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  1. Downes

    Plaza de Castilla

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    March 3, 2023. The moon lights the sky beside one of the two leaning towers at Plaza de Castilla in Madrid. It was presentation day today and I spent most of the day at the conference; this was taken after the day on my way home. Presentation went OK with…
  2. Downes

    El Corte Inglés

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    March 2, 2023. This is the small cafe at the heart of El Corte Inglés at the New Ministries in Madrid, Spain. I started my day by spending several hours there trying on clothes and gradually replacing what I needed as my luggage never arrived from Montreal. I personally don’t…
  3. Downes

    Madrid

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    March 1, 2023. This the Hospital de Maudes u Hospital de Jornaleros de San Francisco de Paula, or the Labourers Hospital of Maudes, seen on my 10 km walk around the north-east part of Madrid. Most of my day was focused on self-care as I’m still trying to recover from…
  4. Downes

    Brussels

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    February 28, 2023. This is a huge painting hanging high on the wall in a far corner or Brussels airport. I landed late orning, was instantly transferred to a flight to Madrid, flew there, waited for my lost luggage, took a taxi to the hotel, and settled in to sleep.…
  5. Downes

    Montreal

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    February 27, 2023. This is the moose at the airport in Montreal. I was supposed to leave tomorrow, but with a storm warning on the way, it seemed prudent to depart a day earlier. So I started an extra-early morning with a trip into Ottawa for medical tests, then some…
  6. Fred Haas

    Rereading Moffett – Month Two

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    For me, James Moffett is a bit of a lost key.

    His notions about abstraction, in particular, were an eye opening journey of discovering and clarifying my own notions on the subject. I arrived at a point as a teacher where I began chasing the idea of abstraction and how …

  7. @incbesh

    Changing the Narrative: New Black x Tech Stock Photo Collection

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    Ask and most small business owners or bloggers will tell you how difficult it can be to find high-quality, openly licensed stock photography for their websites. If a campaign or website calls for diverse and inclusive stock photography, you’ll more than likely come up short. 

    That’s why WordPress.com is excited …

  8. Downes

    Larose Forest East

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    February 26, 2023. We were back out snowshoeing in Larose Forest east today. And also, for the first time this season, listening to the Blue Jays on a Sunday afternoon. I started out strong but lost energy quickly; Andrea meanwhile was fast throughout and had to wait for me. I…
  9. Downes

    Ceiling Fan

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    February 25, 2023. We have auir conditioning, so this huge gaudy ceiling fan in the bedroom serves no real purpose but decoration. Still, there’s no reason to remove it. Another day struggling with itch and fatigue, during which I did nothing useful, but did at least watch the first Blue…
  10. Downes

    Grey

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    February 24, 2023. A grey day. Totally unproductive. I was up early again, back to bed for a while, felt like maybe I reached a turning point in my itching, hadn’t really, tried to focus on work, mostly failed, and finished my No Man’s Sky expedition. On the bright side,…
  11. Downes

    Hospital Art

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    February 23, 2023. This is wall art at the Riverside hospital. I started this morning with a 3.5 hour meeting, then got in the car and drove Andrea to the hospital where she underwent some tests. No news yet, but it’s concerning. We went to the Costco after, where I…
  12. Downes

    Sunrise

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    February 22, 2023. Another early morning. I’ve been having trouble adapting to my new medication, with the main issue being that I itch all over. I can sort of manage it, but it wakes me up in the morning. Working on the exercise bike helps. Today featured a meeting around…
  13. Downes

    Recall

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    February 21, 2023. This is a building under construction behind some trees on Cyrville Road during a snowstorm this afternoon. I saw this scene as I was pulling out from the Honda dealership, a visit made necessary by a vehicle recall to update some software. The entire day was …

  14. trubright

    Runescape Below the Elbow

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    Many years ago a friend turned me on to the Agathodaimon font, a dingbat typeface with each letter corresponding to a medieval alchemy symbol. I was drawn to the ancient symbols, especially the one corresponding to the letter S.

    I liked it so much that not long after that I …

  15. @incbesh

    Design Like a Pro in Just a Few Clicks

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    Our latest batch of design tools empower you to create a consistently compelling style across your entire website with just a few clicks. Today we’d like to zoom in on the “Styles” settings, which allow you to make sitewide changes and create new style defaults right from the Site Editor. …

  16. Downes

    Birch

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    February 20, 2023. This is an especially picturesque birch three blocks from our house. It was a nice sunny day, not too cold, nice for a quick 3 km walk around the neighbourhood. The rest of the day was spent heads down working on my study of technology adoption barriers.…
  17. @paceamorebella

    2023 in full swing!

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    How is it that we are already towards the end of February and I am just now getting around to writing my New Years blog post?

    I guess it is safe to say that life has been busy, but in a good way. We adopted Alfie, our second Corgi in …

  18. Downes

    Larose Forest East

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    February 19, 2023. This is a scene from the snowshoeing trail in Larose Forest today. We went to the east side, near Limoges, where there was a fatbike event in progress, and also sled dogs (though we didn’t see any). Nice warm day, and the trail was in really good…
  19. Downes

    Bear

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    February 18, 2023. This bear was carved during Winterlude, in Ottawa. We went in this afternoon to walk around the market for a bit and catch what we could of the festival. This morning I spent a few hours working again on the technology adoption project, doing some reading and…
  20. Downes

    Blue Jays

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    February 17, 2023. A pair of blue jays on the back porch after a snowfall. We’ve been more popular with the jays recently; must be a good selection of seeds and nuts in the feeder. Today the full day is devoted to my technology barriers report. https://flic.kr/p/2ohtKVL
  21. Downes

    Mr. Shawarma

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    February 16, 2023. While getting groceries today I stopped in for lunch here. During the noonhour it’s always pretty busy, and you can get a lot of food for not too much money. No meetings today, but time spent on some paperwork to prepare for an upcoming trip to Madrid,…
  22. Downes

    The Marketplace

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    February 15, 2023. The birds were lined up cheek to jowl at the bird feeder, with other flying around jockeying for position. Another nice warm day today, but I couldn’t get out because of, once again, meetings, including a rare get-together of the research ethics board. https://flic.kr/p/2ohu6AW
  23. Downes

    Squirrel

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    February 14, 2023. Happy Valentine, says this squirrel in the back yard. It was nice today; I actually got to try out the new bicycle for a short 3 km ride. Nice. It was also a day of meetings, including one I though would be short that stretched into something…

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