Irmie's Trip Reports and such

just a test

2008-04-24T01:05:08Z

Test of the emergency livejournal —> facebook posting regime.

new images

2007-09-22T20:40:59Z

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New Boat

2007-03-11T16:03:24Z

I expect that I could get around having a building permit if I build this onto a dock :)

Train Station

2007-03-11T02:29:08Z

Stolen Photo of the Meteghan Train Station

Libby Convicted

2007-03-07T00:27:41Z

Screencap from "Return of the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" — Of course they were then referring to the Iran-Contra affaire. How Juste.

More Photomatix fun!

2007-03-05T22:56:40Z

Jake:

Neighborhood:

Playing with tonemapping in Photomatix

2007-03-05T00:37:39Z

may as well call him a pinko commie

2007-02-16T13:28:34Z

Mr. Dion "is not just soft on crime," Mr. Harper said. "For the first time in history we have a leader of the opposition who is soft on terrorism." Globe and Mail

I guess this is part of the "if your not with us...." line of thinking

Yarrrr --- She's a fine ship!

2006-09-19T12:14:29Z

irmie @ 2006-09-06T07:45:00

2006-09-06T10:57:21Z

The two kayaking trips Catherine and I did over the long weekend:
Five Islands

There are georgeous rock spires by the red dot, a rock that looks like a face by the yellow, and a hole in the wall by the green dot.

Cape Chignecto

Nice beaches, eagles and playful seals...

Tree balancing on a rock overhanging a lake...

2006-08-28T14:01:17Z

Proposal.

2006-08-09T13:15:14Z

Note to self: it is hard to propose while standing on a log balanced on a rock overhanging water.

Family has been duly notified. Request for grandchildren ensued.

Friends only update and information relevant to maritimers

2006-07-17T16:07:36Z

There is a friend only update, log in to see.

Gas Prices: (aka how to decide to fill up every 14 days)
Gas prices are regulated in Nova Scotia --- based on New York spot prices. The price can change every 14 days and are bound by a 2 cent/litre window. Astute consumers should check the spot price on Bloomberg (under commidities) and decide if it is a good idea to fill up. It Is That Simple.

ibook happy

2006-07-14T11:04:25Z

I got my logic board replaced on my ibook G4 1.2 --- no more kernel panics!

backstory:
Apple keeps screwing up the mechanical placement of the electrical components. They flex and become unsoldered, causing either fuzzy blurred video or in my case, kernel panics (these occur when the processor cannot read or write to a component that has become unsoldered.

On the g3 ibooks, apple finally relented and granted a repair program. I had 3 boards replaced on my g3 ibook.

Dear Google,

2006-06-15T16:17:00Z

Just because I read news.google.ca once in French doesn't mean I always want to read it in French regardless if I have deleted my Google cookies and have tried to make the English one default.

Regards,

Immy.

fitness

2006-05-30T18:30:38Z

Stude Ham from Outremont Canada writes: The single most destructive influence on children's desires to lead more active lifestyles has to do with competitive games in which some are labelled 'winners' (yay) and others 'losers' (boo). For hevvin's sake, why don't they teach them the sheer pleasure of active pastimes in which they really are doing something good for themselves and not for the approval or disapproval of peer, coaches, teachers, parents, or other viewers? This Olympic or championship athletics mind set has to be abolished at all levels of child training programs if the children are to eventually feel good about themselves for just doing something actively on their own. Which child wants to continue participating in the negative feedback environment of not being as good as some trainer, or peer, or worse, being a loser in some activities?

---- Why are our kids fitness flops?, Globea and Mail Q&A session.

My concern on kid fitness levels is the focus on group activities. Many kids would benefit from single person activities that are easy to arrange and set up. And when you do something alone, there is only a winner.

Ontaaariooo.

2006-04-01T11:31:40Z

I'm off to Hamilton for a course for a week to learn how to put gunk on a weld, flash it with a blacklight 'CSI' style, to see if there are any cracks. All week.

No offence to you Ontario folks, but I would have preferred to have gone on the pre-planned trip to Newfoundland instead next week, to go see the boat I'm (partialy) responsible to build.

Tree

2006-03-21T23:23:02Z

Tree's are us. I've designed an deck de-icing system today. Rah, well this tree is having fun too… catskillmarina has an interesting post.

Maison

2006-03-18T22:53:52Z

Pics of the house… yes I'm gonna paint.

House

2006-03-18T12:30:05Z

I accepted the counter-offer on the house I put in an offer on yesterday. It is scary, having the distinct possibility of being non-mobile. Very non-mobile. My butt has slept on so many beds since 1992 — Banff, Japan, Calgary, Inuvik, Ottawa, (Fredericton)², Bedford (a traditional stopping place). The closing is next month, I have the month to sprint to do everything.

The price is a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of what I would have paid for a condo in the above list.

irmie @ 2006-02-03T19:32:00

2006-02-03T23:37:30Z

Barry. Manilow. Must. Die.

That is all.

ps: He is still alive and singing Copacabana on TV!

Old Battery

2006-02-02T18:23:20Z

I've left the building :) Yay… no more bully for me.

I've found an old battery in a flash holder for M3 flashbulbs, It's a nice retro duracell…

We need a new paradigm…

2006-02-01T23:41:51Z

Christianity, Judaism, and even Muslims have a good flood myth through a shared story of Noah and you guessed it, the flood. Where is the mythology of being wiped out by a hude snow storm? I mean I do understand most of our mythology comes from, well, warm countries, but didn't anyone go out in snow?

It's ugly out there…

2006-02-01T12:44:53Z

And I had wanted to go into work for my last day, but frankly it wasn't worth the risk to my life to finish my last day at work.

No Captain Turbot?

2006-02-01T12:05:16Z

Tobin stepped out of the Liberal race also… Will Sheila save the Liberal party now?