We don't often feel excited for the end of summer, but I had a lot of fun in August and September developing three Heritage Home and Tree Tour walks for the pilot Neighbourhood Shifting Gears Program, run by Peterborough Green-Up. The purpose of the walks was to connect neighbours, learn cultural … [Read more...]
Add This: A really neat tool for sharing
Here's a great tool for your website that facilitates the sharing of content via social media links. It's called AddThis and you've likely seen the little doodads at the bottom of news articles or blog posts. Heck, this blog sports them too, down there just above the "leave a comment" in this … [Read more...]
Heritage Home and Tree Tours
It was such a hit two weeks ago that we're offering it again; the Neighbourhood Shifting Gears Walks! I'm leading two walks this week: one in the Avenues Wednesday eve, and the second in the London Street Footbridge east neighbourhood on Thursday eve.For more info about the walks and this great … [Read more...]
A note of caution about a PayPal phishing scam…
Be on the look out for a sophisticated phishing scam that seems to be attacking PayPal transaction users and/or account holders. Here's what happened to me recently...I paid for a fundraiser this week through the charity's online payment process using PayPal. I also have a PayPal account for … [Read more...]
Branching out, Mac
I've always loved instructing and sharing ideas. I suppose I get that from my parents—retired public school teachers and administrators. I have worked for years as a Mac Tutor "on the side" helping friends and family facilitate their digital life on their Macs. I've developed several tutorials on … [Read more...]
Happy Anniversary, Honey!
My wife and I got married four years ago on this day. While I would really like to be with her, she's up north at the moment visiting family in TBay. That's fine, because I'm supposed to be doing drywall. Since I can't be with her, I'm writing about how much I love her on my website. Isn't that a … [Read more...]
A new raison d’être
That would be French for “reason for being“. And I look forward to speaking French with my daughter someday soon.I must say, now that I’m a father of a beautiful little girl (she’s 10 mn at this posting) everything I do has a new hue, a slight “outer glow” if you will (to use a Photoshop term). … [Read more...]
Civic Ecology
As an "Urban Ecologist", I just think this is a great quote from a professor in—what some call—an emerging field. We're all part of the urban ecosystem and need to start thinking of civic ecology more seriously. … [Read more...]
A new website for a website guy
As you'll learn on my about me page, I have been building websites for over a decade now. But for too long I fit into the classic stereotype; the web designer's website always comes last. It's like the saying my mom reminded me of, "The shoe cobbler's kids go shoeless". Well, here I am with a fresh … [Read more...]