Owen’s first (captured on film) steps: http://gallery.me.com/mroutley#100189
This is right http://bit.ly/XDNA3 I’ll vote for the party that proposes a credible plan to increase taxes and cut spending.
eHealth Ontario is controversial. But, having just copied my information dozens of times for routine paperwork, we need electronic records.
What makes these service stoppages all the more irritating is that they are unnecessary. Elected politicians can – if they have the nerve – remove the conditions that foster them. Only where cities operate a unionized public monopoly on garbage pickup are city residents potential hostages to a strike vote. And there is no good reason for these monopolies to exist.
Wow, $10,800 per kilowatt of power capacity for nuclear http://is.gd/1zZU9 (via @timbray)
Interesting read on the health effects of wind turbines, with a comparison to coal and nuclear http://bit.ly/S51fv (via @globeandmail)
Family stroll around the neighbourhood. Quite nice outside, if somewhat chilly.
Property rights: the Nisga’a pave the way
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opin…
Engaging in commercial activity doesn’t make someone less indigenous
Restarting Apple Mail fixes my Notes synchronization problem with the iPhone. Repeat every couple of days.
Replaced stolen electric mower with a manual reel mower. Requires a bit more effort, but works quite well and is much quieter.
Lounging by the kiddie pool after a walk through the park.
Registered for Toronto Hydro’s peaksaver program. My air conditioner is going to join the semi-smart grid and reduce peak load.
http://www.gigatonthrowdown.org/ identifies building efficiency as the lowest cost pathway to achieve 1-gigaton CO2e reduction by 2020.
Bizarre. Someone broke into our garage & stole the landmower, leaving behind more valuable things. Didn’t even take the electrical cord.
Discomfort of my recent capitulation to IT was greatly reduced by #GTD guide to Outlook 2003. Saved hours of fiddling. http://bit.ly/GyObv
Instapaper Pro 2.0 released!
Excellent. This is one of my top three iPhone Apps and these look like important changes.
Looks like an interesting article on data mashups in R: http://bit.ly/IEyg9 Could be a good excuse to use R at work (via @timoreilly)
Canada LEED projects
The CaGBC maintains a list of all the registered LEED projects in Canada. This is a great resource, but rather awkward for analyses. I’ve copied these data into a DabbleDB application with some of the maps and tabulations that I frequently need to reference.
Here for example is a map of the density of LEED projects in each province. While here is a rather detailed view of the kinds of projects across provinces. There are several other views available. Are there any others that might be useful?
Playing with a dump truck (via Flickr)
Perhaps my last academic paper? http://bit.ly/32P2B Two manuscripts and several datasets left, but no resources to do anything with them.