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Driving Through Jasper
If you’re traveling between British Columbia and Alberta, be sure to take a drive through Jasper National Park. There are magnificent mountains of limestone and shale, and numerous glacial lakes. Lots of wildlife can be seen including caribou, moose, and rocky mountain sheep.
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Maze Game
Back in February I joined a game jam for BASIC-style programming languages. I was working with the theme of “maze.” Although I didn’t finish the game in time for the deadline, I did learn a bit on how mazes can be generated using different algorithms. My maze is generated using a simple reverse depth-first search…
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My Final Social Media Account
Recently I began experimenting with Nostr. It’s a protocol for building social networking apps, with many more potential uses. It was created by a nym, @fiatjaf (npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6) in November 2020. Nostr is an acronym that stands for “Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays.” It flips the current social media architecture on its head. First-wave…
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A Virtual Christmas Gift
I created this virtual Christmas gift. Why not open it and see what’s inside?
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Deas Island Park in Winter
I went for a walk in Deas Island Park last weekend and took a few shots. Rowers were out on the water, despite the cold. While looking out from the beach, a ship named Liberty King passed by. There is a nice shot of the Burnaby skyline in front of snow covered mountains.
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Mounting a Disk on Startup (Ubuntu MATE 22.04)
This guide is for Ubuntu MATE 22.04, but should work for any Ubuntu 22.04 spin. The disk will be mounted at the user level, not the system level. We need to obtain the UUID of the disk. In a terminal, execute the following: ls -al /dev/disk/by-uuid/ Open the Startup Applications Preferences app (MATE Menu->Preferences->Startup Applications).…
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Fall Palette on the Pitch & Putt
The golfing season is nearly over, but there is still time to get out on the course and enjoy the brilliant fall colours. These photos were taken at Queen Elizabeth Park Pitch & Putt in Vancouver.
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Mushroom Season Begins
Mycelium is busy recycling the year’s growth, and we can now see the fruiting bodies. 🍄
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Honeybee Landing
I managed to capture this cool action shot of a honeybee landing on a clover flower. 😀 It was taken with my phone camera. The best camera is always the one you have with you.
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Flowers at Deas Island Park
Happy Canada Day! I went for a walk around Deas Island Park today and the flowers were just lovely.