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Turn the Page: Eulogy for a Journal
Posted in: Narrative13 Years. That’s a lot of page turning. It’s a worn out cliché, but it’s worn out because it’s good. If you’re going to ask, I prefer the original Bob Seger version to Metallica’s cover, but to each his own. For the past 25+ years I’ve been journalling on and off with various levels of…
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Don’t Let Anything Stop You From Getting Out
Since the beginning of the year, for a myriad of reasons, most days I’ve been trudging out to my unheated garage and pounding through an hour on the bike trainer. It’s been a good experience, I’m learning a lot about myself and making progress. It ain’t riding outside though. Yesterday after watching yet another internet…
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Poets of Instagram
I’ve really grown to love Instagram as a social media platform, it’s become one of my favourite places to visit online. It’s currently the only social media app I have on my phone. I enjoy the nature of it – the fact that it’s primarily visual. I’m pretty selective with who I follow and for…
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It’s Friday, Mofos: Therefore, JAZZ.
Posted in: MusicSo I’m bombing down the dark backroads of New Brunswick between the Hinterlands of Chipman and Fredericton last night and listening to jazz on CBC Radio2’s Tonic – you know – cause that’s how us New Brunswickers take the sting off an hour back and forth drive for a tough Atom Rec Hockey 8-0 pasting…
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Numbers are Just Numbers
Posted in: The Internet & MediaA great article from TechDirt that popped up in my feed recently: “…internet traffic is half-fake and everyone’s known it for years, but there’s no incentive to actually acknowledge it.” Many of my clients come to me, worried about their website, SEO and page views. The Web wants you to believe that the Web is…
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Winter Fools
Posted in: BikesMany mornings like these over many years I would get up and start by checking the temperature. After that, experience had told me based on the amount of noise and creaking my house was making under the wind that the windchill would be at least -10 more degrees. I would suit up in a combination…