Weekly roundup November 6-12

Articles

Fire in the Sky Toronto Star

Why I Love My Bicycle Toronto Mike

Why America Can’t Build Palladium

2023 Bike Ride 36

Another Sunday trip to the library and Costco. Getting colder.

Total trip distance: 6.06 km

Moving time: 0h26m

Today’s ride:

Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:

Weekly roundup October 10 - November 5

Articles

Back to the stone age: the sustainable building material we’ve all been waiting for… The Guardian

The Tragedy of the Tragedy of the Commons Scientific American blogs

If spending is out of control, why are important federal services underfunded? Policy Options

bless the toolmakers snarkmarket

Networking for introverts: a how-to guide The Economist

2023 Bike Ride 35

Errand run in the 3 degree weather.

Total trip distance: 10.29 km

Moving time: 0h53m

Today’s ride:

Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:

2023 Bike Ride 34

We got out on the bikes today with the baby using her bike blanket (micro fleece inner with a weather proof top layer) that velcros to the frame around her seat. She was toasty warm in the wind. It was a sunny day. We just went to the BaNQ and out for lunch, but still nice to get out on the bike again after more than a month.

Total trip distance: 10.29 km

Moving time: 0h53m

Today’s ride:

Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides:

Weekly roundup October 2-8

Articles

The Repair Job at Immigration

Landscape architect Claude Cormier imbued physical spaces with colour and joy The Globe and Mail

Quebecers’ multiple identities an inconvenient truth for some Cult MTL

Weekly roundup August 28 - October 1

It has been a month since the last weekly roundup (and that one may have been for two weeks). It was a busy September. I had a birthday, had way too much work in a short burst before taking a vacation. It was a good month overall.

Articles

Energy makes time Everything Changes

Our Comrade the Electron Idle Words

If the bus networks are poor, then so are we The Times

Next slide, please: A brief history of the corporate presentation MIT Technology Review