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  1. Stephen Downes

    High Water

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    April 16, 2024. Worked from the office today; one meeting, did newsletter posts, a little bit on the cloud site. Thrown off a bit by an in-meeting discussion on stress that felt a little too personal for me. Took a bike ride over the lunch hour, spott...
  2. Stephen Downes

    Rainbow

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    April 15, 2024. Something about April showers. Looking east outside the window after my bike ride as the rain goes away. I choose to think of it as the start of spring. Wrote a presentation proposal today, and newsletter stuff. That is all. https://fl...
  3. @aliboo1432

    DGST 395: Week 13 Summary

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    One of the topics that stood out to me in Week 13 was the question, “Does artificial intelligence help or harm human relationships?” At first, one of my thoughts was that AI has few benefits in helping human relationships aside from a situation where an individual obtains proper advice from AI software. After the discussion,...
  4. natalie

    At the English Market – Brunch

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    ?listen to the audio on ?  from the book i-Land – A double Irish and a Dutch – Chapter 3 – Escape to Cork Saturday morning, ten o’clock Avoka is standing at the entrance of the English Market, which is already crowded. At the right is a bakery stand, next to it freshly made confiture, another stand… Continue reading At the English Market – Brunch
  5. Stephen Downes

    Centrepiece

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    April 11, 2024. Today started with a meeting first thing in the morning, and this was the centrepiece on the meeting room table. I had a couple more meetings, but then the network began to sag (looks like they were running updates, to judge by my logs...
  6. Stephen Downes

    Australia

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    April 12, 2024. This is a souvenir from Australia hanging in my office. The plant in front of it is another from my Moncton office. I bought the artwork in Sydney; it was rolled in a tube. When I got home I got it nicely framed to display it the way i...
  7. Stephen Downes

    Bicycle

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    April 9, 2024. The bicycle, photographed during a break on a small country road. We drove home from Bromont this morning, I put in a few hours of work, then I took advantage of the beautiful weather to enjoy a nice ride in the country. https://flic.kr...
  8. Stephen Downes

    Eclipse

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    April 8, 2024. The eclipse, as seen from Bromont, Quebec. With cloud coming in from the west we got up early and drove out to Bromont. They had set up a hill in a park for viewing and conditions were nearly perfect. The photo doesn't do it justice; it...
  9. natalie

    Meeting old colleagues

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    ?listen to the audio on ?  from the book i-Land – A double Irish and a Dutch – Chapter 3 – Escape to Cork Avoka is just looking forward to the weekend. At seven o’clock finally, she is sitting on the bus to Cork. Harry picks her up at the bus station around eleven o’clock. They quickly… Continue reading Meeting old colleagues
  10. Stephen Downes

    Waiting

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    April 5, 2024. Grackles and starlings sitting in the top of a tree in the back yard waiting, as we all are, for spring. Woke up very early this morning for one meeting, then had a presentation to do for a second. Meanwhile trying to get the crust off ...
  11. Stephen Downes

    Snow Day

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    April 4, 2024. I did have a meeting scheduled in the city for today, but we had an early spring snowstorm instead, so we made do with Teams. Other than this I focused on cleaning up gRSShopper a bit more and working on my newsletter. https://flic.kr/p...
  12. natalie

    Places – A Voyager’s landscape of time

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    Sometimes time unfurls languidly, its seconds stretching, and minutes linger like a lover’s whispered promise. In these moments, we find ourselves in stillness, where the world holds its breath, and every heartbeat resonates with the rhythm of eternity. Yet there are places where time gallops, a wild steed racing across the horizon. Here, seconds blur into heartbeats, and minutes become… Continue reading Places – A Voyager’s landscape of time
  13. Downes

    Mer Bleue in the Rain

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    April 3, 2024. Squirrel at Mer Bleue forest. Worked from the office today, got 8 years of tax returns off the table, and stopped by at the forest in the wind and the cold cold rain to take a few photos. https://flic.kr/p/2pH8TCh
  14. Downes

    The Scaley Sky

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    April 2, 2024. The nice weather is coming to an end, as evidenced by the sky. Today was spend beginning to end solving a cron problem on my website, the last major issue remaining in the website move. It involved taking apart the authentication in the...

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