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JOB SEARCH: Mandy.com Weirdness
Jul. 14th, 2020 09:40 amUpdate (Same Date): problem resolved!
Update (Same Date): problem resolved!
I know that it was in Toronto. The chalk artwork is long since gone, I'm sure. But would any Torontonian reading this be able to deduce where it was without putting themselves at risk for my sake?
Or maybe you recognize this particular piece of art, even a decade later?
Or maybe you recognize this particular piece of art, even a decade later?
CBC/WEB/TECH: An Improvement
Feb. 20th, 2020 08:25 amPages are loading more easily, as they used to before about two weeks ago. Someone got the word and figured out a fix, apparently.
Anyway, filing this under "good web-related news" about Canadian news services' websites.
More on other topics to follow...
Anyway, filing this under "good web-related news" about Canadian news services' websites.
More on other topics to follow...
I'm about five chapters into this one. Bought it back in January of this year, and then got distracted with a couple of metric tonnes of other stuff. One more of my mistakes.
Well, it's getting fixed now, right?
Anyway, two chapters in, and already Gail's upended stuff that Joanne Kilbourn thought she knew and understood about her own life and family. No, not going to explain it. I spoiled it for myself by finally starting to read Gail's "how-I-dunnit" book about mystery novels, Sleuth. That book is one more reason why University of Regina Press ought to be getting much more attention from the general book-reading public on the non-fiction side.
Anyway, I'll try to remember to let you know when I've finished. Gail migrated in the opposite direction of mine: to Saskatchewan from Ontario. And she found ways of proving my birth province an interesting place in its own right, as Robert B. Parker did with Spenser's Boston.
Well, it's getting fixed now, right?
Anyway, two chapters in, and already Gail's upended stuff that Joanne Kilbourn thought she knew and understood about her own life and family. No, not going to explain it. I spoiled it for myself by finally starting to read Gail's "how-I-dunnit" book about mystery novels, Sleuth. That book is one more reason why University of Regina Press ought to be getting much more attention from the general book-reading public on the non-fiction side.
Anyway, I'll try to remember to let you know when I've finished. Gail migrated in the opposite direction of mine: to Saskatchewan from Ontario. And she found ways of proving my birth province an interesting place in its own right, as Robert B. Parker did with Spenser's Boston.
BOOKS: Artemis by Andy Weir
Jan. 4th, 2018 02:00 pmI've finished a quick and dirty read-through of it, and I'm mostly happy with it. I'm not anywhere near the science and technology nerd I ought to be, despite living ever closer to several of those possible futures. "Jazz" Bashara, Saudi-born and Lunar-raised, strikes me as an interesting enough protagonist. Not going to call her a "hero", which is likely to be a label she'd reject anyway if she were real. The story's not boring, and getting into the political and economic as well as the technical nuts and bolts always helps keep me interested when it's well-presented. It's as much a mystery/crime drama as a space adventure. The two aspects are well-balanced here.
It's not fair to compare Artemis to The Martian. So I'm not going there.
If I were to adapt Artemis for any other medium, I'd say "mini-series for TV, five to ten episodes". It's got enough characters with their own stuff going on in the background to justify it.
I'll leave the question of whether "Jazz" and her neighbours and family should get a sequel to Mr. Weir.
Bottom line: worth your money, worth your time.
It's not fair to compare Artemis to The Martian. So I'm not going there.
If I were to adapt Artemis for any other medium, I'd say "mini-series for TV, five to ten episodes". It's got enough characters with their own stuff going on in the background to justify it.
I'll leave the question of whether "Jazz" and her neighbours and family should get a sequel to Mr. Weir.
Bottom line: worth your money, worth your time.
Reading Update - 28 December 2017
Dec. 28th, 2017 09:31 pmJust finished Persepolis Rising from the Expanse series. Starting on Andy Weir's Artemis and Masha Gessen's Man Without a Face biography of Putin. After that, hopefully Linden McIntyre's The Only Cafe, since that was one of the gifts I got this Christmas.
Speaking of IPs again
Dec. 22nd, 2016 08:29 amA lot of the US traffic seems to be coming from IPs in West Jordan, near Salt Lake City. Or Rochester. Same IP address, different locations.
Some more of it from a different IP is from Dallas...or again from Rochester.
Some more of it from a different IP is from Dallas...or again from Rochester.
More Job Search Weirdness
Jul. 26th, 2013 10:29 amRemember this posting?
Well, I checked again this morning. Still getting "nurse practitioner" and now "pharmacist" as well. No idea why that would be, as I've never trained nor had work experience in either discipline.
(Wouldn't mind learning to be a drafting technician, though.)
Anyone else had similar issues with services they've registered profiles with?
Well, I checked again this morning. Still getting "nurse practitioner" and now "pharmacist" as well. No idea why that would be, as I've never trained nor had work experience in either discipline.
(Wouldn't mind learning to be a drafting technician, though.)
Anyone else had similar issues with services they've registered profiles with?
A bit of mystery-solving photography...
Jun. 27th, 2013 03:35 pmSee this entry for the question:
http://spacing.ca/ottawa/2013/06/27/image-of-the-moment-anodes-in-orleans/
Incidentally, the new issue - focused on the "Modern" school of architecture as practiced in Toronto from the end of World War 2 to the 1970's - is now available in select stores across Canada (and soon, I hope, in the States as well).
http://spacing.ca/ottawa/2013/06/27/image-of-the-moment-anodes-in-orleans/
Incidentally, the new issue - focused on the "Modern" school of architecture as practiced in Toronto from the end of World War 2 to the 1970's - is now available in select stores across Canada (and soon, I hope, in the States as well).
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.
Been enjoying this one...a lot. Nested mysteries and all...
Details at the other end of the photo-link: a mystery that's been bothering me for a few years...
A couple of bits of photography news
Jan. 28th, 2012 12:20 pmOne: I've given the go-ahead to one Heather Burgess to use select photos from my Flickr account in creating an audio-enhanced slideshow on the aftermath of the New Edinburgh Fire of 2011. I hope you'll all take a good look at the work put in by Heather and other photographers of the Ottawa region.
Two: Also posted to Flickr as of this morning, the tale of what little I know of a mysterious collapse of a bus stop shelter on one of the main streets of Orléans. No idea what happened to cause that so far. Any thoughts?
If anyone reading this has additional info that might help solve the mystery, I suspect that OC Transpo and/or the Ottawa Police would be glad to hear it!
Two: Also posted to Flickr as of this morning, the tale of what little I know of a mysterious collapse of a bus stop shelter on one of the main streets of Orléans. No idea what happened to cause that so far. Any thoughts?
If anyone reading this has additional info that might help solve the mystery, I suspect that OC Transpo and/or the Ottawa Police would be glad to hear it!
Odd Occurrence at Kent and Sparks
Aug. 6th, 2011 04:14 pmWhat details I have are here:
https://secure.flickr.com/photos/dwight_ew/sets/72157627246813537/
Any idea what happened?
https://secure.flickr.com/photos/dwight_ew/sets/72157627246813537/
Any idea what happened?
On mysterious doings around Bytown
Jul. 21st, 2010 08:38 pmA friendly acquaintance of mine who ran the late, beloved Prime Crime Bookstore here in Ottawa has launched herself a blog. Go say "Hello" to Linda Wiken over here:
http://mysterymavencdn.blogspot.com/
http://mysterymavencdn.blogspot.com/
A bit of good news
Feb. 15th, 2010 03:19 pmI've learned there's another Joanne Kilbourn novel in the works from Gail Bowen. It's called The Nesting Dolls, at least for now.
Looking forward to seeing it in October.
Looking forward to seeing it in October.
Weird Things About Web Stats
Sep. 10th, 2007 10:25 pmMy main website's host allows me a certain amount of access to the stats where it's been accessed from, how often, which pages, and so on and so on. Not enough to do any real tracking down - I can just hear ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ruckawriter or matociquala already chiming in with "not so fast, me bucko" or words to that effect - but I did find one thing curious.
Thus far in the month of September, the country which visits my site third-most-often...is South Africa.
Now who down there knows to be interested in what I'm doing? I can think of eight or ten other places where I ought to be seeing more web-hits from. Two of those are in first and second place already, as I'd expect.
Just an entertaining mystery. And unless any real harm's done, I'm content to let it stand as that.
ruckawriter or matociquala already chiming in with "not so fast, me bucko" or words to that effect - but I did find one thing curious.Thus far in the month of September, the country which visits my site third-most-often...is South Africa.
Now who down there knows to be interested in what I'm doing? I can think of eight or ten other places where I ought to be seeing more web-hits from. Two of those are in first and second place already, as I'd expect.
Just an entertaining mystery. And unless any real harm's done, I'm content to let it stand as that.
