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Unplug Your Robot with Critical Media Lab
A couple weeks back, Brohemus and I stopped by a Critical Media Lab gig at the Kitchener Studio Project on Gaukel driven by Professor Marcel O’Gorman. On display and on tap for discussion were student projects from two of Marcel’s … Continue reading
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Architect Douglas Cardinal at KPL
Arden and I are on a bit of an exploration of architect-as-career, as regular readers know. So when I saw that Canadian architect Douglas Cardinal (above) was speaking at the Kitchener Public Library on Tuesday, I signed us both up … Continue reading
Soundscape–lake ice
This is the soundtrack of my youth. With my bedroom windows open, I could hear the waves rolling in to the beach when the water was rough. Miss this. I shot this on Saturday night after dinner at the Boyd’s … Continue reading
1shot #224-country shoppin’
Stopped in at the Wallenstein General Store out in the county last week. It fascinates me. At Herrgott Rd and Line 86, this is the edge of Waterloo Region. DW
Inspired at UW Engineering Symposium
A couple of weeks ago, during March Break and after hitting the awesome UW Engineering Explorations tour, I took my kids to a UW Capstone Engineering Symposium in the Davis Centre. On display that particular day were 4th year group … Continue reading
Soundscape–construction flap on Hemlock Street
Headphones on, medium volume. Puttin’ some less familiar flavour in yer ear. I was packing up from a shoot in Waterloo and I had parked on Hemlock in front of this building that was under construction. The loose and flapping … Continue reading
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1shot #222-word on the street
I love this sign because it has visible spelling corrections and some work yet to be done. A work in progress. Like all of us. On King Street, this is Downtown Kitchener. DW
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1shot #221-word on the street
The KW Bookstore at 308 King West is delightful. Brohemus is a semi-regular there, taking in everything from books to LP records and then leaving with about as much stuff by weight. They don’t have a functioning website, but if … Continue reading
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1shot #220-word on the street
We don’t talk about this as much as we should: the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. If we don’t talk about it, there develops a potential to take it for granted, and then there’s a danger of those rights … Continue reading
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Repost: MakeKW visits hacklab.to
Well, it is Throwback-Thursday, so I’m bringing back some old stuff from the deep web after seeing a comment from my friend and hackerspace meta-maker, Seth Hardy. He worked hard helping to build hacklab.to in Kensington Market and then Site … Continue reading
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