Let's Make Some Art, Dammit

November 29, 2014. A day of running around, catching up on emails, and going to see the first part of a Hunger Games movie. I saw this branch in our front yard on the way home and thought it deserved its own photo. from Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_downes/15287549464

November 28, 2014. Winter has arfrived in Moncton, early again this year, with a good deposit of heavy wet snow (look at our poor spruce tree struggling under the weight). I had to shovel the car out from under this at 1:00 a.m. this morning after getting home from Boucherville. Another photo from my new Galaxy Note - I'm really pleased with the camera in this device. from Flickr http://ift.tt/1y15MTK

November 27, 2014. Di Jiang demonstrates the technique, then I spent some time practising my skills as a neurosurgeon using this device. This is at the NRC medical devices lab in Boucherville, Quebec. The glasses give me a 3D view, the tools are real, and when I touch the surface of the brain (in my case, to remove a tumour) I can feel the resistance of the flesh. It turns out, I'm a pretty good brain surgeon. And this type of application is a pretty good addition to our LPSS program. from Flickr http://ift.tt/1pu0a2r

November 26, 2014. Another day at NRC in Ottawa, then dropped some colleagues off at the NRC building at the Ottawa airport - one of our buildings includes this large wind tunnel at the airport - even though the large NRC-CNRC logo has been removed (or painted over), it's still an NRC property. from Flickr http://ift.tt/1vPOxFe

November 25, 2014. Another very busy day in Ottawa with no time for photos except at the very end of the day, when I was able to take this nice snap of my room at the Albert at Bay Hotel in Ottawa. from Flickr http://ift.tt/1vPOvxa

November 24, 2014. Back in Ottawa. Had a very nice albeit expensive dinner at the Courtyard Restaurant at the BywardMarket on George Street. I'm in the city for TechX, an internal NRC event to share information about programs. This was taken with my new Samsung Galaxy Note 4. from Flickr http://ift.tt/1vJEGAU

November 23, 2014. Basketball game this afternoon and it was not a good effort by the Miracles, with a predictable result. They don't look like they're in shape - they have nothing left in the second half - and they're pretty badly outcoached. Evening flight to Ottawa. from Flickr http://ift.tt/1rgkv79