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  1. Stephen Downes

    Montreal

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    May 28, 2024. View of Montreal from our hotel room at the SENS downtown. Caught the train home this morning. Anyhow, yesterday I attended the wrong conference in the morning, and they asked me to participate as a speaker today, which I did - but from ...
  2. Stephen Downes

    Pine Cones

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    May 22, 2024. Pine cones phjotographed through the window of the breezeway between the Riverside Hospital and the Professional Building. Andrea was in for a regular check-up. Otherwise, it was a fairly ordinary day on the job doing the newsletter and ...
  3. Stephen Downes

    Larose Forest

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    May 20, 2024. Went for a 50 km bike ride today mostly through Larose Forest. It was a very hot day and the ride was roughly have gravel and half pavement. I rode on the touring bike with a bit of a load and felt pretty worn out by the end. https://fli...
  4. Stephen Downes

    Old Apple Blossoms

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    May 17, 2024. I took a quick snap of the apple tree on the way into the office this morning. Started the day with a quick couple of meetings which went quite well, then focused on newsletter stuff (I have a talk coming up next week so I wanted to make...
  5. Stephen Downes

    Downy Woodpecker

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    May 15, 2024. Downy woodpecker on the feeder in the back yard. Not the greatest photo because I took it out the window with my phone. Worked from home today but it was too rainy to go biking. https://flic.kr/p/2pS6un1
  6. Stephen Downes

    Prescott-Russell Trail

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    May 16, 2024. This is a typical scene along the Prescott-Russell trail. I put in a full day of work and then at 4 took off for a good three hours along the trail. Best ride of the year! It was warm (finally!) and mostly sunny, hardly any wind, and I'v...
  7. Stephen Downes

    I am not a sink

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    May 14, 2024. This is not a sink. That said, it's not clear what it is. It's located in the Thai Express near where I work and where I had lunch today, on the counter where we empty our garbage and stack our trays. It serves no purpose other than to n...
  8. Stephen Downes

    Sparrow

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    May 13, 2024. Sparrow on the pavement, posing for a photo. I was in the office today, having an off day as a result of an argument yesterday. I worked on my newsletter and the CList project a bit. https://flic.kr/p/2pS6n5k
  9. Stephen Downes

    Apple Tree

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    May 12, 2024. We went to the Ottawa Tulip Festival today, taking a roundabout route that took us to the west of Dow's Lake and encountering this huge apple tree. https://flic.kr/p/2pRZjLj
  10. Stephen Downes

    Apple Blossoms

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    May 10, 2024. More apple blossoms, these near the place where I had lunch by the Costco. Another office day today; I was able to work on a neat idea I've been puttering with, a convergent discussion list. I'm doing it all in Javascript, which is a cha...
  11. Stephen Downes

    Apple Blossoms

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    May 9, 2024. We have one tree outside our office building that flowers every year and I think is an apple tree. Anyhow, here are the blossoms. Generally unproductive today because I'm working in the office but I did finish revising my literature revie...
  12. Stephen Downes

    Mourning Dove

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    May 8, 2024. This morning dove is perched at the top of the gazebo in our back yard. The weather has turned and it was rainy and cool today, a good day to work indoors all day, starting in early morning with an Agora session with my European partners,...
  13. Stephen Downes

    Repairs

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    May 7, 2024. Repairs underway at one of Casselman's main intersections, right near the highway, spotted as I headed out on my afternoon bike ride. I traded some free time on a Tuesday afternoon for work time on a rainy Saturday. https://flic.kr/p/2pRs...
  14. Stephen Downes

    Thrasher

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    May 6, 2024. This is a thrasher in our back yard. Becautiful day today, so I worked in the morning (newsletter stuff) and spent the afternoon on a bike ride to Reveler conservation area. https://flic.kr/p/2pQy2zc
  15. Stephen Downes

    Ride for CHEO

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    May 5, 2024. I'm in this picture, behind another rider, in a distinctive green-yellow rain jacket. Andrea took the photo as the peloton rode past. It was cold and windy and rainy and a lot of fun and we raised more than $2 million for the hospital. ht...
  16. Stephen Downes

    Julia

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    May 4, 2024. This is Julia in her little 'cave' on the shelf behind my chair in the kitchen. It's a nice safe place for her and she can be close by and yet feel protected. A rainy Saturday; I stayed in, got a little work done, and tried to relax. Just...
  17. Stephen Downes

    Clouds and Field

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    May 2, 2024. Scene from the road just north of St. Albert in late afternoon. Worked from the home office today - had an early morning presentation for the Europe project, then settled into a regular day of work. At the end of the day I was able to get...
  18. Stephen Downes

    Helmet

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    April 30, 2024. My RedBlacks helmet, on a shelf in the home office. It fits, but it's a very tight fit. Nice to know I'll be protected if a football game ever breaks out. Another day of pedal to the metal - today was a Day of Four Meetings (plus an ap...
  19. Stephen Downes

    Black Rapids Creek

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    April 28, 2024. Tree flowers (I'm not sure which species) along Black Rapids Creek, where we took our weekly walk. Lots of flowers blooming, even a few nascent trilliums. Back home to do more work on the Europe project, which is approaching a critical...
  20. Stephen Downes

    Goldfinch

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    April 27, 2024. A goldfinch on the feeder. Today was a full day setting up Wordpress sites and plugins and connecting them to the Agora. The connect plugin joining Wordpress and Discourse just doesn't work. https://flic.kr/p/2pP7xKi
  21. Stephen Downes

    Forklist

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    April 26, 2024. Workers at the Costco use the forklift. I'm impressed they can lift that high up. Today was an office day, and as usual on late Friday afternoon the network slowed to a crawl as (I assume) computer services tries to push updates at a s...
  22. Stephen Downes

    Julia

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    April 25, 2024. This is Julia in her quiet spot in the basement where she watches the birds. You are not allowed to pet her if she's down here. No bike ride today; the weather was miserable, and I've been resting my oblique in any case. Plus, I had a ...
  23. Stephen Downes

    Lamp

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    April 24, 2024. This is the lamp in my office. It's presence here as my photo of the day signifies how hard I've been working. No time for being anywhere but in my office. https://flic.kr/p/2pNNu2W

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