Let's Make Some Art, Dammit

December 31, 2017. The last day of the year has come and gone, and I spent another pleasant day writing code. Other people paint, cook, do metalwork - I code. Next year: same as the last. Here's to photo-a-day 2018. http://ift.tt/2DGCPTN

December 30, 2017. I had a fun day coding, so fun I forgot to take a photo. So this is a late evening photo of Polly in the bedroom. The colour is off because the light is tinted a dark yellow. http://ift.tt/2lrcQJc

December 31, 2017. The last day of the year has come and gone, and I spent another pleasant day writing code. Other people paint, cook, do metalwork - I code. Next year: same as the last. Here's to photo-a-day 2018. http://ift.tt/2DGCPTN

December 30, 2017. I had a fun day coding, so fun I forgot to take a photo. So this is a late evening photo of Polly in the bedroom. The colour is off because the light is tinted a dark yellow. http://ift.tt/2lrcQJc

December 29, 2017. It was -20 or so today, so cold that even the Sun looks cold. This is Andrea dropping off the candies she made at my parents place. Sadly they weren't home so they'll have to thaw them before they eat them. No problem, though; the candies were made for cold weather. http://ift.tt/2Dww6LW

December 28, 2017. Today this building is known as the Aberdeen Pavilion, but for my entire time at Lansdowne Park it was known as the Cattle Castle, and that's how I think of it. This is the view from the movie theatre where we went to see Star Wars. It was OK, not as bad as I was expecting. http://ift.tt/2zIAUvD

December 27, 2017. Quiet day today. Did some coding on the gRSShopper editor. Why? Becuse it's fun. This is a weed I can see from the bathroom window. I've watched this weed grow up, flower and die in the snow. Circle of life. http://ift.tt/2pOrQWk

December 26, 2017. Beside my bed. Some cold medicine, because I'm still under the weather. Green gel for dry skin. Tim's mug for evening decaf. Light. Wood stand contains my CPap. Not shown is my mobile phone charger. http://ift.tt/2E2sLp9

December 25, 2017. One of the nice things about being back in the Ottawa region is being able to enjoy Christmas with family. So too again this year where we had a quiet, comfortable and warm holiday. http://ift.tt/2BER4rC

December 24, 2017. The first day of some relief from my sore throat, which cheered me up a lot. I spent the day working on gRSShopper forms. This is Alex at supper time watching my every move as I eat. http://ift.tt/2C81TpE

December 22, 2017. Day three of my miserable sore throat with no end in sight. Still puttering on the computer. This is the new pottery I bought at the craft show a few days ago. I did not place the sprig of broccoli in the centre, that's where it ended up after cooking. Nice warm comfort food. http://ift.tt/2BFibTk

December 22, 2017. Still struggling with a miserable sore throat. Strepsils and NeoCitran to the rescue. This is the view from my home office window. Snow. Cold. Bleah. Spent the day investigating Javascript frameworks. http://ift.tt/2pCY1Yr

December 21, 2017. One last look at the office for 2017, where I finished up by completing timesheets and updating code. And also dealing with a nasty sore throat that felt like I had swallowed gravel when I woke up this morning. http://ift.tt/2DRCKgV

December 20, 2017. The sun set today at 4:20 pm. This is after that. It's a 'false sunset' - an image of the sun that appears because of a refraction of the sun in ice crystals in the air. This tells me that tomorrow will be colder. It will also be the shortest day of the year. Today was spent puttering mostly with things related to the business intelligence project. http://ift.tt/2CQgvqa

December 20, 2017. The sun set today at 4:20 pm. This is after that. It's a 'false sunset' - an image of the sun that appears because of a refraction of the sun in ice crystals in the air. This tells me that tomorrow will be colder. It will also be the shortest day of the year. Today was spent puttering mostly with things related to the business intelligence project. http://ift.tt/2CQgvqa

December 19, 2017. I was in Gatineau today to do a workshop with the people at CSPS where we talked about business intelligence, data analytics, KPIs, and such. On the way out I spotted what was probably intended to be a reindeer but to me looked much more like a moose. http://ift.tt/2kSCjKG

December 18, 2017. This is the office as I left this evening (I work in the building on the left). Today I spent the day finishing my analysis of CSPS documentation, looking for entities and properties being used to describe their work and its outcomes. Yes, this is fun work for me. A lot less fun was the commute through pretty miserable conditions. http://ift.tt/2ktXD9F

December 17, 2017. I read a blog post today wondering about the role of pens in or digital world, and it inspired me to take this photo of the pens I collected at the recent Online Educa Berlin conference. Today was a working Sunday; I spent the day figuring out how to revamp the gRSShopper forms so they're responsive and yet still Ajax. zero lines of code written, but I learned stuff. http://ift.tt/2kQn4Sn

December 16, 2017. We went in to the EY Centre for the Christmas Craft Fair (*might not be its official name). We got some catnip toys for the cats and some pottery for me (so I can go back to having soups for supper, which I stopped doing when my last bowl broke). You'll see the pottery in a future photo, no doubt. This is the 3rd place winner in the gingerbread house competition, but it was the winner in my eyes. http://ift.tt/2Co3y6P

December 12, 2017. We're having a bit of a snow event, nothing major, but enough to slow the highways to a crawl and cause a dozen fender-benders. This is the scene on Anderson Road as I wait for traffic. http://ift.tt/2yifOTU