2020-08-03: Poured rain all day yesterday. So we’re a day late for the Highland Yard run. We didn’t …
2020-08-01: In the lake within a few minutes of arriving
2020-07-31: I’m ready for my vacation to start!
2020-07-27: Even though I knew how it ends, Free Solo is still an intense movie. I appreciated how Sanni (Alex’s …
2020-07-26: Reading Shortcut for the iPad 👓⚙️ I haven’t yet adopted the minimalist style of my iPhone for my iPad. Rather, I’ve found …
2020-07-19: Reflection journal in Day One with an Agenda assist I’ve been keeping a “director’s commentary” of my experiences in Day One …
2020-07-17: Skipping past the dramatic title, Our remote work future is going to suck makes important points …
2020-07-17: Some unfortunate formatting in the CBC’s otherwise well done coronavirus tracker. At first …
2020-07-16: A small thing, but I’m finding the automatic conference call link detection in Fantastical is …
2020-07-15: The novelty of all of us working from home is wearing off
2020-07-14: The Aleph Extraction by Dan Moren is a fun read and worthy sequel to the great Bayern Agenda. The …
2020-07-11: A scary, but important, conversation on the Making Sense podcast about the threat of nuclear weapons
2020-07-09: Different watch faces for work and home watchOS 7 has some interesting new features for enhancing and sharing watch faces. After an initial …
2020-07-07: I added a HomePod to the newly renovated house. The sound quality is definitely as good as …
2020-07-03: Our Home Renovation Is Complete! We’re very excited to move back home
2020-06-24: Owen had his virtual grade 6 graduation with PJs on the bottom half
2020-06-24: Decision-Making in a Time of Crisis is a good article on the danger of confusing bad outcomes with …
2020-06-12: I’m really enjoying these unapologetically nerdy posts on the logistics and tactics of Middle …
2020-06-10: The Last Emperox by John Scalzi is great fun and a fitting end to the trilogy 📚
2020-06-09: We’ve compared our predictions of the 2019 🇨🇦 election to the actual votes. Overall, we were …
2020-05-31: I don’t remember being so organized on Wednesday 😀✅
2020-05-27: Happy birthday to my favourite son!
2020-05-24: Photosynthesis is a pretty elaborate game with more strategy than you might expect from trees ☀️🌲
2020-05-23: There’s sure to be a good caper behind this busted safe in the middle of the woods
2020-05-21: Happy birthday to my favourite daughter!
2020-05-18: Lucy couldn’t quite manage the last burpee challenge in today’s One Academy Collision …
2020-05-07: My favourite gym has a charity event on Saturday supporting Nellie’s Shelter for women & …
2020-05-03: I’m really enjoying these Biggest Ideas in the Universe videos from Sean Carroll. Sufficiently nerdy …
2020-05-02: Lots of good 90s music nostalgia on this Incomparable episode
2020-04-27: China Miéville’s Perdido Street Station is intensely creative and very entertaining 📚
2020-04-22: A big thanks to Brie and Paul for the homemade masks!
2020-04-15: I'm not analyzing COVID data, though I'm impressed with Ontario's open data I’m neither an epidemiologist nor a medical doctor. So, no one wants to see my amateur disease …
2020-04-15: Apple’s Mobility Trends tool is intriguing. Curious to see that transit declines early, quickly, and …
2020-04-12: What is Real by Adam Becker is a great book on the measurement problem in quantum physics. Becker …
2020-04-10: Simple brew tea shortcut Since I’m mostly stuck inside these days, I find I’m drinking more tea than usual. So, …
2020-04-08: A small change to my quarantine home office with large ergonomic impacts: I’ve added a …
2020-04-05: I hadn’t expected to see gas below $1/L ever again 🚗
2020-04-04: Quarantine home gym weights 💪
2020-04-04: A simple Shortcut for tracking workout time I’ve been tracking my time at work for a while now, with the help of Toggl and Timery. Now …
2020-03-31: The face you make when you’re dealt 23 damage in one round
2020-03-29: A good day for board games
2020-03-29: I’ve found the Eno’s new album Mixing Colours really helpful while working from home …
2020-03-27: I enjoyed Star Trek Picard. A fun mix of nostalgia, new characters, and interesting story. Plus …
2020-03-26: 2 kg of coffee should keep me going in quarantine for a while ☕️
2020-03-26: A sentence I never expected to write: A big thank you to my sister for delivering much needed toilet …
2020-03-25: A hopeful sight in the backyard
2020-03-25: A big thank you to One Academy for live-streaming exercise classes. Definitely helping my mental …
2020-03-23: Our hastily constructed office in the rental house is working out okay. Mine is on the left. …
2020-03-19: My new coworker is demanding more walking meetings
2020-03-18: Can’t seem to get rid of these phantom email messages in iPadOS
2020-03-11: Counterpart is one of my favourite TV shows over the past few years. So, great that The …
2020-03-11: Vacation has begun!
2020-03-02: Early signs of spring
2020-02-29: Chilly, but fun ⛷ 🥶
2020-02-23: Moses Boyd’s Dark Matter has a great, diverse sound. Well worth a listen 🎶
2020-02-23: Figured out how to turn on the fireplace at the rental and Lucy has a new favourite spot
2020-02-19: She Has Her Mother’s Laugh by Carl Zimmer is a thorough, detailed, and fascinating book about …
2020-02-16: I’ve found mind maps really helpful recently and, so, enjoyed the Sweet Setup’s Mastering Mind Maps …
2020-02-12: Happy Darwin Day! I hope your day evolves in a way that optimizes your fitness 🐠🐢🦍😎🤖
2020-02-12: A school strike is a great excuse to play video games with friends
2020-02-08: A great sunny day for skiing
2020-02-05: As a lapsed academic scientist, I really appreciate the courage that Laskowski shows here in both …
2020-02-04: A nice perk of the rental house is the much larger backyard. Certainly good for the dog.
2020-02-03: We’re moving out for a big renovation. So, let the kids draw on the wall and smash it with a hammer.
2020-02-02: Entering the chaos phase of moving
2020-02-01: Busy feet
2020-01-31: The release of the very good Fantastical is another opportunity to reflect on App Store pricing. I …
2020-01-30: I’ve enjoyed the new The Joy of X podcast from Quanta Magazine with an episode on black holes and …
2020-01-29: Anyone else having trouble with the Siri watch face on WatchOS 6? It used to be pretty good at …
2020-01-28: I enjoyed reading this article on solitude in the woods and can particularly relate to: this …
2020-01-27: Interrupting the usual feed content with a work announcement to say that I’m hiring. Anyone …
2020-01-26: Although difficult to choose, Death’s End by Cixin Liu is the best book of the trilogy. Incredibly …
2020-01-25: Some heavy snow flakes today
2020-01-24: There was a raccoon in our office ceiling making all sorts of noise and commotion. As soon as the …
2020-01-23: I upgraded from an iPhone 7 to 11. Now I’m back to having the best phone in the house, which is how …
2020-01-22: An interesting article on neurons being more complicated processors than originally thought: Neural …
2020-01-21: After 13 years in our house, we’re starting a big renovation that requires moving out. …
2020-01-20: A good historical perspective on the Hubble constant: How they pinned a single, momentous number on …
2020-01-19: A good article on the importance of concentration: Playing chess is an essential life lesson in …
2020-01-18: There are smiles under those scarves ⛷ ❄️
2020-01-17: Our records management team is holding a “clean desk” contest to promote good practice. …
2020-01-16: Brew coffee shortcut Shorcuts in iOS is a great tool. Automating tasks significantly boosts productivity and some really …
2020-01-15: With the hope that some public accountability will help, I’m declaring a 30-day ban on my use …
2020-01-14: I’ve listened to more Rush in the past few days than in the last several years. I regret …
2020-01-13: This Micro Monday I’d like to suggest @Dominikhoecht for a good mix of interesting photos, …
2020-01-12: Something Deeply Hidden by Sean Carroll is the best kind of non-fiction: engagingly written, …
2020-01-11: I find it amusing that the Universe Splitter app is categorized as entertainment: it splits the …
2020-01-10: Farewell to Neil Peart. His music has been part of my life from the start. 🥁😢
2020-01-10: Things cost more than they used to I’m delivering a seminar on estimating capital costs for large transit projects soon. One of …
2020-01-09: This Strong Songs episode on Stairway to Heaven is a fun listen and insightful analysis of a classic …
2020-01-08: I finished Season 3 of The Leftovers, a fascinating exploration of loss, love, and family. Well …
2020-01-07: I really enjoyed this Mindscape podcast episode with Dan Dennett 🎙
2020-01-06: The snow wasn’t great, but still nice to get out for a ski this weekend.
2019-12-28: Bob Boilen’s Top 20 Albums For 2019 is a good list
2019-12-27: Where to start? 📚
2019-12-26: We take Boxing Day seriously here as a day of relaxation. So, I’m disappointed to have …
2019-12-25: The Labo VR kit is great fun to build and play
2019-12-23: I’m most certainly in the target demographic, so perhaps not surprising that I enjoyed For All …
2019-12-23: The Stiehl Assassin by Terry Brooks is okay. Given this is the last series he plans to write, …
2019-12-22: Great fun with my siblings last night on our annual Christmas dinner adventure. Storm Crow Manor was …
2019-12-15: I declared podcasts bankruptcy and recovered with a better curated subscription list 🎧👍
2019-12-15: Declaring podcasts bankruptcy Podcasts are great. I really enjoy being able to pick and choose interesting conversations from such …
2019-12-12: A mind bending discussion on the Making Sense podcast: what we perceive as reality is only a …
2019-12-03: This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone is an imaginative literary …
2019-12-02: Gamer
2019-11-25: I’ve just bumped up my monthly support of CANADALAND to the next tier. Plenty of great content that …
2019-11-24: Great fun at the Axe Pancreatic Cancer fundraiser last night! Thanks to everyone that joined us to …
2019-11-20: A cool visualization and exploration of the network of scientific papers
2019-11-09: As a daily AeroPress user, I enjoyed watching this documentary on its origin and culture
2019-11-08: I finally got my flu shot and hope you did too 😷🦠
2019-11-05: A great conversation between Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins on the Making Sense podcast. Nice to …
2019-10-28: Several catchy songs on Joseph Arthur’s new album Come Back World
2019-10-27: Recursion by Blake Crouch is an entertaining time-travel, multiverse story. Distinct from his …
2019-10-21: With an agent based model you can explore interesting scenarios. Our latest post models the 🇨🇦 …
2019-10-19: At my son’s soccer game, but I’m not that familiar with the game. Anyone know what …
2019-10-18: Axe Pancreatic Cancer is back! Join us to throw axes, drink beer and wine, and raise money for …
2019-10-17: We’ve been using our agent-based model to analyze the upcoming Federal election here in Canada. Now …
2019-10-17: My “Best Dad” mug has been recalled. Apparently it may break when filled with hot …
2019-10-15: Task management with MindNode and Agenda For several years now, I’ve been a very happy Things user for all of my task management. …
2019-10-14: Stranger Things season 3 is fun with 80s nostalgia and familiar characters. Not as delightfully …
2019-10-13: Nick Cave’s song Hollywood is quite potent, particularly given the recent death of his teenage son …
2019-10-12: RStats on iPad Among the many good new features in iPadOS, “Desktop Safari” has proven to be surprisingly helpful …
2019-10-12: Thanks to Run the Jewels 3 for providing a much-needed boost on today’s run 🏃♂️
2019-10-12: Fall has arrived
2019-10-11: Thanksgiving weekend begins with the traditional excessively long and slow drive on the 401
2019-10-10: With Category Theory, Mathematics Escapes From Equality - Quanta Magazine Ultimately, you will …
2019-10-10: Thanks to a recommendation from @verybadwizards I read and very much enjoyed Ted Chiang’s …
2019-10-08: After 20 years and four cars, the Darwin Fish on the back of our car has disappeared. Hopefully it …
2019-10-07: An unexpected and welcome surprise in the latest Byword update #rstats
2019-10-05: I enjoyed The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu. Very inventive, though definitely some grim parts, as you …
2019-10-04: As Canada’s federal election campaign gets increasingly ridiculous, I’d like the …
2019-09-25: Two great Mindscape episodes in a row about climate change overcast.fm/+S_7kXRI8…
2019-09-24: I enjoyed Borderline by Mishell Baker. A good mix of fantasy and realism with compelling characters …
2019-09-23: All Armed on Nils Frahms’ Encores 3 EP revived my (barely) dormant obsession with his music. His …
2019-09-21: Our family data plan was close to the limit, so I called Rogers to temporarily add some data. They …
2019-09-21: The past, present and future of climate change from The Economist is a good overview of GHG …
2019-09-16: One of my great hopes for Apple Arcade is that it will end the seemingly endless requests from my …
2019-09-15: The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History is well worth a read. …
2019-09-11: Of Monsters and Men put on a great show in Toronto.
2019-09-09: I declined an offer to provide a lecture on Transport Economics. I’m dissapointed, since …
2019-09-07: Grandma’s 95th Birthday. Her vitality is inspiring.
2019-09-03: I really enjoyed this Strong Song episode on one of my favourite songs: Paranoid Android 🎵
2019-09-03: Grades 9 and 6
2019-09-02: The Fall by Neal Stephenson is well worth a read. The concepts about consciousness, computer …
2019-08-31: Owen conquered his first #spartantoronto race
2019-08-31: Very fun and very muddy #spartantoronto race
2019-08-27: We often think of fungi or other microbes as not particularly intelligent. This study goes to show …
2019-08-22: My vacation transition in Screen Time: Reading on the dock Thursday and Friday Starting to pack on …
2019-08-13: Go Karts!
2019-08-09: Waiting for the thunderstorms to pass ⛈
2019-08-08: Admittedly I didn’t have high expectations, but the First Formic War series from Orson Scott …
2019-08-07: Paddle boat for three
2019-08-04: Another great @highlandyardrace, in support of Places for People. An extra thanks to …
2019-08-01: Chips in the paddle boat
2019-08-01: Lucy the lifeguard
2019-08-01: Kids have settled into cottage life
2019-08-01: Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston is a promising start to the prequels for …
2019-07-30: Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker is fascinating and concerning. I knew sleep was important, but not …
2019-07-26: Conscious by Annaka Harris is a fascinating overview of the science of this mysterious process. Her …
2019-07-25: The Good Place is a fun, clever show, once you get past the first few episodes 📺
2019-07-21: The Bayern Agenda by Dan Moren is a fun sci-fi espionage story. Well worth a read 📚
2019-07-15: The Red Rising sci-fi trilogy is solid, page-turning entertainment. Nothing high-concept and …
2019-07-14: Visitors Day at Kilcoo
2019-06-28: Off to camp for a month!
2019-06-26: High school is next!
2019-06-22: Fun visit with Great Grandma
2019-06-19: This CBC story is disheartening: while nearly two-thirds of Canadians see fighting climate change …
2019-06-19: Better Oblivion Community Center is a good listen 🎵
2019-06-17: Fun mayhem downtown today for the Raptors parade. This was as close as I could get. 🏀🦖
2019-06-16: Lucy is ready for @rrrroutley to drop his rib
2019-06-15: Great fun at the #spartantoronto race
2019-06-11: Switching to summer weather mode ☀️
2019-06-10: If you’re at all interested in mindfulness, I recommend checking out the Waking Up app. The …
2019-06-09: My iPhone Home Screen My goal for the home screen is to stay focused on action by making it easy to quickly capture my …
2019-06-08: Consolidating my internet content Like many of us, my online presence had become scattered across many sites: Twitter, Instagram, …
2019-06-08: An entertaining David Gray show, as always
2019-06-03: Some great images of maps from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century in First You Make the Maps
2019-06-03: Second place finish in the relay. Next up: City finals! 🏃♂️🏆
2019-05-27: Happy 11th Birthday Owen!
2019-05-23: Chernobyl on HBO is well worth checking out. Once you’re hooked, the associated podcast is a …
2019-05-21: Happy birthday Emma!
2019-05-16: Going Critical is a great overview of diffusion in networks
2019-05-11: Happy birthday to Kelly! 🎉
2019-05-11: This conversation with Stuart Russell on the After On podcast is a fascinating discussion of …
2019-05-11: Emma and her puppy
2019-05-05: I found The Strange Order of Things by Antonio Damasio surprisingly difficult to read. This …
2019-05-05: The Hidden Reality by Brian Greene is a fascinating and clearly written tour of the many multiverse …
2019-05-04: Morbid Stuff by PUP is oddly cheerful, nihilistic punk rock itunes.apple.com/ca/album/…
2019-04-27: Seems like an unnecessarily precise monthly fee
2019-04-24: A great discussion about Incredibles 2 on The Incomparable podcast. I agree with the overall …
2019-04-14: The mystery of computation, as something our brains do, is well described in this Aeon Essay
2019-04-03: Backups I’m very keen on backups. So many important things are digital now and, as a result, …
2019-04-02: Wonderfully rich detail in the 5 podcast series from Brady Heywood on Apollo 13 🎙
2019-04-01: The Travellers finale is a very satisfying ending to a great TV series 📺
2019-03-30: There are useful lessons in this discussion of statistical significance for any evidence-informed …
2019-03-28: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie is a great book with an intriguing main character, compelling plot, …
2019-03-28: Interested in transportation demand modelling and geospatial analysis? I’m looking for a …
2019-03-24: Garry Kasparov: The 8-year-old chess champion’s story is quintessentially American Talent is …
2019-03-16: This is a great example of using the tidyverse for graph analysis #rstats
2019-03-16: A good reminder to choose your models carefully when trying to prove something
2019-03-16: An interesting article about changes in our perspective on Neanderthals. They are no longer …
2019-03-16: Cool research showing that embryos use an optimal Bayesian decoder to coordinate development
2019-03-14: A timely article on how Pi led to infinity and calculus
2019-03-10: Although I’m late to reading Michael Lewis’ The Long Short, it’s hard to believe …
2019-03-10: Thanks to @t_rig for the great goodr sunglasses
2019-03-10: Emma’s hair has gone curly
2019-03-08: Great to be back at the Royalton! 🏖
2019-03-07: This was a really good episode of the Mindscape podcast all about the multi-worlds theory of quantum …
2019-03-07: Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking is a fun book. Clear and concise answers to …
2019-03-02: Lots of fresh snow today
2019-02-24: Although I’m disappointed the Counterpart wasn’t renewed for a third season, the second …
2019-02-20: Finished reading: Wool by Hugh Howey 📚
2019-02-17: I’ve been intrigued by Stoicism for a while now and How to Be a Stoic by Massimo Pigliucci is a …
2019-02-16: I find these attempts to generate quantum theory from simple postulates fascinating, even though I …
2019-02-14: School ski trip 🎿
2019-02-13: I committed to a 🚴 challenge before checking my results to see if it was reasonable. So, had to …
2019-02-12: Commiting to a Fitness Challenge and Then Figuring Out if it is Achievable My favourite spin studio has put on a fitness challenge for 2019. It has many components, one of …
2019-02-08: After just two episodes, I’m definitely enjoying season 2 of Star Trek Discovery more than …
2019-01-29: After four great ski days, we rested our legs in the hot springs today
2019-01-27: Another great ski day
2019-01-27: The Nugget Squad
2019-01-26: Another glorious day
2019-01-25: A great first day on the mountain!
2019-01-19: Warming up ⛷
2019-01-19: -20 degrees, but there are smiles under the scarves ⛷
2019-01-17: I’m keen to adopt an iPad first approach. This MacStories article is a good primer and …
2019-01-11: The long nightmare of the 24-hour internet outage is over…
2019-01-08: For awhile now I’ve been meaning to get serious about automation on iOS. The Siri Shortcuts …
2019-01-07: Ed Harcourt’s album Beyond the End has been great headphone music for at work 🎶 …
2019-01-05: Fun to be back ⛷
2018-12-28: #CozyLife
2018-12-27: Another Christmas dinner
2018-12-27: Good advice from a philosopher on how to disagree constructively: Many of my best friends think …
2018-12-26: The Barchef project is delicious
2018-12-25: Out for a Christmas stroll
2018-12-25: The Kano computer is a great product. Fun and easy to build with lots of good built in software.
2018-12-24: Merry Christmas
2018-12-24: A quiet, snowy run today.
2018-12-07: Preparing the tree
2018-12-04: Here’s some “behind the scenes” geospatial analysis I used in a recent …
2018-12-04: Spatial analysis of votes in Toronto This is a “behind the scenes” elaboration of the geospatial analysis in our recent post on …
2018-11-27: Our predictions for the recent election in Toronto held up well. We were within 6%, on average, with …
2018-11-14: Sean Carroll’s Mindscape podcast is one of my new favourites 🎙
2018-11-12: Seems like something to strive for these days: it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to …
2018-11-09: Interested in analytics and transit planning? I’m looking for an Analyst to help Metrolinx …
2018-11-06: 4th Axe Pancreatic Cancer fundraiser Thanks to generous support, the 4th Axe Pancreatic Cancer fundraiser was a great success. We raised …
2018-11-03: Raising funds for pancreatic cancer research by throwing axes. Great fun!
2018-10-27: Fascinating to think of creating cognitive scaffolding for elephants aeon.co/essays/if…
2018-10-22: We’ve completely retooled our approach to predicting elections to use an agent-based model. …
2018-10-21: Found the exact spot we first met! Who knew it would lead to this
2018-10-12: Cold medication
2018-10-09: Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark is a fascinating book on an important topic. AI’s implications for …
2018-10-06: I appreciate innovation in beer, but this one went too far for me.
2018-09-29: Great fun at the #fivepeaks Earth Run in the Rouge
2018-09-23: Hiking Balsam Lake Provincial Park
2018-09-22: Warming up at Balsam Lake Provincial Park
2018-09-13: We had fun meeting the author Dav Pilkey and getting a signed copy of Dog Man. I really appreciated …
2018-09-08: Enjoying great sour beers at #sourpalooza
2018-09-06: Ready for Pentatonix
2018-09-05: Axe Pancreatic Cancer tickets are available now! This is a very fun event for a great cause. Early …
2018-09-04: Ready for school
2018-09-02: Fixing a hack finds a better solution In my Elections Ontario official results post, I had to use an ugly hack to match Electoral District …
2018-08-01: Cousins
2018-07-30: Vacation
2018-06-22: Ready for Vance Joy
2018-06-13: Ready for Imagine Dragons
2018-05-12: Biking the Don Valley trail
2018-05-04: Farewell Ron
2018-02-15: Ski day
2018-01-07: Good morning
2017-12-25: Merry Christmas
2017-12-09: Out at the theatre
2017-12-09: Wood is stacked and ready for winter
2017-11-19: Elections Ontario official results In preparing for some PsephoAnalytics work on the upcoming provincial election, I’ve been wrangling …
2017-11-15: All lit up for #WorldPancreaticCancerDay a whole day in advance
2017-11-05: Finance fixed their data and broke my case study The past few years, I’ve delivered an introduction to using R workshop that relied on …
2017-11-01: Organizing
2017-10-31: Sack of candy
2017-10-31: Scarecrow and the ninja
2017-10-08: Apple picking
2017-10-02: A happy cross country runner
2017-10-01: A workflow for leaving the office Sometimes it’s the small things, accumulated over many days, that make a difference. As a …
2017-09-26: Another tribute to Labrador and Newfoundland dogs
2017-09-25: Lovely day in St. John’s
2017-09-25: Home of the Lab
2017-09-17: Celebrating 17 years of marriage with @kroutley by snoozing in a hammock at @steannesspa
2017-09-16: Gorgeous day for a pre-massage hike with @kroutley at @steannesspa
2017-08-31: Charity donations by province This tweet about the charitable donations by Albertans showed up in my timeline and caused a ruckus. …
2017-08-26: Fun at the Ex
2017-08-05: Great fun at the cottage
2017-07-30: Now Owen is hooked too
2017-07-30: Now she’s reading on the lily pad. Relentless
2017-07-30: Teaching the cousins how to play video games
2017-07-30: Summer reading
2017-07-25: Cool dude
2017-07-25: Enjoying the cottage
2017-07-20: Vacation officially started
2017-07-15: Reunited!
2017-07-01: `#canada150
2017-06-30: Goodbye Emma!
2017-06-30: The campers are ready!
2017-06-28: Grade 6 graduation
2017-06-22: When Metrolinx Planning goes to an offsite
2017-06-21: TTC delay data and Friday the 13th The TTC releasing their Subway Delay Data was great news. I’m always happy to see more data released …
2017-06-11: Owen’s ninth birthday party
2017-06-10: Sports car
2017-05-28: Smells like spring
2017-05-27: Got any food?
2017-05-27: Owen’s birthday cake
2017-05-27: Owen is 9!
2017-05-22: Family bike ride
2017-05-18: Back at the Old Mill. This time for a conference instead of a wedding.
2017-05-15: New bikes
2017-05-14: Boy and his dog
2017-04-13: Forest walk
2017-04-09: Coming out of hibernation
2017-02-19: Happy kids
2017-02-16: Lazy river
2017-02-16: Nice start to the day
2017-02-13: Ready to relax
2017-02-11: Skiing with Grandad
2017-02-09: A boy and his dog
2016-11-06: Successful AxePC 2016 event Thank you to all the participants, donors, and volunteers for making the third Axe Pancreatic Cancer …
2016-10-17: Axe PC 2016 We’re hosting our third-annual Axe Pancreatic Cancer event. Help us kick off Pancreatic Cancer …
2016-06-19: Sticky fingers
2016-06-19: Ribs with a fork
2016-06-19: Ribfest with @megccase
2013-08-17: The Ex
2013-08-09: Last campfire of the vacation
2013-07-31: Woodsman
2013-07-30: Wilderness
2013-07-29: Peaceful spot
2013-04-21: Kites are out
2013-04-19: My new view.
2013-03-02: Birthday breakfast in bed
2013-02-10: Fun in the snow
2013-02-08: The view from Frost
2013-01-03: Scarf
2013-01-03: Winter trek
2012-11-18: Good view
2012-11-18: On the streetcar, heading towards the Santa Claus Parade
2012-10-07: Nice to see Calgary’s big sky again
2012-09-02: Nice view
2012-09-02: Riding elephants
2012-09-01: Thanks @cocothebike and @rrrroutley the Woodford Reserve is great
2012-08-23: Our final camp fire
2012-08-23: Turtle? Riding
2012-08-23: Whale riding
2012-08-22: Canoe trip to get Popsicles, for lunch!
2012-08-21: Weather is turning nasty
2012-08-21: View from the bike trail
2012-08-21: Summer chairlift
2012-08-21: Top of the ski hill
2012-08-18: LEGO hands
2012-08-18: Cloudy day
2012-08-17: Hiking with Emma
2012-08-17: Sunny, but windy
2012-08-16: Lounging on the dock
2012-08-16: Canoe trip
2012-08-15: Sunset
2012-08-14: Catching Monarch caterpillars
2012-08-12: Vacation
2012-08-05: The groom is ready
2012-07-29: Premises protected by childhood innocence
2012-07-14: Mirror image
2012-07-04: Owen’s Mini Avengers
2012-06-19: Waiting for the dog walker
2012-06-17: And now, Emma has princess stickers
2012-06-16: Ribfest
2012-06-16: Finally set up Owen’s Christmas present from Uncle Chris ( @rroutley ) and Aunt Melissa ( …
2012-06-14: Thinking of story ideas
2012-06-13: The Squinkie Show, complete with judges
2012-05-26: Typewritter
2012-05-26: Stonefields Heritage Farm
2012-05-21: Happy birthday Emma
2012-05-21: Fish
2012-04-10: Emma’s Easter treats
2012-04-09: Guarding the BBQ
2012-04-08: Easter bunnies
2012-03-31: Bowmore 12
2012-03-31: Motorcycle
2012-03-25: Outdoor gymnast
2012-03-25: Spring intruder
2012-03-23: Late-night guest
2012-03-22: Exciting potential of a new notebook
2012-03-21: Getting sleepy
2012-03-21: PJ Socks
2012-03-21: Bikers
2012-03-13: This part of the commute always puts the daily stresses in context
2012-02-12: Emma turned a slipper into a monkey mobile
2012-02-05: Traffic jam
2012-02-05: Building a metropolis
2012-02-05: Keeping busy
2012-02-04: Toronto sunset
2012-02-04: Caitlynn’s birthday
2012-01-08: Ready for the move
2011-12-31: Sleeper
2011-12-31: Watching Cars 2 on the MacBook
2011-12-30: Burger and pint
2011-12-30: Squirrel
2011-12-30: Bird feeder
2011-12-29: Kelly’s pear, Gorgonzola and arugula pizza
2011-12-28: Reading
2011-12-27: Mariposa Barbie
2011-12-27: Finn McMissle
2011-12-27: Waiting for breakfast
2011-12-25: Carbs
2011-12-25: Kelly’s first turkey
2011-12-18: Emma passed Red Cross level 2 swimming
2011-12-17: Christmas outfit
2011-12-16: The office
2011-12-14: Elf
2011-12-10: Bottom of the tree is getting crowded
2011-12-10: Teddy
2011-12-10: Owen’s proud of his decorating
2011-12-10: Decorating the tree
2011-12-10: Decorating
2011-12-10: Christmas tree is in the house
2011-12-07: Policy Tools of Government
2011-12-04: Toy eyes
2011-12-04: Little toys
2011-12-03: Brunch
2011-12-01: Christmas pot luck
2011-12-01: Santa and Emma
2011-12-01: Santa and Owen
2011-12-01: Walking to school
2011-11-30: Snow
2011-11-26: Auchentoshan
2011-11-25: Good food
2011-11-24: Good morning
2011-11-12: Public storage
2011-11-12: Packed
2011-11-12: Storage
2011-11-06: Watching Emma swim
2011-11-05: Ice cream
2011-11-05: Dinner is served
2011-10-30: Pumpkin designed by Emma
2011-10-29: Climbing the rope ladder
2011-10-29: Sliding
2011-10-29: Slide
2011-10-29: Bring Owen to the playground and he wants to read his library book
2011-10-29: Looking for books
2011-10-25: Mumford and Sons have arrived
2011-10-25: Setting up for Mumford and Sons
2011-10-23: Ready for Halloween
2011-10-23: Nice outside
2011-10-23: Pooh bear
2011-10-23: Blocks
2011-10-22: Caitlynn and Elmo
2011-10-16: Go Andrew!
2011-10-15: Ready for winter
2011-10-10: Hammock
2011-10-10: Sign says “No jumping from bridge”
2011-10-10: Hugs
2011-10-10: Juice
2011-10-09: Thanksgiving party
2011-10-08: Thanksgiving ice cream
2011-10-08: Cleaning out the closet.
2011-10-06: #VoteON
2011-10-04: #ESRICanadaUC
2011-10-02: Warmth
2011-10-02: Henry
2011-09-27: Emma’s library
2011-09-27: Emma’s grade 1 desk
2011-09-27: Fridge is broken. So, Licks for dinner.
2011-09-25: Cupcakes
2011-09-25: Bulldozer
2011-09-25: Garlicfest
2011-09-25: Kilns
2011-09-25: Map of Toronto’s rivers
2011-09-18: Owen’s busy night finally caught up with him.
2011-09-18: Emma’s kicking the ball and Owen’s pushing the baby stroller
2011-09-18: Playing ball
2011-09-17: Found a forest
2011-09-17: Lunch time
2011-09-17: Gorillas
2011-09-17: Cichlids are always a highlight
2011-09-11: Princess shoes
2011-09-11: Princesses
2011-09-11: New sweater from Gram
2011-09-10: Slide
2011-09-10: Kite surfers
2011-09-10: Windy and sunny
2011-09-10: Out for breakfast
2011-09-09: Well earned this week
2011-09-09: Butterfly face paint
2011-09-06: Ready for Grade 1
2011-09-05: Waiting patiently for cookies
2011-09-05: Kite flying
2011-09-05: And, new shirt for Owen from Aunt Susie
2011-09-05: Emma decided to change into matching tights
2011-09-05: Thanks for the new dress Aunt Susie
2011-09-04: Bath time
2011-09-04: Cupcake
2011-09-04: Happy birthday to Aunt Susie
2011-09-04: Cupcakes
2011-09-04: Cleaning up after thirsty kids
2011-09-04: Ready to pounce
2011-09-04: Collecting snails
2011-09-04: Playing in the backyard
2011-09-03: Finishing off the ice cream
2011-08-31: Waiting for a treat
2011-08-30: Curls
2011-08-29: Busy night
2011-08-27: Swing
2011-08-27: Motorcycle
2011-08-27: Splash Pad
2011-08-21: Storm is clearing
2011-08-19: Chicken fingers
2011-08-19: Pasta
2011-08-19: Hotels are fun
2011-08-17: Back of the streetcar
2011-08-16: Commuter
2011-08-14: Reunited with our puppy
2011-08-14: Water levels are down about four feet. Boathouses are up on dry land.
2011-08-13: Ice Cream
2011-08-12: Canoe ride
2011-08-12: Goggles
2011-08-12: Sand castle
2011-08-12: Testing the water
2011-08-12: Lounging on the beach
2011-08-12: Blue sky is back
2011-08-10: Unsettled weather
2011-08-10: Story time
2011-08-09: Marshmallows
2011-08-09: Storytime
2011-08-09: Frog
2011-08-09: Looking for fish
2011-08-09: Sky is clearing
2011-08-09: Hula hoop
2011-08-09: KD Pasta
2011-08-08: Lunch on the deck
2011-08-08: Found a swing
2011-08-08: They’ll be in the lake all week
2011-08-07: Moon
2011-08-07: Freezies
2011-08-07: Ready for the cottage
2011-08-06: Toy train
2011-08-05: Zoo was fun
2011-08-05: Water park
2011-08-05: Cichlids
2011-07-23: Refreshed
2011-07-16: Pine Point
2011-06-25: Tree climbing
2011-06-25: More forklift
2011-06-25: Fork lift
2011-06-19: Concentrating
2011-06-18: Corn
2011-06-18: French fries
2011-06-18: Ribfest
2011-06-18: Lounging
2011-06-12: Hoodie
2011-06-12: Reunited
2011-06-12: Tired Owen
2010-12-19: Decorating the tree
2010-12-19: When children decorate
2010-12-19: In an online world, there are many more of us to watch them than there were of them to watch us. The …
2010-12-18: After all, what could more certain (or cherished!) than your tough-minded, critical and enlightened …
2010-12-16: Toronto’s latte classes may look down on you if you move to Guelph. But these days, even Guelph’s …
2010-12-11: It was time for some “blue collar” people to run city hall – says a millionaire putting the seals of …
2010-12-06: Last, there should be appointed a Minister of Opportunity Costs, whose sole responsibility would be …
2010-12-02: Insist that a single percent of risk is 1 percent too much when it comes to terror and American …
2010-10-31: Halloween 2010
2010-10-27: Toronto’s newly elected mayor identified that anger and the anxiety. Rob Ford fed into it and preyed …
2010-10-11: Southbrook Pumpkin Patch
2010-10-07: Most Canadians are simply not disturbed by the questions they are asked on the mandatory long-form …
2010-08-30: Todd Houston, Ironman
2010-08-28: Smoothies
2010-08-26: Lake Okanagan
2010-08-26: Airplane
2010-07-21: How in the world did we get to the point that filling out the long form census is just too much to …
2010-07-21: I want to take this opportunity to comment on a technical statistical issue which has become the …
2010-07-17: To turn statistical methodology into a political controversy, a government has to really screw up. …
2010-07-15: Then we will see an economic life closer to our biological environment: smaller firms and no …
2010-07-15: MP Irwin Cotler, a former justice minister, says that the trial will be the first of a child soldier …
2010-07-10: So, no new tax; no money flowing back to government to spend; no vast new bureaucracy springing up …
2010-07-08: A staple of collective self-awareness, the census is our national mirror. Arbitrarily and without …
2010-07-04: Rice Krispies
2010-07-01: “Keeping the Bees” on CBC’s Quirks and Quarks
2010-06-30: So what we have is a federal government that keeps asserting assumptions that almost all experts …
2010-06-27: Haircuts
2010-06-21: It became known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect — our incompetence masks our ability to recognize our …
2010-06-08: Although centralized control of messaging has been a growing feature of federal governments – …
2010-06-06: Bee swarm
2010-06-03: Public service vs. Academics I recently participated in a panel discussion at the University of Toronto on the career transition …
2010-06-02: Emma’s new Ariel doll
2010-05-11: Snake Oil? The scientific evidence for health supplements …
2010-05-10: Mother’s Day Brunch
2010-03-19: The previous prime minister was called Mr. Dithers because Paul Martin could never make up his mind. …
2010-03-19: In other words, you are starting to matter. From prorogation and ten percenters, to anger over CIDA …
2010-03-09: via Bathroom breaks could wait during gold-medal match
2010-03-08: Good Medicine Magazine – Health vs. Pork: Congress Debates the Farm Bill
2010-03-08: Expressing a gold-medal performance in public-sector efficiency by the number 1, the economists …
2010-03-07: Funny Grandpa
2010-03-07: Back to work
2010-03-06: Early Spring Stroll
2010-03-06: Our Healthy Princess
2010-02-27: Meeting Baby Caitlynn
2010-02-10: Science is not a cold body of facts, but an organized system of inquiry, discovery, evaluation and …
2010-02-08: It is time, finally, to learn from our mistakes. While global leaders focused single-mindedly on …
2010-02-08: Welcome to the fun house, friends. The 21st century is going to be the most dangerous and the most …
2010-01-31: Secretly, I suspect, we technologists quite liked the idea that Normals would be dependent on us for …
2010-01-29: In the New World, computers are task-centric. We are reading email, browsing the web, playing a …
2010-01-26: A great episode of Quirks and Quarks with slime moulds that can build engineering networks and …
2010-01-24: But we should cut the creationists a little slack, because every new bit of evidence, every …
2010-01-22: When the Illinois study looked at cases where engineers had taken the time to labor over …
2010-01-21: From brutal brooding to retrofit-chic Our offices will be moving to this new space. I’m looking forward to actually working in a …
2010-01-21: Owen Watching Cars gallery.me.com/mroutley A short video of Owen’s commentary while watching …
2010-01-20: The danger in all this is not just a corruption of science but also an emasculation of politics. The …
2010-01-20: When a party, like an individual, is guided by fear, then courage is banished, convictions are …
2010-01-10: In the end, though, the rules do matter - it’s just that obeying them doesn’t. They need to be there …
2010-01-09: In Our Time - History of the Royal Society www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hi… A great series on the …
2010-01-09: To Bee or Not to Bee : The Nature of Things www.cbc.ca/documenta… An interesting discussion …
2010-01-06: Christmas Excitement
2010-01-04: Good candidates for elimination from political language http://tgam.ca/GA7 (via @globeandmail)
2010-01-03: Top song of 2009 in the Routley household? Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed Peas. Clearly the kids …
2009-12-30: Canada deserves both a government willing to stand up and defend their decisions and a functioning …
2009-12-29: Our current response to terrorism is a form of “magical thinking.” It relies on the idea that we can …
2009-12-29: International human rights, it seems, are something the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit …
2009-12-29: Irresponsibility might seem to moralists an unsatisfactory condition for an adult, but in practice …
2009-12-28: The case for building green has rarely been made more clearly. “It’s very simple,” explains Stuart …
2009-12-27: History has exploded from the least likely corners; spurious events unsettled our surest …
2009-12-16: Why do these people keep bugging us like this? Does the spirit of scientific scepticism really …
2009-12-05: Good overview of the consequences of the Climatic Research Unit emails for climate policy …
2009-12-01: Back in the good old days when the bargain was firmly in place, it would have been highly …
2009-11-26: Interesting discussion with philosophy professor Mark Rowlands. The first third on the differences …
2009-11-25: Four good questions regarding Afghan detainees http://tgam.ca/EO4 (via @globeandmail)
2009-11-24: Thank goodness for civil servants who breach the walls of government secrecy and obfuscation and …
2009-11-20: One teaspoon of honey, about 21 grams, contains 16 grams of sugar, or 60 calories. It takes 12 bees …
2009-11-20: They’re playing lullaby versions of classic Led Zeppelin tunes at Owen’s daycare. Sound …
2009-11-20: RT @rhh: And of course, now we know exactly why the Tories have been so frantically trying to muzzle …
2009-11-19: RT @rhh: Tory’s torture defence: bafflegabble: http://bit.ly/jEg17
2009-11-18: Mesmerizing visualization of the decline of empires http://bit.ly/258w38 (via @boingboing)
2009-11-18: I swear the tens of thousands coming out of these (PhD) programs, they’ve got no street smarts …
2009-11-18: The Canadian TV industry isn’t naturally an economically viable ecosystem where each player can …
2009-11-18: Canada has left its children with little protection for the first pandemic in 41 years. Is this what …
2009-11-18: Forget fevers and sniffles. For working parents across the country, the most stressful flu symptom …
2009-11-17: To the extent that we have any infrastructure policy at all, it is badly disjointed, dysfunctional, …
2009-11-17: Inspiring story of Captain Trevor Greene http://bit.ly/4k15Ui (via @globeandmail)
2009-11-16: Partisanship, the desire to do as much damage to the other guy as possible, the dramatically …
2009-11-12: Healthcare is responsible for 8% of all CO2 emissions in the US http://instapaper.com/zGkjkf8f
2009-11-12: Good to see these detailed analyses of the Federal stimulus money http://tgam.ca/D5b (via …
2009-11-12: The new guide to citizenship could be a very interesting read, even for Canadian citizens …
2009-11-12: More commentary on road tolls for Toronto. This warrants serious discussion. http://tgam.ca/D5x (via …
2009-11-11: Toll roads are inevitable and likely a good public benefit http://instapaper.com/zmfr7d8k
2009-11-10: “Activism disguised as science” on the BPA ban http://tgam.ca/DYf (via @globeandmail)
2009-11-10: Canada talks boldly about free trade but does nothing to achieve it http://tgam.ca/DYg (via …
2009-11-09: Appreciating the sustainability theme here at the Toronto Forum for Global Cities
2009-11-09: RT @aradwanski: Smitherman confirms in our interview that he’s leaving cabinet, running for …
2009-11-04: We like to think that all great events have great causes, and obviously long-term political, …
2009-11-04: This is precisely how the character of a country becomes fundamentally degraded when it becomes a …
2009-11-02: It rarely matters who is on your side; what matters is who is against you. Unlike Gloria Loring, you …
2009-11-01: Most Canadians probably fall into a middle group. They’re sensible people who don’t like being sick, …
2009-10-31: Now, people waiting in queues will be questioned about why they are there - their likely response …
2009-10-29: Looking back over human history, rationality has been the anomaly. Being rational takes work, …
2009-10-29: A vast majority of professionals are in “emergency scanning” mode. Their self-management consists of …
2009-10-26: Where’s the remotest place on Earth? - New Scientist: Fantastic image and an interesting …
2009-10-25: 200 years ago, economists made a prediction, and we got it wrong. “Big deal” you might say. But it …
2009-10-23: While good design practices are valuable, the fact remains that every design decision we make is a …
2009-10-22: Better Place envisages a convenient network of charging outlets and battery-swap stations that will …
2009-10-16: The committee’s diagnosis was stark: the market, left to its own devices, is failing to deliver. …
2009-10-14: The Lost Prestige of Nuclear Physics www.thenewatlantis.com/publicati… For better or worse, …
2009-10-08: Denmark makes you green with envy - The Globe and Mail www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opin… We …
2009-10-07: What scientists face today is “almost disgraceful … The bureaucrats want to get a hold of the money …
2009-10-07: Emacs Installation on Windows XP I spend a fair bit of time with a locked-down Windows XP machine. Fortunately, I’m able to …
2009-09-14: Is Canada broken? www.theglobeandmail.com/news/poli… “We are in a continuous election …
2009-09-07: Emma is very happy with her new bike and is quite a fast rider.
2009-08-13: On our ferry trip across to PEI, we caught the attention of the boat’s captain. He was kind …
2009-07-31: Owen’s enjoying the trip.
2009-07-27: Yelled at by the owner of the Inlet Cafe in Mahone Bay for some spilled Owen cheerios. Not family …
2009-07-24: Out-of-office messages are set, let the vacation begin! Two weeks on a family road trip to the …
2009-07-24: But using federal dollars for infrastructure has two powerful political advantages. It gives …
2009-07-24: Earlier in the 20th century, governments treated public money with the same puritanical respect that …
2009-07-22: Owen loves being outside (via Flickr)
2009-07-21: Impressive. Japan commits to 20 kW solar panels on all of their 32,000 public schools by 2020 …
2009-07-18: Just tried a Galt Knife Old Style beer from Grand River Brewing. Quite tasty.
2009-07-18: Owen’s first (captured on film) steps: http://gallery.me.com/mroutley#100189
2009-07-18: This is right http://bit.ly/XDNA3 I’ll vote for the party that proposes a credible plan to …
2009-07-17: eHealth Ontario is controversial. But, having just copied my information dozens of times for routine …
2009-07-17: What makes these service stoppages all the more irritating is that they are unnecessary. Elected …
2009-07-15: Wow, $10,800 per kilowatt of power capacity for nuclear http://is.gd/1zZU9 (via @timbray)
2009-07-13: Interesting read on the health effects of wind turbines, with a comparison to coal and nuclear …
2009-07-12: Family stroll around the neighbourhood. Quite nice outside, if somewhat chilly.
2009-07-08: Property rights: the Nisga’a pave the way www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opin… Engaging …
2009-07-06: Restarting Apple Mail fixes my Notes synchronization problem with the iPhone. Repeat every couple of …
2009-07-04: Replaced stolen electric mower with a manual reel mower. Requires a bit more effort, but works quite …
2009-07-01: Lounging by the kiddie pool after a walk through the park.
2009-07-01: Registered for Toronto Hydro’s peaksaver program. My air conditioner is going to join the …
2009-06-30: http://www.gigatonthrowdown.org/ identifies building efficiency as the lowest cost pathway to …
2009-06-27: Bizarre. Someone broke into our garage & stole the landmower, leaving behind more valuable …
2009-06-25: Discomfort of my recent capitulation to IT was greatly reduced by #GTD guide to Outlook 2003. Saved …
2009-06-24: Instapaper Pro 2.0 released! Excellent. This is one of my top three iPhone Apps and these look like …
2009-06-23: Looks like an interesting article on data mashups in R: http://bit.ly/IEyg9 Could be a good excuse …
2009-06-21: Canada LEED projects The CaGBC maintains a list of all the registered LEED projects in Canada. This is a great resource, …
2009-06-12: Playing with a dump truck (via Flickr)
2009-06-11: Perhaps my last academic paper? http://bit.ly/32P2B Two manuscripts and several datasets left, but …
2009-06-10: I’ve been curious about this abandoned bank on Yonge Street. Jonathan Castellino has some …
2009-06-03: I was given an opportunity to propose a measure to clarify how and on what basis the federal …
2009-06-03: Every day is ‘science day' I was given an opportunity to propose a measure to clarify how and on what basis the federal …
2009-05-28: The kids have a great time together, which is fantastic.
2009-05-27: TheStar.com | World-beating bureaucrats www.thestar.com/comment/a… My research compared the …
2009-05-26: Math and the City judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/1… A good read on the mathematics of scaling in urban …
2009-05-22: Mama Earth Organics I’m certain that paying attention to where my food comes from is important. Food production …
2009-05-20: When it comes to the Canadian economy, Obama may as well be PM …
2009-05-19: Commercial air travel, like many other industries, is lubricated by cheap oil. Mr. Rubin, the former …
2009-03-26: globeandmail.com: Natives, Bay Street form country’s biggest farm …
2009-03-19: Goodyear's Religious Beliefs vs. Evolution Our minister of science continues to argue that his unwillingness to endorse the theory of evolution …
2009-03-18: Old Growth Media And The Future Of News www.stevenberlinjohnson.com/2009/03/t… If only there …
2009-03-17: @globepolitics: Canada says it has legal obligation to prevent Abdelrazik from travelling: Other …
2009-03-17: CBC.ca | The National | High-Minded Hypocrisy www.cbc.ca/national/… Rex Murphy is great at …
2009-03-16: Another good shot of Owen (via Matthew Routley)
2009-03-16: This picture always makes me smile. (via Matthew Routley)
2009-03-16: These companies couldn’t succeed by doing, so how are they supposed to succeed by planning? …
2009-03-13: globeandmail.com: The latest outrage: Just say no www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/s… But …
2009-03-13: Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a …
2009-03-11: Poor Ceiligh – she certainly is good natured.
2009-03-11: A rare shot of Kelly with both kids. If only we could get Owen and Emma to look at the camera …
2009-03-05: Sure, science isn’t that exciting. It tends to offer up steady, incremental bits of knowledge rather …
2009-03-04: Daring Fireball: Observations, Complaints, Quibbles, and Suggestions Regarding the Safari 4 Public …
2009-03-03: My plea to all Internet commentators is to at least step up to a certain level of wit and discourse …
2009-02-27: If you’ve ever played ‘Chinese whispers’, what comes out the end is usually gibberish, and more or …
2009-02-25: Death Sentences Review Death Sentences by Don Watson is a wonderful book – simultaneously funny, scary, and inspiring – …
2009-02-25: In finance, you can never reduce risk outright; you can only try to set up a market in which people …
2009-02-23: Omnivore After seventeen years as a vegetarian, I recently switched back to an omnivore. My motivation for …
2009-02-18: The first rule of reading a federal budget is this: When a round number such as $1-billion appears, …
2009-02-17: The best readers are obstinate. They possess a nearly inexhaustible persistence that drives them to …
2009-02-17: Physicists and mathematicians often stretch their imaginations by considering what the world would …
2009-01-31: So 2009 will be a squalid year, a planetary hostage situation surpassing any mere financial crisis, …
2009-01-30: The Arab states invest their oil fortunes in the craziest things, from the proposed Mile-High Tower …
2009-01-30: CBC Tapestry interview of Sam Harris. He explains the dangers or religion, especially religious …
2009-01-29: The only agency that regularly finances large-scale science in Canada was shut out of Tuesday’s …
2009-01-24: Scientists across America are celebrating the passing of the Bush administration as the end of a …
2009-01-15: No one is suggesting Darwinism has all the answers to social questions. Indeed, with some, such as …
2009-01-15: Ontario is taking its first baby steps to position itself for the coming revolution in electric cars …
2009-01-05: Instapaper Review Instapaper is an integral part of my web-reading routine. Typically, I have a few minutes early in …
2008-12-24: This country has an immense opportunity to reinvent itself with this budget and transform itself …
2008-11-04: Yesterday I would have ranked country music as one of my least favourites. Now, thanks to CBC Radio …
2008-10-15: Fantastic photos of the Sun, via The Big Picture
2008-10-15: The Food Issue - An Open Letter to the Next Farmer in Chief www.nytimes.com/2008/10/1… …
2008-10-14: Election 2008 Like most Canadians, I’ll be at the polls today for the 2008 Federal Election. In the past several …
2008-10-13: But the Black-Scholes model is quite different. It uses a model of the future to describe the …
2008-10-10: A Map of the Limits of Statistics In this article Nassim Nicholas Taleb applies his Black Swanidea to the current financial crisis and …
2008-10-05: Without God - The New York Review of Books www.nybooks.com/articles/… Steven Weinberg …
2008-10-05: Globe and Mail: Incremental man A detailed and fascinating portrait of Stephen Harper. As the article points out: The core of any …
2008-09-19: A New Bank to Save Our Infrastructure - The New York Review of Books …
2008-09-18: Dan Gardner . Harper economics www.canada.com/component… Dan Gardner interviews Harvard …
2008-09-16: The cycles in economic fashion show how far economics is from being a science. One cannot think of …
2008-09-08: kung fu grippe - Better www.kungfugrippe.com/post/4858… This is an excellent post by Merlin …
2008-09-06: Senate Report on “Emergency Preparedness in Canada” www.parl.gc.ca/39/2/parl… …
2008-09-05: globeandmail.com: Half-truths and zingers on the campaign trail …
2008-09-05: The ‘80s: Were They Really That Bad? : NPR Music www.npr.org/templates… NPR’s All …
2008-09-05: Even before the writ has dropped, the Tory campaign has made clear its intention to portray Mr. …
2008-08-07: Is it really good for future generations - the alleged beneficiaries of this deluded parsimony - to …
2008-08-06: Only when significant numbers of people lived downtown, planners believed, could central cities …
2008-08-06: Many hospitals put the drugs “on reserve,” but an apparent cure-all was too tempting for some …
2008-08-06: Ask a Kandahari what he wants from his government and you’ll get a familiar answer: not vast ideas …
2008-08-06: Success in the sciences unquestionably takes a lot of hard work, sustained over many years. Students …
2008-08-06: globeandmail.com: We must green the market www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/s…
2008-08-05: On Language - Me, Myself and I - NYTimes.com www.nytimes.com/2008/08/0…
2008-08-02: Ontario is not Alberta, and the philosophy that provincial rights should be paramount has always had …
2008-08-01: BBC NEWS | Magazine | No time to think? news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/maga…
2008-07-29: Unfortunately, it’s all pure bunk. To get serious about energy policy, America needs to abandon, …
2008-07-29: Bridges Still Crumble, a Year After the I-35 Disaster - The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times …
2008-07-29: The Nature of Glass Remains Anything but Clear - NYTimes.com www.nytimes.com/2008/07/2…
2008-07-28: The café operates on the honour system: Grab what you want, drop your money into an old streetcar …
2008-07-27: At least since the invention of television, critics have warned that electronic media would destroy …
2008-07-27: … the result will be an open culture of trust which gives scientists a real incentive to outsource …
2008-07-27: Patrick Watson Reading up on the upcoming Polaris Music Prize reminded me of Patrick Watson, last year’s …
2008-07-26: At one moment the patient experiences a painful phantom limb; at another he sees a mirror image of …
2008-07-26: Toronto, in my opinion, is uniquely a city of neighbourhoods, and the most important person in my …
2008-07-23: Stop the presses! Crime rates are falling A typically clear analysis from Jeffrey Simpson on the …
2008-07-22: It is one of Canada’s pathetic ironies that the two provincial premiers least concerned about …
2008-07-22: One might suppose that such a recurrent chain of blunders would gall a politically potent segment of …
2008-07-21: Stoooopid …. why the Google generation isn’t as smart as it thinks Times Online I think this …
2008-07-21: globeandmail.com: New law puts green screen on government decisions …
2008-07-20: My new favourite photo of the kids
2008-07-20: www.instapaper.com Fantastic tool for keeping track of content to read. Especially with the offline …
2008-05-28: Kelly and I are very happy to announce the arrival of Owen Bruce Routley. He arrived Tuesday morning …
2007-06-23: Stuck in the middle A recent press release from the federal government entitled “Making a Strong Canadian Economy …
2007-03-30: Creationists and their old tricks TVO’s The Agenda had an interesting show on the debate between evolutionary biology and creationism. …
2007-03-21: Stikkit from the command line Note – This post has been updated from 2007-03-20 to describe new installation instructions. …
2007-03-16: Yahoo Pipes and the Globe and Mail Most of my updates arrive through feeds to NetNewsWire. Since my main source of national news and …
2007-03-07: Stikkit Todos in GMail I find it useful to have a list of my unfinished tasks generally, but subtley, available. To this …
2007-02-19: DabbleDB My experiences helping people manage their data has repeatedly shown that databases are poorly …
2007-01-31: Stikkit-- Out with the mental clutter I like to believe that my brain is useful for analysis, synthesis, and creativity. Clearly it is not …
2007-01-07: Mac vs. PC Remotes I grabbed this image while preparing a new Windows machine. This seems to be an interesting …
2006-11-30: Plantae's continued development Prior to general release, plantae is moving web hosts. This seems like a good time to point out that …
2006-11-29: Text processing with Unix I recently helped someone process a text file with the help of Unix command line tools. The job …
2006-11-03: Images from the Hinode spacecraft Japan’s Hinode spacecraft has started taking pictures of the Sun. The detail of the shots is amazing …
2006-11-02: Edward Burtynsky documents our impacts on the landscape through extraordinary photographs. In this …
2006-10-31: Stern Review on the economics of climate change The Stern Review has been in the news recently for predicting that global warming could cost up to …
2006-10-08: Climate change and public relations This article in the Guardian explores the use of public relations firms by big oil companies to …
2006-09-19: Principles of Technology Adoption Choosing appropriate software tools can be challenging. Here are the principles I employ when making …
2006-09-19: TED-- Hans Rosling An excellent presentation regarding the use of country statistics. The visualizations are …
2006-09-11: Resumes & Spam Filters Since I’m looking for work, I found this post rather interesting. They’ve applied a spam filter to …
2006-07-12: The Canary Project-- Global Warming Documented in Photos The Canary Project is an intriguing idea. They are documenting the effects of global warming through …
2006-07-11: RSiteSearch I’m not sure how this escaped my notice until now, but `RSiteSearch` is a very useful command in R. …
2006-07-11: R module for ConTeXt I generally write my documents in Sweave format. This approach allows me to embed the code for …
2006-07-07: CBC Radio 3 The CBC Radio 3 podcast is an excellent source for independent, Canadian music. They have recently …
2006-07-06: expand.grid Here’s a simple trick for creating experimental designs in R: use the function expand.grid. A simple …
2006-06-07: Burning your money Burning our money by Marc Jaccard is a useful overview of some policy options for reducing …
2006-05-24: Heart of the Matter CBC’s Ideas has been running a series of shows on heart disease called “Heart of the Matter”. …
2006-05-23: Plantae resurrected Some technical issues coupled with my road-trip-without-a-laptop conspired to keep Plantae from …
2006-05-22: Competitive Enterprise Institute The Competitive Enterprise Institute has put out some ads that would be quite funny if they weren’t …
2006-05-16: Google Importer Google Importer is a useful Spotlight plugin that includes Google searches in Spotlight searches. …
2006-04-20: Google calendar Google Calendar has been featured in the news recently, and for good reason. Many of us have wanted …
2006-04-14: An Inconvenient Truth This looks like an incredibly important film. I hope it breaks all of the box office records.
2006-04-13: Analysis of Count Data When response variables are composed of counts, the standard statistical methods that rely on the …
2006-04-10: Getting Evolution Up to Speed There’s a common notion that our technology has slowed, or even stopped, human evolution. Evidently, …
2006-04-09: SSHRC and the theory of evolution This is quite a surprise, McGill University’s Brian Alters had his proposal to study the effects of …
2006-04-07: Deschooling, Democratic Education, and Social Change Matt Hern provides an interesting podcast available from Canadian Voices. He considers the 150 year …
2006-04-04: Desktop Manager I’m convinced that no computer display is large enough. What we need are strategies to better manage …
2006-03-27: Managing project files As I accumulate projects (both new and completed), the maintenance and storage of the project files …
2006-03-24: Sun grid Sun’s new Grid Compute Utility could be a great resource. As I described in an earlier post, running …
2006-03-19: Automator, Transmit, and Backup The Strongspace weblog has a useful post about using Transmit and Automator to make backups. One …
2006-03-15: Remote data analysis My six-year old laptop is incredibly slow, particularly when analysing data. Unfortunately, …
2006-02-24: Rails, sqlite3, and id=0 I’ve spent the last few days struggling with a problem with Plantae’s rails code. I was certain that …
2006-01-16: The Globe and Mail-- Constitutional reform How about a constitutional right to a healthy environment? The Constitution of Canada guarantees …
2006-01-16: Taxonomy release Plantae now supports the addition and updating of species names and families. A rather important …
2006-01-15: plantae foundations I’ve made a variety of important changes to plantae’s foundations. For the curious they are: …
2006-01-04: Plant breeding systems and pollen dispersal This book of about 600 pages is written to provide practitioners of pollination biology with a …
2006-01-04: Sexual interference within flowers of Chamerion angustifolium Hermaphroditism is prevalent in plants but may allow interference between male function (pollen …
2006-01-04: Effect of population size on the mating system in a self-compatible, autogamous plant, Aquilegia canadensis (Ranunculaceae) In self-compatible plants, small populations may experience reduced outcrossing owing to decreased …
2006-01-04: The effect of protandry on siring success in Chamerion angustifolium (Onagraceae) with different inflorescence sizes Protandry, a form of temporal separation of gender within hermaphroditic flowers, may reduce the …
2006-01-04: Correlated evolution of dichogamy and self-incompatibility-- a phylogenetic perspective Historically, dichogamy (the temporal separation of gender in flowering plants) has been interpreted …
2006-01-04: The consequences of clone size for paternal and maternal success in domestic apple (Malus x domestica) Clonal growth in plants can increase pollen and ovule production per genet. However, paternal and …
2006-01-04: Responses to selection on male-phase duration in Chamerion angustifolium Protandry (when male function precedes female) can enhance fitness by reducing selfing and …
2006-01-04: Beyond floricentrism -- the pollination function of inflorescences Mating by outcrossing plants depends on the frequency and quality of interaction between pollen …
2006-01-04: Pollen and ovule fates and reproductive performance by flowering plants Pollen and ovules experience diverse fates during pollination, pollen-tube growth, fertilization, …
2005-12-24: Idealized, Inaccurate but Successful-- A Pragmatic Approach to Evaluating Models Jay Odenbaugh provides an interesting article entitled: Idealized, Inaccurate but Successful: A …
2005-12-24: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Sierra Club Speech Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. gave a speech at the Sierra Club’s National Convention and Expo on …
2005-12-07: Breakpoint regression In my investigations of ovule fates, I’ve needed to estimate regression parameters from …
2005-12-07: Evolutionary Theory Sean Rice’s Evolutionary Theory is an excellent journey through the mathematical foundations of …
2005-12-02: Managing Email I recently lost control of my email. The combination of mailing lists, alerts, table of content …
2005-10-28: iTunes remote control The current setup at home is that I’ve added all of our music (several thousand songs) to our Mac …
2005-10-23: Combining pdf files Recently, I needed to combine several pdf files into one. The The Tao of Mac has a discussion of how …
2005-10-13: Evolutionary ecology diagram I have used this diagram of evolutionary ecology in a wide variety of contexts. In the hope that it …
2005-10-10: Plantae In collaboration with Jana and Steve Vamosi, I have started a new project called Plantae. The goal …
2005-09-28: Intelligent design in the classroom Now that intelligent design is back in the Canadian news, we should consider (again!) the …
2005-08-19: The Onion on Intelligent Falling theory The Onion on Intelligent Falling theory: “David Pescovitz: The Onion brilliantly parodies …
2005-08-13: Inflorescence architecture Mating by outcrossing plants depends on the frequency and quality of interaction between pollen …
2005-08-13: Trade-offs between clonal & sexual reproduction Clonality is very common in flowering plants, but its consequences for sexual reproduction have …
2005-08-13: Temporal separation of gender Dichogamy, the temporal separation of gender within a flower, is widespread throughout the …
2005-08-13: Population size The outcrossing rate is a fundamental attribute of plant populations that determines population …
2005-06-13: Vector assignment in R As I use R for data analysis and simulations, I become more comfortable and proficient with the R/S …
2005-04-14: Image uploads A particular challenge with maintaining a weblog is the uploading and resizing of images. The …
2005-03-14: Podcasting & the CBC The CBC has begun an experiment with podcasting. I’m impressed with the progressive approach to …
2005-01-29: Quirks & Quarks Quirks & Quarks is the CBC’s excellent science program. I usually download the mp3 archives of the …
2005-01-23: Astronomy pictures on the Desktop The “Astronomy Picture of the Day” is a source of fantastic images. To take advantage of this …
2005-01-01: Heritability of male-phase duration These data measured the genetic architecture of male-phase duration in Chamerion angustifolium. …
2004-12-11: Climate change and public relations A recent column in the Globe & Mail reminded me of our Federal Government’s plan for reducing …
2004-11-18: Google Scholar Yet another useful site from Google: Google Scholar. The site provides an interface for searching …
2004-11-07: JSTOR import script I’ve written a script that imports a JSTOR citation page into BibDesk. To use the script, I suggest …
2004-10-20: Ecology Retreat, University of Calgary Routley, M.B. Measuring the male gain curve. Ecology Retreat, University of Calgary Download
2004-09-29: The Crusade Against Evolution An interesting read from Wired News – The Crusade Against Evolution. In addition, the Panda’s thumb …
2004-09-12: Pollinator networks Plants are sessile and, consequently, many species rely on pollinators for mating opportunities. …
2004-06-03: Society for the Study of Evolution meetings 2004 Routley, M.B., L.D. Harder, & S.A. Richards. Ovule fates. Colorado State University Download …
2004-06-03: Society for the Study of Evolution meetings 2004 Routley, M.B., L.D. Harder, & S.A. Richards. Ovule fates. Colorado State University Download …
2004-04-14: Dynamic State Variable Models in Ecology There’s a powerful approach to modelling called dynamic state variable programming, covered in …
2004-04-06: Journal abbreviations Until recently, I was able to use journal abbreviations in all of my manuscripts. Consequently, my …
2004-04-04: Seed size I have been investigating issues of ovule and seed development recently. One question that has come …
2004-04-01: Confronting models with data The Ecological Detective by Ray Hilborn and Marc Mangel is an excellent source for learning how to …
2004-01-09: Character assignments in phylogenetic analyses In some recent research (http://public.me.com/mroutley/SIandDichogamy.pdf) I had to make inferences …
2003-11-21: Reference management I have been working through my references and papers trying to regain some control over the …
2003-11-19: Seed set of dichogamous plants Description: These data are the average seed set estimates for dichogamous and adichogamous …
2003-11-12: Ecology Division Seminar Series, University of Calgary Routley, M.B. The evolutionary significance of being one gender at a time. Ecology Division Seminar …
2003-09-04: Siring success of dichogamous plants Description: These data are the average siring-success estimates for dichogamous and adichogamous …
2003-09-04: Pollen deposition after single bee visits in the field Description: These data are pollen counts from stigmas after single bee visits in populations of …
2003-09-03: Pollen removal after single bee visits in the field These data are pollen counts from anthers before and after single bee visits in populations of …
2003-07-11: Floral Integration Unrelated to my “official” thesis work, I have been thinking about floral form and its influence on …
2003-06-03: Society for the Study of Evolution meetings 2003 Routley, M.B. & B.C. Husband. Responses to selection on protandry in Chamerion angustifolium …