I have a strange relationship to notebooks. I am very particular in choosing one that feels right to me - having the kind of paper format I’m in the mood for. Sometimes I like the typical lined pages, or sometimes I’m in the mood for graph paper or even completely blank paper. [...]
An important announcement from Canadian media - a heralding, a warning, a portent -
The weather phenomenon La Nina will bring Canada the coldest winter in nearly 15 years, Environment Canada warned Friday.
Environment Canada’s temperature forecast shows the majority of the country will experience a “temperature anomaly” of below-normal temperatures through the months of December, [...]
I just read today that sitting down - just the mere act of sitting on your bum - causes the enzymes that burn fat to actually shut down. Breaking research that the way our society keeps us sitting down is contributing to the obesity crisis. So not only are we not exercising, but [...]
Wow. I have just finished watching the newest documentary by Michael Moore, Sicko. It was a fascinating overview of the American health care system in comparison to systems in Canada, Britain, and France. It was so thought provoking that I need some time to think about the implications of the film’s message and achieve [...]
Maybe my art finds should be a weekly feature? At any rate, here’s a selection artworks I dig, that I’ve found in the past few weeks. Some are clickable for larger versions.
Splitting
Gordon Matta-Clark
1974
Black and white photo-collage
(Source)
Office Kiss
Kristof Wickman, Tyler Petersen, Shaun Owens
(Source: OODA GROUP)
(Complete with the synaesthesia element of [...]
This may seem a bit evil, but trust me, if you’re a web designer and have ever tried to get something to work nicely in Internet Explorer … you’ll understand the feeling of wanting to stab it. Repeatedly.
Yes, you’ll note that this site still doesn’t function properly in Internet Explorer - and my statistics show [...]
Well I’ve been working crazy amounts of overtime for my job as an Educational Technology Assistant. Specifically, we just started a new project with an instructor in which a class of around 100 students use a Wiki to format their final assignments. It’s been a whirlwind experiment, to say the least, and since [...]
Via Litemind (through a Stumble): Tackle Any Issue with a List of 100
The List of 100 is a powerful technique you can use to generate ideas, clarify your thoughts, uncover hidden problems or get solutions to any specific questions you’re interested in.
The technique is very simple in principle: state your issue or [...]
So I finally wrote my About page, which was well overdue. I also took out the trite About blurb on the main page and put in a quotation. I think I will schedule in to change these quotations on a monthly basis - it’s much more interesting than attempting to list all of [...]
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