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Toronto, Day 1

15 June 2008, 6:39 am
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I spent most of last week on the road doing usability testing for a software project in Toronto and Tampa.
This was my first look at Lake Ontario from the hotel:

To one side I could see Rogers Centre.

We talked about going to see a Blue Jays game (they were in town) but this didn’t exactly materialize.
After […]

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prepositional phrase overload!

14 June 2008, 8:06 am
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AHHH! Brain ’splodes!

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bike lane markers around town

22 May 2008, 7:34 pm
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Somerville has been freshening up the bike lane markers. First they indicate where they should go:

Then they stencil the marker right on top:

Sometimes this makes it look like the iconic cyclist is wearing a cliché asian peasant hat

The narrow headed Somervillian riders make some of their skullish Cantabridgian counterparts look rather macabre in comparison:

Especially since […]

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words to live by

16 May 2008, 6:52 am
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In Davis Square

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banana hugs

9 May 2008, 6:49 am
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On the same light pole that once featured Anna [heart] Andrew Bird.

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let him who is without sin cast the first…

1 May 2008, 7:01 am
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. . .tow-truck!?

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patriots’ day synchronicity

21 April 2008, 7:33 pm
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I’d never heard of Patriots’ Day before moving to Massachusetts, so it’s sheer coincidence that on April 20th (which splits the difference between the actual commemorated date and the day of observance) I happened to ride my bike to Lexington.
I found another one of the fake signs I enjoy so much, like Oh, You and […]

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radio, radio

14 April 2008, 8:11 am
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I’ll be spinning tunes on WMBR tomorrow.

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