November 26, 2025. Waiting for the Uber. I had to take the car in for servicing. It turns out it will need more servicing. #sddaily

Today's music: Samantha Fish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1e3K9siNDg

More on the new weather warning system. It turns out that there are at least two other colours over and above yellow, orange and red: light yellow (which I guess is a yellow 'watch' instead of a yellow 'warning'), and grey, which is a 'special weather […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I've just spent the last 15 minutes thinking about how our new weather alert system is now a risk matrix, wondering why they don't fill the blank parts with green, why they don't include 'smoke' among the categories, and considering whether earthquakes (no) […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Today's music: Nirvana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-pQhhavSpY

Today's music: Coeur de Pirate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDCPJullXiA

Today's music: Abba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm_74vzuqzk

https://ift.tt/nBphUEu Warwick Forest #dailyphoto #photography 2025365 November 23, 2025. This week's walk was also in Warwick Forest, this time taking a slightly different route. There was light snow throughout, but it wasn't cold.

November 22, 2025. Feeders. Had a productive day today, part of which included filling the feeders. We attracted the birds back already. #sddaily

Successfully upgraded the memory on my five-year old computer, makes up for all the lagginess Windows 11 caused

November 21, 2025. Afternoon Fog. This was the scene as I left the office a bit early, frustrated by slow internet speeds and my inability to get anything done. At least I was able to do Costco in the daylight. Dark winter afternoons are depressing. #sddaily

Thinking more about why there's been such a strong reaction against AI in academia and on the left... It's not the ethics. I don't think there's a genuine concern about the ethics. Call me cynical. I think it's that the trillionaire companies and individuals would rather just burn their money […]

Today's music: Diana Krall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_FMY1MXPDI

Today's music: Samara Joy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC2N4cwd8rs

Here's what eastern Ontario looks like today...

November 20, 2035. Frost. Just an ordinary work day at the office, but everything outside is covered in frost. #sddaily

November 19, 2025. St Laurent. Took a few photos of the shopping centre while waiting for my winter tires to be installed. #sddaily

"A full page of example sentences and phrases provides guidance on correct usage and immediately precedes or follows the conjugation table." Gordon & Stillman, The Red Pocket Book of Spanish Verbs. #page42

Hockey: the Beautiful Game Via https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1oz5fwu/the_beautiful_game/

November 18, 2025. Emma. Once again, productivity takes a back seat to the happiness of a cat. #sddaily

November 17, 2025. The Line. I've had the song 'Wichita Lineman' on my mind for the last few days. It's quite a good song, so I don't mind, and I enjoy reflecting on the lyrics. This is a power line near the local Metro that I shot while waiting for Andrea. #sddaily

Today's music: Måneskin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ILworCDk8U

Today's music: Amy Macdonald https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNowhbNvrB0&t=14s

https://ift.tt/geiEIf3 Warwick Forest #dailyphoto #photography 2025365 November 16, 2025. We took our weekly hike here to give my knee an easier time of it. It's right at that line between fall and winter.

November 14, 2025. Costco. The view after I did the weekly shopping on the way home from the office.

Maybe it's something new or just a phase, but this week I've been letting loose my analytical style of thinking (it's very hard for me to work with others because people's tolerance for this is limited). For example - using precise terms for precise concepts, for example, verbs that express […]

Today's music: Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gujg5vKocIc

Some notes on the basis of cognition - where am I wrong here? https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Exe6jX2vaTVuIVG3lzSFkNAAeamlEHvgHyxRGLoKmCo/edit?tab=t.0

November 14, 2025. Office Bobbleheads. Another day focused on work, which means a generic photo at the end of the day. Trying to get some papers written. #sddaily #bobblehead

Three cheers for Ian Linkletter, who is finally free of the Proctorio lawsuit. https://www.gofundme.com/f/stand-against-proctorio

November 12, 2025. Dental care. Cleaning, polishing and measuring. Tomorrow it's flu and covid shots. The fun never ends. #sddaily

November 11, 2025. Green snow. Today is a day off, which I'll use to catch up on work (after sleeping in). We're still in the cold from Sunday's record snowfall. This is in my back yard. #sddaily

November 10, 2025. Ceiling. I was heads-down all day catching up on reading. What this usually means is that I forget to take a daily photo - or in this case, take a picture of my ceiling at the end of the day. #sddaily

There. I'm caught up posting the news from the last few days. Phew.

Today's music: 65daysofstatic, Paul Weir: No Man's Sky: Journeys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nX_6uAyXw4&list=OLAK5uy_kVd7uOvxYUR_LnQUtoFA65iXKOAX1UeGI or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh4L0P2ZOTo Thanks @grantpotter

There has been a veritable *deluge* of new resources in the learning and technology space over the last few days; it will take me a while to catch up. Things will get busy on the @oldaily account - you might want to unfollow it for a bit. I'll be spacing all the new stuff over the next week or […]

And Ottawa wins the championship! Epic.

November 9, 2025. Snowfall. This is my back yard on a day better spent in a nice warm home.

We were planning to go into the city for the CPL (soccer) championship today, but the snowfall warning (and summer tires) forced a change of plans. Disappointed, but I'll watch it on TV.

This is a remarkable hour-and-a-half video from one of my go-to channels, Not Just Bikes. The video is a detailed take-down of 'vehicular cycling' as advocated by John Forester. According to Forester, cyclists should act like cars, and that bike infrastructure is dangerous […]

October 8, 2025. Dots. A close-up of a Pepsi truck from my parking spot at Costco. Saturday, and the parking lot is crammed, and this truck decided to unload right in the middle of the main access road. #sddaily

October 7, 2025. Commute. Tail lights on Blair Road as I wait for the light. Ottawa drivers can't drive in the rain. #sddaily

Convert your name to a Norwegian one. https://ainovakit.com/converter/norwegian-name-converter/

Slides, audio and transcript for the presentation I gave yesterday, 'Training and Educational Data Analytics: An Overview', are now available: https://www.downes.ca/presentation/599

Today' music: Aurora https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OKP2CUduTU

November 5, 2025. Photo from my office. I'm in the middle of delivering four presentations in about ten days, which means I've been pretty heads-down in my work. #sddaily

Slides, audio and video from my talk 'The Fediverse Six Months From Now' are all available - https://www.downes.ca/presentation/598 -- Not sure there were very many to actually follow along, but somebody - somebody! - has to push back against the anti-tech sentiment prevailing in open learning […]

I added episodes 14 and 15 to my Iceland videos playlist today. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeBQHgzQN9x0u1s5li0E1k5isMqdU0QWq Kind of a turning point in my trip.