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The night sky in 37,440 exposures http://bit.ly/jU1SU1 - Stewart Midwinter

Lots of good stuff coming from Asus. Too bad the Eee Pad MeMO will be released the last of the four new devices, with the Windows-7 powered Slate being released the first. - Stewart Midwinter

Calgary's first bike-track (on-street separated pathway) - Stewart Midwinter

A good summary of most of the soon-to-be available Android tablets in 10", 7" or smaller sizes. (in Spanish). - Stewart Midwinter

1st stop - at Amato Gelato - Stewart Midwinter

A pair of Batavus bikes at the Pathway Pedal Potluck in Edworthy Park - Stewart Midwinter

When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking. *-- Arthur Conan Doyle* - Stewart Midwinter from email

the pedestrian bridge over Bow Trail is being torn down in order to be replaced with a wider and longer one. - Stewart Midwinter

This is a nearly new Jamis Beatnik single-speed 46/16 commuter bike with flip-flop rear hub (i.e. it could be turned into a fixed-gear bike). Skinny tires, goes fast. Used less than half a dozen times: chain isn't even dirty yet!. $500 OBO, details to follow. Size somewhere around 56cm Contact Charlie Sark at 403 874-3363 or charlie 'at' sark.ca. - Stewart Midwinter

Iris Erlingsdottir writes on the ramifications of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption on our civilization as we know it: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/iris-le... <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/iris-le...> - Stewart Midwinter from email

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them. Sent with brevity from my Android phone - Stewart Midwinter from email

#haiku #soaring #flying. Rhythm of the day: / With it, you are flying far. Without, /You are going to land. - Stewart Midwinter from email

Well it's actually a scan, not a photo, but it's a valid point - we have all the studies we need. - Stewart Midwinter

Great weather for the first day of spring means it's a great day for bike polo at the W Hillhurst polo pitch. - Stewart Midwinter

I wrote a short article on this topic and published it over on the SoftCircus <http://blog.softcircus.com/...> tech blog. [image: ?ui=2&view=att&th=126b66292be0b2fb&attid=0.1&disp=attd&realattid=ii_126b66292be0b2fb&zw] - Stewart Midwinter from email

Afternoon rays in the Alberta foothills on the final day of the year, and decade. - Stewart Midwinter

Starting a new decade with a stroll in the snow to admire the moutains' beauty - Stewart Midwinter

cycling under the arch - Stewart Midwinter

with this deal, I think bit.ly will become even more important in the URL-shortening game. - Stewart Midwinter

Here is a gripping re-enactment<http://www.exosphere3d.com/pubwww...>of the flight by US Airways 1549... the one that ended up in the Hudson River in New York after hitting birds 2 minutes after departure from La Guardia airport. The software firm that did the re-enactment pulled together audio, visual, radar data to re-create the flight, with a high degree of realism. - Stewart Midwinter from email

You don't need a car to haul a lot of bottles! - Stewart Midwinter

First published by André Gorz in 1973, the essay "The Social Idolology of the Motorcar<http://www.copenhagenize.com/2009...>" is a trenchant analysis of the problems that automobiles have brought to the world. - Stewart Midwinter from email

Here are a few pictures from Ecuador, and a brief summary of my mountaineering adventures there while working in Quito on a business trip. I took the new telefériQo up out of Quito (to 3950m), then scrambled up Rucu Pichincha<http://www.mtbguru.com/trip...>(4705m) Saturday October 18th. It cost $8. I took the obvious path and followed it up rolling hills to the base of the steep rocks, then continued around the backside and zig-zagged up to a final scrambly bit near the top. Once I got above 4400m (i.e. higher than the highest point in the Rockies, Mt. Robson's 4394m), I began to feel a little light-headed and even slightly dizzy, and I got a slight headache. Nothing that would hold me back, however. From the summit I got a good view of the slightly higher Guagua Pichincha and the intervening Padre Encantado. Also on the summit, I met some like-minded travelers and we made plans to go out the next day. The next morning, I got together with an... more... - Stewart Midwinter from email

BBC new has a video <http://www.youtube.com/watch...> showing clips taken from bird-mounted cameras. They stuck a camera on the fastest bird on the planet, the peregrine falcon, then on the most maneuverable, the goshawk. The footage is stunning. - Stewart Midwinter from email

Historical information on my great-grandfather Charles Midwinter, part of the first generation of Midwinters born in Canada after the family arrived in Hamilton, Ontario, around 1840. http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs... - Stewart Midwinter from email

While I'm in Ecuador I may occasionally broadcast my position using my Spot<http://www.findmespot.com>messenger. You can see my updates here<http://share.findmespot.com/shared...>. - Stewart Midwinter from email

Photo of the Day 091004 - Traffic Calming: Friend or Foe http://pi.pe/3ozhcz - Stewart Midwinter

GPhone app "My GPS Status" says 'welcome back to Canada': it's 7C and raining here in Toronto. ==== Wireless Networks ====== Latlng: 43.681982,-79.614762 Last update time: 07:11:49 Accuracy: 1062.0m - Stewart Midwinter from email

9 de Julio http://pi.pe/ffh2l4 - Stewart Midwinter

Obelisco http://pi.pe/khkgcg - Stewart Midwinter