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WSDOT on Flickr?!
on Feb 1, 2008 in All Seattle The Washington State Department of Transportation, not exactly known for being hip, has a Flickr page full of awesome road construction and snow removal porn. I don’t know who thought up this idea and what their motivations were, but it’s...
Sibiu
on Jan 27, 2008 in All Romania Travel We spent only a short time in Sibiu on our trip to Romania last June, because with the Sibiu International Film Festival in full swing it was nearly impossible to get a hotel…and the one we got was overpriced and too far from town. But the town...
Canada vs US per capita income
on Nov 21, 2007 in All Economics Montreal Humorous quickie from Midnight Poutine: “The Canada-U.S. income gap is narrowing, reported Statistics Canada today. Canadian per capita income grew by 15.5 percent between 2000 and 2006, nearly two-thirds faster than the United States’ 9.
On being an immigrant
on Nov 20, 2007 in All Montreal You might have heard that there’s a bit of debate going on here in Quebec on the “reasonable accommodation” of immigrants. It’s interesting to watch as a potential immigrant myself. I’m not really that exotic, of course&...
Google Reader
on Nov 19, 2007 in All Call me old-fashioned, but I gave RSS readers a try some years ago and gave up on them. It seemed to me like the RSS reader just added a bland step between me and the aesthetic experience of actually dropping by someone’s “space” on...
First Snow!
on Nov 19, 2007 in All Montreal Ah yes, the obligatory first snow post! A paltry couple of wet inches today, but there’s supposed to be a good bit more on the way. Once again, I had my snow tires put on within 24 hours of the first snow…...