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DESIGN: Fun in Geometry
May. 25th, 2020 04:13 pmI never learned this in either Geometry or Drafting classes!
https://www.creativebloq.com/news/geometric-shapes-infographic
https://www.creativebloq.com/news/geometric-shapes-infographic
Postal Progress
Jan. 16th, 2014 06:50 pmI think this was my fifth letter in almost as many weeks since learning of the service reduction news re: Canada Post.
Tonight's hardcopy-mail is off to the Vinyl Cafe. Seems like a good time to sign my name to a thank-you note to Stuart McLean for his work these past decades. I've called him "the most ruthless storyteller in Canada" and yes, that's still intended as a compliment. Based on his interview with Broadcasting Canada host Kevin Caners, I suspect he would deny himself the title. No matter. The "Dave and Morley" stories are that good.
More on other stuff as the evening wears on, I hope...
Tonight's hardcopy-mail is off to the Vinyl Cafe. Seems like a good time to sign my name to a thank-you note to Stuart McLean for his work these past decades. I've called him "the most ruthless storyteller in Canada" and yes, that's still intended as a compliment. Based on his interview with Broadcasting Canada host Kevin Caners, I suspect he would deny himself the title. No matter. The "Dave and Morley" stories are that good.
More on other stuff as the evening wears on, I hope...
Speaking of Gifts
Dec. 25th, 2013 08:32 amSlate has cobbled together their (well educated) idea of the best in space photography for this year still in progress:
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/bad_astronomy/2013/12/the_universe_in_pictures_the_best_space_photos_of_2013.html
Enjoy it when you can...
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/bad_astronomy/2013/12/the_universe_in_pictures_the_best_space_photos_of_2013.html
Enjoy it when you can...
There ought to be a second Bon Cop, Bad Cop movie. Colm Feore's still tied up working on The Borgias, though, right? And what about Patrick Huard?
More on other stuff later today.
More on other stuff later today.
Stockholm Metro (Stockholm/ Sweden)
Jan. 30th, 2013 06:08 amWhat's wrong about wanting something like this for the LRT in Ottawa?
Originally posted by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
theirea at Stockholm Metro (Stockholm/ Sweden)
Stockholm Metro is considered one of the most beautiful in the world. Metro in Sweden called Tunnelbana. It consists of 100 stations, 47 of which are underground, and 53 are ground and above ground. It was opened in 1950. Underground station cut into the rocks.
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Originally posted by
theirea at Stockholm Metro (Stockholm/ Sweden)Stockholm Metro is considered one of the most beautiful in the world. Metro in Sweden called Tunnelbana. It consists of 100 stations, 47 of which are underground, and 53 are ground and above ground. It was opened in 1950. Underground station cut into the rocks.
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Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth's Stumptown Volume One from Oni Press. I just finished another read-through of that one tonight after getting home from the day-job.
I'm a sucker for a Rockford-style private eye story, I guess.
I'm a sucker for a Rockford-style private eye story, I guess.
Galactic Map 3.0
Jun. 17th, 2012 07:36 amSpace opera fans and astronomy buffs of the world, take note! New stuff from nyrath!
I've got version 2.0 and am very happy with it. Links to the ordering page are on the Flickr page at the other end of the photo-sharing link here!
Parkmobiles?
Oct. 25th, 2011 03:22 pmOne of my co-contributors on Spacing Ottawa, Eric Darwin, has pointed out something that is potentially both Useful and Just Damn Cool: Parkmobiles. Go have a look. See if it doesn't strike you as a good idea for your city or town.
Hallowe'en in Orbit
Oct. 31st, 2010 04:36 pmHow cool is it that we live in an age that we can see stuff like this?
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=35204
*contented smile*
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=35204
*contented smile*
Forensic Pillows?
Feb. 10th, 2010 03:05 pmCourtesy of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
coudal: Forensic pillows.
For that special someone in your life whom you wish to become a murder suspect, perhaps?
coudal: Forensic pillows.For that special someone in your life whom you wish to become a murder suspect, perhaps?
Ottawa Comix Jam
Sep. 29th, 2009 01:02 amThe next edition is set for this upcoming Wednesday at the Shanghai Restaurant on Somerset at 7 PM.
Confirmed at this URL:
http://comixjam.tripod.com/
Confirmed at this URL:
http://comixjam.tripod.com/
Galactic Mapping: The Next Revision
Jun. 16th, 2007 02:21 pmI want these maps.
If you run a bookstore, you should want to stock them. Fast.
Thanks tojames_nicoll for the link!
If you run a bookstore, you should want to stock them. Fast.
Thanks to
james_nicoll for the link!
Home and tired after a good movie
Aug. 25th, 2006 10:52 pmI finally saw Bon Cop, Bad Cop tonight at the local Empire movie-house.
As I suspected: worth the money and the time.
The funny parts, at their best -- and I say this as a compliment to all involved -- left me laughing so hard I started coughing. Hard. Even when the humour got downright morbid, as it will in a mystery/action film where your hero-cops are chasing a serial killer.
As I said tocath a little while ago, if you liked 48 Hours and/or the Lethal Weapon movies, you'll like this one.
If you want a full, spoiler-laden list of reasons...well, let me know. I'll see how I can best accomodate you...
PS: Anyone here been able to safely find out if the soundtrack is DRM-free?
As I suspected: worth the money and the time.
The funny parts, at their best -- and I say this as a compliment to all involved -- left me laughing so hard I started coughing. Hard. Even when the humour got downright morbid, as it will in a mystery/action film where your hero-cops are chasing a serial killer.
As I said to
cath a little while ago, if you liked 48 Hours and/or the Lethal Weapon movies, you'll like this one.If you want a full, spoiler-laden list of reasons...well, let me know. I'll see how I can best accomodate you...
PS: Anyone here been able to safely find out if the soundtrack is DRM-free?
Centretown and the Chaos is Real
Jul. 29th, 2006 02:08 pmWith apologies to a certain musician whose name is unavailable for immediate recall for the title. The rephrase seemed to fit, given recent comments from vonandmoggy, particularly "Moggy", as well as my own observations from recent visits to Centretown here in Ottawa.
One of the perils of summer in Centretown is that everyone and their third cousin twice removed decides -- with just cause, I hasten to add -- to get in on the construction/demolition/renovation/reconstruction/retrofitting craze that begins the moment the thermometer climbs consistently above 15°C.
Thus far, I've seen:
Loads of fun to watch, and I should take a camera to it someday soon, before the heavy iron involved gets spirited away to some other batch of similar sites elsewhere in town.
vonandmoggy, particularly "Moggy", as well as my own observations from recent visits to Centretown here in Ottawa.One of the perils of summer in Centretown is that everyone and their third cousin twice removed decides -- with just cause, I hasten to add -- to get in on the construction/demolition/renovation/reconstruction/retrofitting craze that begins the moment the thermometer climbs consistently above 15°C.
Thus far, I've seen:
- a row of restaurants, furriers and whatnot demolished to make room for the regional HQ of what used to be just the Alberta phone company.
- assorted streets, a block at a time, getting ripped up to allow for retrofitting of sewage, hydro, water, IT and other modern infrastructure.
- the World Exchange Plaza getting its ground floors' exteriors a Very Thorough Cleaning.
Loads of fun to watch, and I should take a camera to it someday soon, before the heavy iron involved gets spirited away to some other batch of similar sites elsewhere in town.
