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  1. Downes

    Wood

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    January 6, 2020. I know it's a favourite of people who go back to the land but I'm not a fan of wood heating. It's even more polluting than oil or coal. It's selfish. Anyhow. Today I spent the day working with fetch() and managing JSON data, all in the...
  2. Downes

    Shopping Cart

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    January 5, 2020. Today's photo is the humble shopping cart, n iconic symbol of today's society. This is a Costco cart, left abandoned at the side of a road. In addition to a lunch-hour trip to the store I worked on fixing issues with gRSShopper's page ...
  3. Downes

    Coalwater

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    January 4, 2021. On my one mile photowalk (a new habit!) I captured these backhoes near the edge of the town, proof that Casselman is continuing to grow. First day back at work. I spent the morning attending to an IRAP thing and the afternoon fixing is...
  4. Downes

    Feeder

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    January 1, 2021. The text inside reads "If you want one I will make you one." It's along the tracks a couple blocks from my home, near where I took a photo yesterday. Aside from that, my day was spent working on gRSShopper and playing video games. http...
  5. Downes

    Frozen

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    January 31, 2020. There's a bit of brush between the road and the tracks a couple blocks down, and that's where I took this photo. It's the remnants of a mountain ash berry cluster. Good day today; I wrote a post saying Ontario finance minister Rod Phi...
  6. Downes

    Downey Woodpecker

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    December 30, 2020. The back yard bird feeder attracted a downey woodpecker in the middle of a snowstorm this afternoon. I made a couple of bad videos and worked on the newsletter a bit. https://flic.kr/p/2knhKV9
  7. Downes

    Mask

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    December 29, 2020. I was downtown on Rideau Street for a (socially distanced) meeting and captured this bit of topical artwork. It was cold and breezy and I didn't want to linger, and in any case, Costco (my time actually inside the new store) awaited....
  8. Downes

    Eastern Greenbelt Trail

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    December 28, 2020. Andrea and I went out for another 10 km hike today along the Eastern Greenbelt Trail. This time we were able to traverse the 'winter trail' portion through the marsh - the ice creaked a lot but held firm the entire way. https://flic....
  9. Downes

    Ballet

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    December 27, 2020. This is a sparrow coming in for a landing from below. I spent a little time working on the newsletter and most of the day playing No Man's Sky. https://flic.kr/p/2kmxTuD
  10. Downes

    Sparrow

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    December 24, 2020. It's feeding time again at the bird feeder; this sparrow is waiting its turn. Another quiet day that I spent rehearsing the process and making a small edit to gRSShopper, in preparation for more major work later. https://flic.kr/p/2k...
  11. Downes

    Mum

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    December 26, 2020. This is my mother, whom we visited today for a (sort of) Christmas. She's opening the (delicious) cookies Andrea baked (soft moist ginger snaps with chocolate fillings). We had St. Hubert barbeque take-out -- the first time in quite ...
  12. Downes

    Christmas Selfie

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    December 25, 2020. OK, it was actually taken December 26, but (as Imgur knows) Christmas Day is selfie day. I'm not one for big toothy grins, but if you look closely you can see the hint of a smile and a twinkle in my eye. https://flic.kr/p/2kkW3We
  13. natalie

    Merry Christmas everyone – lyrics Shakin’ Stevens

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    Snow is falling all around meChildren playing having funIt’s the season of love and understandingMerry Christmas everyone Time for parties and celebrationPeople dancing all night longTime for presents and exchanging kissesTime for singing Christmas songsWe’re gonna have a party tonightI’m gonna find that girl underneath the mistletoeWe’ll kissed by candlelight Room is swaying, records playingAll… Continue reading Merry Christmas everyone – lyrics Shakin’ Stevens
  14. Downes

    Woody

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    December 22, 2020. We had to make a trip into the city today to replace some medications that had run out, so we made it a Costco run as well, which means I was out walking looking for something to photograph. This is what I found. other than that, it ...
  15. Downes

    Sparrows in the Cedars

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    December 21, 2020. I tried getting a close-up photo of the sparrows by standing near the bird feeder, but this is as close as they would come. Quiet day today spend mostly doing newsletter posts and catching up on email. https://flic.kr/p/2kjaN4t
  16. Downes

    Workspace

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    December 20, 2020. I got some extra cables today and set up the KVM switch, so this is what my workspace looks like now, Alienware on the right and NRC computer on the left. It's a nice cozy place for working or for playing video games. I also cleaned ...
  17. amiddlet50

    Structure and memory-mapping in #activelearning

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    The idiom ‘from pillar to post’ both indicates the role of structure in a journey and cautions that substance, purpose and clarity are needed if an experience is to be fruitful. In the previous post, I discussed divergence and convergence … Continue reading ?
  18. Downes

    Weed

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    December 19, 2020. This is just a weed along the railway tracks near the house. But it also has the honour of being the first photo loaded, edited and uploaded using my new Alienware computer. I had to tear myself away from my videogames in order to do...
  19. Downes

    Display Ports

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    December 16, 2020. This is the back of my Alienware, looking at the display ports (and HDMI) on my graphics card. It was too small for me to see easily so I just took the photo. I ordered a KVM switch (keyboard-video-mouse) so I can seamlessly work wit...

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