Happy Monday. Just a thin sheet of ice remains on Summit Lake, at the 1/2 way point of the 100km Akshayuk Pass in Auyuittuq national park NU. Mount Thor in the distance. Our group got lucky to have an unforgettable layover day here basking in the sunshine. #BlueSkyMonday

Happy Monday. Looks like good road ahead under the big blue sky of Saskatchewan. #BlueSkyMonday

Happy Monday. The Rock Creek Badlands parkway in Grasslands national park (east side) is an 11 km paved road that rises and falls along an escarpment with westward views that showcase some of the most amazing vistas in Saskatchewan. All around are hiking trails and amazing scenery. #BlueSkyMonday

Happy Monday. Blackfoot Crossing historical park interpretive center for the Siksika Nation in AB is built on an escarpment at the site of a historic buffalo jump - it's also the site of the signing of Treaty 7 on Sept. 22 1877. Exhibits, tours and fine cafeteria; well worth the stop. #BlueSkyMonday

Happy Monday. Here's what hiking in Quttinirpaaq ("top of the world" in Inuktitut) national park can look like - fleece weather and 24 hour sun. It's the most northerly Canadian park on Ellesmere island - there were 11 hikers on the plane in and we were the only visitors that year. #BlueSkyMonday

Happy Holiday Monday. Loop Brook campground in Glacier National Park BC is an exceptional spot to hang out for a couple days - the campground has lots of amenities and the hiking is fine - you will pass remains of old train trestles and encounter great mountain views all around. #BlueSkyMonday

Happy Monday. On a wicked cold day like today, I'd rather be spending time here. Meat Cove NS - due north at the top of the Cabot Trail. #BlueSkyMonday

Hailing from Saguenay QC, ‘Angine de Poitrine’ (Khn de Poitrine on guitar, Klek de Poitrine on drums) are a “microtonal Dada-pythago-cubist rock orchestra” and, well, omfg. Here they are live on KEXP - enjoy. m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi...

Snooker’s greatest commentator since Ted Lowe. RIP John. m.youtube.com/watch?v=vNKx...

The pure tenor quality of the voice of Harold Montgomery Gives a special interpretation To the grand old hymn "The Old Rugged Cross" Chill bumps appear and I am frozen in the web They weave As they reveal Their innermost selves With the outpouring of their hearts ... A must!

Happy Monday. To get to Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine in Quebec you take the ferry due north from Souris in PEI - the seven islands form an archipelago all connected by the 85km route 199 (a blast on a motobike). Weather is lovely (windy) and it's easy to find great coffee & croissants. #BlueSkyMonday

There is nothing like a classic 1969 run of Dark Star> Stephen> Eleven> Lovelight (from Live/Dead no less), and that is just what the Dead give us in the second set here. There is also a fiery Other One Suite and the very last Clementine ever. gratefuldeadoftheday.com/01-26-1969

Happy Monday. Pond Inlet NU (aka Mittimatalik - “the place where Mittima is buried”) is located on the north east shore of Baffin Island and across the bay from Bylot Island and Sirmilik national park. This shot is taken from Salmon Creek which is about a 4km walk west from the town. #BlueSkyMonday

Walk out to winter, swear I'll be there Chance is buried just below The blinding snow.

Happy Monday. Leaving the harbour at Havre-Saint-Pierre QC on the north shore of the St. Lawrence - scattered around are the many islands making up the Mingan Archipelago national park reserve (est 1984) which is home to the largest concentration of limestone monoliths in Canada. #BlueSkyMonday

Happy Monday. Remains of RCMP Bache Peninsula Detachment on Ellesmere Island; if you happen by, a bottle is stashed in a cairn and you can leave a note adding to the many already there. Began with a 1933 letter listing the men (both RCMP & Inuit) posted from opening in 1926 to close. #BlueSkyMonday

RIP Bob Weir.

Happy Monday. If you take the train to Churchill MB to see the polar bears, a lot of the journey will look like this. This is morning sunrise after a good sleep on the train north from Winnipeg - winter is for polar bears (be sure to check out the bear jail) and summer is for belugas. #BlueSkyMonday

Happy Monday. Náįlįcho (Virginia Falls) is on the Naha Dene (Nahanni) river NT with a total drop of 96 meters, making it about twice the height of Niagara Falls. Lug all the gear down the hill and put in here - the majestic south section of the river is just ahead round the next bend. #BlueSkyMonday

Happy Monday. This here is the post office in Carlyle SK. #BlueSkyMonday

Tonight's listening.

Happy Monday. Haa Island sits at the junction of 3 fiords - the Beitstad, Hayes and Jokel which converge at 79° on eastern Ellesmere Island NU. The big ol' icebergs being calved off glaciers here in Beitstad fiord will eventually float out the Hayes and on down towards Newfoundland. #BlueSkyMonday

Running Light Without Overbyte.

Happy Monday. I love a good roadside motel. #BlueSkyMonday

Happy Monday. Took this picture of Kamloops lake just off the trans-Canada back in 2007 on my first cross-Canada trip ... only a few hundred kms to the coast from here. Who are these people and what is their story? #BlueSkyMonday

Happy Monday. People sometimes wonder why anyone would want to schlep a heavy backpack through the tundra without access to refrigeration or wifi for a couple of weeks. It's hard to say. #BlueSkyMonday

Happy Monday. Above the town of Revelstoke BC is the 'Meadows in the Sky' Parkway, a scenic 26 kilometer twisty fun road that climbs Mount Revelstoke gaining 1,365 metres altitude to the top at Balsam Lake. Up top there are marked trails and lookout points; a great place for lunch. #BlueSkyMonday

Eight-sided whispering hallelujah hatrack Seven-faced marble eye transitory dream doll Six proud walkers on jingle-bell rainbow Five men writing in fingers of gold Four men tracking the great white sperm whale Three girls wait in a foreign dominion ... Now is the time of returning

Happy Monday. Sirmilik ("the place of glaciers") national park takes up the majority of Bylot Island NU which is a short boat ride across the Tasiujaq (ᑕᓯᐅᔭᖅ formerly Eclipse Sound) waterway from Pond Inlet on Baffin Island. The park features glaciers, lots of wildlife and hoodoos! #BlueSkyMonday

The premier (and only) issue of "Dr. KiloByte's Creative Popular Personal Recreational Micro Computer Data Interface World Journal" (aka DKBCPPRMCDIWJ) from April 1980. 150 pages of superb nonsense - fake ads, bogus editorials, insane circuit diagrams and code samples - impressive work for a parody.

RIP Donna Jean. m.youtube.com/watch?v=rPlf...

Happy Monday. This is the fully restored dock area at Battle Harbour NL, a national historic site where you can stay a night or three in one of the refurbushed centuries old houses. No cars, phone lines, cell towers, with good food, peace & quiet. The ferry is from Mary's Harbour. #BlueSkyMonday

It's alive! The stereo - rust code cross-compiled to raspberry pico which controls 4 audio inputs (bluetooth, radio, vinyl, line-in). The UX is controlled by 1 dial and 2 switches - with volume control, radio station select, etc managed by rust. Haven't had this much nerdy fun programming in years.

Happy Monday. The trans-Labrador highway used to be entirely gravel - it's since been completed and the 1700 kms from Baie-Comeau to Blanc-Sablon is now paved. The transport trucks drive like hell - we'd have get right out of the way, stop, wave, and then wait for the smoke to clear. #BlueSkyMonday

Now listening - 1972 folk-gem "Upon Velveatur" by Montreal's Roger Rodier. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRLf...

Happy Monday. The arctic can be inhospitable and harsh but is also a place of unparalleled beauty and tranquility. This is the Bache peninsula on northern Ellesmere island NU which features archaeological remnants of Pre-Dorset, Dorset and Thule cultures dating back 1000's of years. #BlueSkyMonday

The first issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics and Orthodontia (Running Light Without Overbyte) from 1976. The name comes from the founders Dennis Allison and Bob Albrecht - the orginal focus was on TinyBasic but soon covered many nerdy aspects of the industry.

Happy Monday. Watching the fog roll in on Cape Breton Island. Happy Thanksgiving. #BlueSkyMonday

Byte Magazine visual archive - the zoomable map shows every page of every issue of BYTE starting from the front cover of the first issue (top left) to the last page of the final edition (bottom right). There is search over the full text of all 100k pages. Nerd out. byte.tsundoku.io

We're looking for the most original use of an Apple since Adam.

By issue #7, Compute! Magazine (Nov/Dec 1980) is now displaying their recognizable layout and graphic design which was consistent for several years up through 1985. The Art Direction was initally managed by J. Gary Dean then taken over by Georgia Papadopoulos and then Janice R. Fary. An iconic mag.

Happy Monday. A sun salutation in the Fairy Meadows which is nestled in the stunning Cirque of the Unclimbables. A side hike from the Nahanni river, it's a slog through the woods and up the scree to the Cirque, but worth it when you finally arrive. Nahanni national park reserve NT. #BlueSkyMonday

Compute Magazine vol 1 issue 1 from 1979 (before they excitedly changed the name to Compute! for vol 2) - focused mainly on good ol' 6502 machines.

Happy Monday. We got incredible views when we went scrambling up the scree above Summit lake in Auyuittuq national park on a layover day that turned out just perfect. This is about the 1/2 way point of the 100km Akshayuk Pass which crosses the park north to south (or vice versa). #BlueSkyMonday

Happy Monday. BC Ferries has the largest fleet of vehicle ferries in the world, operating 45 vehicles which serve ~50 locations on the coastal and island communities of the BC coast. If you find yourself on one, it's likely gonna be taking you on an adventure - get off the mainland! #BlueSkyMonday

Happy Monday. A shot of one of my top fave campsites in Canada. 8km due north of the top of the Cabot Trail in Meat Cove - if you squint or zoom in you can see a sole orange tent on the promontory with sheer rock drops all around. Relax and watch the minke whales go by - a magic spot. #BlueSkyMonday

Happy Monday. The Inglis Grain Elevators National Historic Site is the last remaining row of standard country grain elevators dating back to 1922. Five elevators still stand intact beside an abandoned rail line - the longest original row remaining. It's well worth taking the tour. #BlueSkyMonday

Happy Monday. A shot of the spillway for the Robert Bourassa generating station in QC - each step is the size of 2 football fields with a height of 10 metres. It's the world's largest underground power station and supplies > 20% of the electricity for Quebec. The tour is supercool. #BlueSkyMonday

Happy Monday. Kluane national park and reserve in south-west Yukon is a place of high mountain peaks and massive valley glaciers, boreal forests, sparkling lakes, iconic northern wildlife. The park lies within the territories of the Champagne, Aishihik and Kluane First Nations. #BlueSkyMonday

Happy Monday. The Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island NS is a 298 km loop around the northern tip of the island passing through Cape Breton Highlands National Park - it's a 100% exhilarating road. Don't miss walking the Skyline Trail when you're there. #BlueSkyMonday