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Simplified fabrication | Mez Dispenser

Simplified fabrication | Mez Dispenser. – things have changed since earlier today when I told myself to blog this. Anyhow, Dave Meslin is a serious asset to Toronto. To summarize, he was surprised at a city statistic, arranged volunteers to … Continue reading

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Toronto Election Polls

Following up a bit on my recent post, it seems I’m one of the data points in the latest Nanos Research poll (PDF). While my vote is still undecided, the one thing I do know is that my least-desired choice … Continue reading

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Toronto Elections 2010

I’ve been largely ignoring all news about the Toronto mayoral election until it suddenly dawned upon me that I can vote this time, given my recent move back to Toronto. Better get informed… Election website is here. The date is … Continue reading

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An Idea for the TTC

I’ve oft-critisized the TTC (well, its management) in private for practices such as not opening up their data (in GTFS). Toronto’s transit agency is now the main holdout in the area. Actually, only one of the agencies has made their … Continue reading

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WorldChanging Seattle: Smaller Homes, Bigger Communities

WorldChanging Seattle: Smaller Homes, Bigger Communities – my interests seem to converge a lot. Reading an article about how small houses are better (which I have been trying to convince people of for some time) on a Seattle (where I … Continue reading

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toronto and gun clubs

so I intended to write this post last week, after reading some articles to make sure I had my facts right. having procrastinated, I see that Councillors back down on anti-gun proposal, and also I didn’t have my facts completely … Continue reading

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Unveiling Museum station

Unveiling [the Toronto TTC] Museum station – everyone may not like Joe Clark, but the world needs more people like him. People who care enough about the public good to do quality work on their own time for it, when … Continue reading

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The Map Room: Toronto’s Language Quilt

The Map Room: Toronto’s Language Quilt – really neat map by the Toronto Star.

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Inscribed in the living tile: Type in the Toronto subway (Joe Clark)

Inscribed in the living tile: Type in the Toronto subway (Joe Clark) – I read just about all of this, so I must be crazy. As much as I’d like the TTC to fix the signage problem (I wouldn’t mind … Continue reading

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Toronto Transit Camp

Toronto Transit Camp – extremely cool idea. I’m not sure if I can attend (nor do I have a lot to contribute at the moment), but I am looking forward to the results.

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