men's World Jr. trophy, which doesn't appear to have a name, with Andrea and I posing behind it. What you don't see is that the trophy is tilted toward the back, so when it's photographed like this it ap...
  3. Stephen Downes

    Double Dz’s Diner

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    December 27, 2024. Just outside Peterborough, Double Dz's Diner offers better doughnuts and filling food for the weary traveller. It also features this work of art outside the front. Today we drove back from Barrie through generally good weather. http...
  4. Stephen Downes

    Springwater

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    December 26, 2024. Springwater Provincial Park, near Barrie. The park was actually closed, but we went in anyways and saw a lot of logging activity. Not old and damaged trees, as you might expect, but the strongest and healthiest. Sad. https://flic.kr...
  5. Stephen Downes

    Bill

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    December 25, 2024. This is my brother Bill, who I now realize is the spitting image of my grandfather on my mother's side. We were there at their home near Fergus to visit family for the holiday. https://flic.kr/p/2qC8cyZ
  6. Stephen Downes

    Mall Santa

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    December 24, 2024. Free day in Barrie. We went down to Georgian Mall. This was the scene at the mall Santa booth - I watched for a while while Andrea was in the Shoppers. I picked up a buff and some goggles for my upcoming bike trip. Quiet relaxed day...
  7. Stephen Downes

    Riverside

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    December 18, 2024. This is wall art from Riverside Hospital, where I had my annual doctor's appointment. I also had a good conversation at the bicycle shop preparing for next summer and participated in Reclaim's annual roundup chat. All before lunch! ...
  8. Stephen Downes

    Industrial

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    December 13, 2024. I work on the third floor of this building, on the other side. I thought as I took this that I always seem to work in industrial buildings. No ivy-covered stone walls on a beautiful campus for me! Anyhow, this is what I drive to thr...
  9. Stephen Downes

    Catching Up

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    December 17, 2024. In the home office catching up on my 'daily' photo uploads. This is the the Costco photo being added to my Flickr account. It also gives you a sense of what my home office looks like as seen from my seat in it. https://flic.kr/p/2qA...
  10. Stephen Downes

    Mismanagement

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    December 15, 2024. There's no reason to block this wide sturdy bridge over the winter. But the city government in Ottawa seems to hate pedestrians and cyclists. Blocking winter pathways seems to be the norm, even though Ottawa is supposedly a winter c...
  11. Stephen Downes

    Costco Snow

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    December 12, 2024. Doing the weekly shopping after work at the Costco. There was a little snow. The road was predictably fun to drive. Would have been nice to stay home today, but they think it's really important that I work alone in my office. https:...
  12. Stephen Downes

    Fog and Snow

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    December 10, 2024. This is just outside Petawawa today. A group of us drove up here for the day related to a current project. It wasn't exactly an easy drive as the fog only got worse. But it was cool to see Petawawa, which I had never seen before. ht...
  13. Stephen Downes

    Snow Apple

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    December 7, 2024. Snow covered crabapple tree in our back yard. Spend all day Saturday working, 'banking' hours for the Christmas shutdown. The same project as usual. https://flic.kr/p/2qznFWK
  14. Stephen Downes

    Snow on Campus

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    December 4, 2024. Working from the office today, even though it's snowing. I'm in that state of mind where I'm immersed in a project that has me being otherwise irresponsible on other obligations, but I don't want to stop because it's going so well. T...
  15. Stephen Downes

    Football

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    December 3, 2024. This is a genuine used CFL football signed by four RedBlacks players and now my newest office decoration. We purchased it at the annual RedBlacks locker room sale. Another day working at home; same project. https://flic.kr/p/2qy8mkD
  16. Stephen Downes

    Sunrise

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    December 2, 2024. We got a dusting of snow overnight; here it is reflecting the morning sunlight in my back yard. Working from home today, on my CList app. https://flic.kr/p/2qy8iUb
  17. Stephen Downes

    Ice Hockey

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    December 1, 2024. We went to the RedBlacks annual locker room sale today and then stayed to watch an Ottawa 67s Jr. A hockey game. The 67s did not fare well, though it was entertaining and the first place London Knights did not disappoint. https://fli...
  18. Stephen Downes

    Road Hockey

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    November 30, 2024. We had a much smaller Christmas Festival than usual this year, but there was still road hockey. Also chili dogs and other treats. I released an OPML2JSON application today, part of the larger app that has been consuming all my atten...
  19. Stephen Downes

    Small Potatoes

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    November 22, 2024. This is what remains of my office farm. I overwatered it before leaving for Croatia and a lot of it died off. I found a couple of small potatoes. But it's still alive and I'm letting the soil dry out some before watering again. http...
  20. Stephen Downes

    Sisak, Croatia

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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...
  21. Stephen Downes

    Sljeme

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    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...
  22. Stephen Downes

    Slats

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    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

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