Let's Make Some Art, Dammit

December 31, 2018. We got the car back today - yay - and did some shopping at St. Laurant while we were in the city. Then back home, took a nap, set up the new docking port, and watched videos. Yeah - New Years and Netflix. https://flic.kr/p/RPUYdb

December 30, 2018. Pretty much a repeat of yesterday. Spent then day working on Electron, then managed to snap a quick Alex picture in the kitchen. https://flic.kr/p/2cRUrD9

December 29, 2018. I've been pretty focused on learning electron and haven't been thinking of things like photos. Still, I managed to take this one of Alex in the kitchen. https://flic.kr/p/2bceLqN

December 28, 2018. We finally had our Christmas dinner with family as they came to visit us and we all went out to a local restaurant. Cold day today - this is a weed frozen in ice as viewed from the bathroom window. https://flic.kr/p/2bceyg7

December 27, 2018. This is Rideau Centre the day after Boxing Day. We took the train into the city and rented a car so we could do shopping and other errands. We also checked in at the dealership to make sure they repaired the car (and in another photo you can see what's left of the tire). https://flic.kr/p/2cuNv7F

December 26, 2018. This is my office, where I play, erm, I mean, work. The inside lights are soft, I get a nice view of lawn and trees outside the window, and the main idea is to make it comfortable. It works. Today I spent time setting up Windows Hyper-V so I could install and run Electron in a Linux environment. Also updating and making Docker for Windows work properly. Getting there. https://flic.kr/p/2cMyBef

December 25, 2018. This, on the screen, is play for me. Specifically, I am learning Electron, a Javascript-NPM based framework for building desktop applications. It's just at the right level for me - a challenge, because a lot of the scripts don't work (having been tested in only one environment, etc), but easy enough (because I know Javascript pretty well) that I can solve the problems and make it work. https://flic.kr/p/2dTw8uz

December 24, 2018. I'm the sort of person who gets really immersed in what I am doing and forget to do other things. That's been the case with my E-Learning 3.0 course, which completely captured my imagination, and while I was (mostly) taking my photos of the day, I wasn't uploading them. This is me in bed, Christmas Eve, catching up on editing and uploading my photos. https://flic.kr/p/Q3Ae36

December 23, 2018. We discovered today that it is impossible to find a car to rent on Christmas Eve. So we'll be spending the next couple of days at home. This is the Mark Stone t-shirt that was a giveaway at the Senators game we attended. It was good marketing - seat discount plus t-shirt plus quality opponent makes for a fun day. Except for the bit where I blow out one of my tires. https://flic.kr/p/Q3A5nv

December 17, 2018. Shot out of the window at a red light on Blair on the way home from work. My days these days are focused on my course and on gRSShopper. It's going really well, but I'm quite distracted by it (and not paying attention to things like getting good daily photos). https://flic.kr/p/2cFEzUL

December 22, 2018. In the afternoon I had the wrap-up video for E-Learning 3.0 and in the evening we went to the hockey game. On the way home we blew out a tire on the Queensway. CAA came through with the tow and Uber got us back home to Casselman for a reasonable fare. It was a good game despite the Washington's 4-0 win. https://flic.kr/p/2dMzQ76

December 21, 2018. The HCI team went out for lunch today to an Indian restaurant near our office. I'm not really a fan of Christmas events at work but it's nice to have some different food. https://flic.kr/p/2coUZuB

December 13, 2018. This lovely photo is Alex drinking from a water bottle in the sink. That's my coffee cup beside him. We do give the cats nice fresh water in their water bowls, but they prefer this. Because cats. https://flic.kr/p/2coUtRZ

December 16, 2018. This is one of those days where I was so busy I only had time for a quick photo outside the front door. I've been making a lot of progress on gRSShopper, integrating badges and blockchain. https://flic.kr/p/2coU5ak

December 15, 2018. This is the plate I eat supper on every day. It's actually a shallow bowl. My supper consists of a piece of fish (tuna or cod) and some vegetables (peas, these days). https://flic.kr/p/RDF23C

December 20, 2018. Andrea has been picking up her baking skills recently and this was absolutely delicious. It also filled the house with the smell of fresh baking. https://flic.kr/p/Q2ndmt

December 19, 2018. Polly actually fits completely in this box, but she raises her head when I go to take a photo. https://flic.kr/p/2dLWzee

December 18, 2018. This photo is out of order, but I'm behind, so I won't worry about order for a bit. This is my office at NRC - I still can't really believe I have an office, but there it is. https://flic.kr/p/2dGsm1S

December 14, 2018. I've fallen behind in my photos of the day - just so busy with the course (that's a good thing, not a bad thing). I took this photo on the way to work, thinking "every day, I get to go for a drive in the country." I really do appreciate that. https://flic.kr/p/2dLVCW6

December 12, 2018. Some days when I'm in all day coding and such the photos get pretty random. Like today. I made a lot of progress on the RSS viewer and badge awarding system and the end is in view. I've had the time and space recently to devote myself more fully to this work and I feel it beginning to unfold in the way it should. https://flic.kr/p/2cs2JB7