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From the Harrison Tulip Festival this year (2025) #photography #tulips #harrisonBC

From the Harrison Tulip Festival this year (2025)
#photography #tulips #harrisonBC

Didn't know we'd get the full eclipse on the West coast of Canada.. #eclipse2025

Didn't know we'd get the full eclipse on the West coast of Canada.. #eclipse2025

"East Beach Solstice", from a few years ago. #WhiteRock #BC #Canada #photo

"East Beach Solstice", from a few years ago. #WhiteRock #BC #Canada #photo

Our son Jason happened to be out last night with camera gear in hand: https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/northern-lights-magical-show-vancouver

Our son Jason happened to be out last night with camera gear in hand: https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/northern-lights-magical-show-vancouver

It's been a long while since I last ran Slackware.. super stable, no nonsense.Maybe it's time to revisit in this Rube Goldberg...

It's been a long while since I last ran Slackware.. super stable, no nonsense.
Maybe it's time to revisit in this Rube Goldberg software era..

#heartwarming story: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/first-person-stephen-douglas-trans-canada-oasis-1.6895820

#heartwarming story: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/first-person-stephen-douglas-trans-canada-oasis-1.6895820

Now that companies are locking down big data, may as well get your own for free for AI...

Now that companies are locking down big data, may as well get your own for free for AI training...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/threads-privacy-terms-of-service-1.6900104

Good grief. TLDR a Bluetooth car battery monitor and app for your phone reports your location info to businesses in...

Good grief.

TLDR a Bluetooth car battery monitor and app for your phone reports your location info to businesses in China.

https://doubleagent.net/2023/05/21/a-car-battery-monitor-tracking-your-location

Today I learned:https://www.rssboard.org/news/211/every-mastodon-user-has-rss-feed

Today I learned:

https://www.rssboard.org/news/211/every-mastodon-user-has-rss-feed

I know just enough about this to know I don't know much.. A cautious yes, but watch the results carefully. I think it's both early...

I know just enough about this to know I don't know much..

A cautious yes, but watch the results carefully. I think it's both early days on how this federation stuff works out, and I also think it's a benefit for the Meta users to hear about the alternatives.
IMHO this outweighs the risk of "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish".
#CoSocialMeta

I managed to get a 4 hour mini vacation at the end of a business trip to Florida this week. Cocoa Beach, Florida. It was 90 degrees...

I managed to get a 4 hour mini vacation at the end of a business trip to Florida this week. Cocoa Beach, Florida. It was 90 degrees Fahrenheit 😳

Smuggler's Cove on the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada#photography

Smuggler's Cove on the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada
#photography

Good news, way ahead of...

Good news, way ahead of me!

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2021/03/sargacreto-the-new-construction-material-made-of-sargassum/

And

https://fortomorrow.org/explore-solutions/sargablock

Hopefully these ideas gain traction.

Now try this with dried sargassum..Seriously if I had some sargassum on hand I would experiment with using it as a carbon fibre fill in a...

Now try this with dried sargassum..

Seriously if I had some sargassum on hand I would experiment with using it as a carbon fibre fill in a block of cement.

Someone in Belize, give it a try!

Or try making paper out of it..

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01701-x

If dried sargassum could find a commercial use this would be a boon to Caribbean nations.

Sargassum washing ashore in the Caribbean is becoming a serious problem..

#icecubes app or Mastodon in general question? How to make a threaded post when over the 500 character limit?

#icecubes app or Mastodon in general question? How to make a threaded post when over the 500 character limit?

A bit more on passkey tech. Seems not quite ready for prime time.I'll wait..https://michal.sapka.me/2023/passkeys/

A bit more on passkey tech.
Seems not quite ready for prime time.
I'll wait..

https://michal.sapka.me/2023/passkeys/

This is appalling, but sadly not surprising.It's their land, they should have the choice to deal with any resources within.Canada was...

This is appalling, but sadly not surprising.
It's their land, they should have the choice to deal with any resources within.
Canada was not a vast empty space when Europeans arrived, contrary to my school lessons.

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-supreme-court-gitxaala-ehattesaht/

Yikes! It turned into a mix of The Cat in the Hat and Alien! I didn't realize that I was spreading black goo around.. kind of afraid to...

Yikes! It turned into a mix of The Cat in the Hat and Alien! I didn't realize that I was spreading black goo around.. kind of afraid to touch anything else..

More like The Andromeda Strain when I think about it..

Sad face: my over 40 year old cassette deck is no more.. wouldn't play, looked inside, the rubber drive band is literally a black sticky...

Sad face: my over 40 year old cassette deck is no more.. wouldn't play, looked inside, the rubber drive band is literally a black sticky liquid mess!
(I have some old tapes I want to play, guess I'm shopping for something, hopefully used!)

Prediction: this will go as badly as the incredibly stupid “let’s put solar panels in the road!” idea. The air gap between the...

Prediction: this will go as badly as the incredibly stupid “let’s put solar panels in the road!” idea.

The air gap between the receiving coil in the car and the supply coil in the road dictates that these will be incredibly inefficient and slow.

Transformer design has been a well settled science for decades.