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A snowstorm on a comet

19 November 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Science, technology
You think our winter is crazy here? Whiteouts, snow storms, blizzards... imagine a snowstorm in space - with snow falling up, instead of down! That's what's happening on Comet Hartley right now. Particles of ice and snow - frozen CO2 probably, and some as large as a basketball - are being shot from jets on the comet's surface. This...

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A sappy Thoreau misquote becomes a viral meme online

14 November 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Language use and abuse, Social values, technology
I came across a quote allegedly from Henry David Thoreau's work, Walden, today, and it bothered me that it rang false. The attributed quote was, "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them."

Humbug. What Thoreau actually wrote in Walden was, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet...

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Hilarious political satire on YouTube

09 November 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Politics outside Canada
Found two brilliant, political satire videos on YouTube today. And if you follow US politics, you really have to watch these two. You will be amused. First is a take-off on Gilbert and Sullivan's "Model of a Major General" for a defence of Obama's presidency that hits home quite...

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Tags: America, political satire, YouTube, US politics 3 Comments


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Deleted other blogs here, moved to the Blue Agave Forum server

09 November 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in technology
For those of you who didn't know, the forum here was shut down this summer and everything but this blog was moved to my new server, the Blue Agave Forum, hosted with GoDaddy. This was done because the server here - Hostpapa - was becoming increasingly hostile towards my sites and the maount of traffic I get.

Their promise of...

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The future of parking enforcement?

09 November 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in technology, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m...
Now while we don't have the budget for this type of equipment right now, it's probably coming sometime in the future for bylaw enforcement. It is worth following up to find out if the improvements in efficiency pay a dividend that helps counter the cost, and how long the pay-back period is.

This story from the Municipal Information...

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Fixing a small bug - go to ianchadwick.com/forum/blog/mumpsimus/index.php

03 November 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in technology
A bug after a recent upgrade has flummoxed me. Am working on it right now. Problem is in the recent update from IPS, the software publisher.

Got to http://www.ianchadwi...mumpsimus-blog/ to see the blog or to...

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More communities use social media during elections

05 October 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood's municipal m..., Election 2010, Social values, technology
Two recent articles from the Municipal Information Network tell about the increasing use of social media by municipalities to engage voters. Some worthwhile ideas to consider for Collingwood are in these stories:
[quote][b]Cambridge Uses Social Media Tools to Help Increase Turn Out at the Polls
"The Rant – Youth Vote" Wins Video...

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Wifi motion the mayor's Waterloo?

30 September 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in technology, Social values, Science, Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m..., Collingwood life
Mayor Carrier announced a week earlier that he intended to make a motion about discontinuing municipal wi-fi services in the town of Collingwood, starting with the Library. That caught everyone off-guard because not only had it never been raised as a municipal issue this term, but he never discussed it with either town staff or his colleagues...

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Tags: wireless, wi-fi, Collingwood Municipal Madness, mayor 8 Comments


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Ideas for local government 2.0

03 June 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in technology, Social values, Science, Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m...
The most interesting seminars I attended at the recent FCM were about what's been dubbed "government 2.0" - government that's open, accountable, and uses the technological tools to create interactive communication with its residents. It's as much a philosophy as a practice. But it requires an administration and bureaucracy...

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Tags: accountability, Collingwood's municipal madness, internet, open government, government 2.0, web 1 Comments


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Changing server, please update your bookmarks

24 May 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in technology, Uncategorized
The Blue Agave forum has been moved to:
www.blueagaveforum.com/forum/index.php
Please update your books marks and use that address for forum posts, gallery uploads and new blogs. Posts, comments and replies made over the May 24th weekend may not apear on the new server due to the...

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Tags: server, URL, Web site, hostpapa, bandwidth 0 Comments



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