Snug in Quebec

What a neat section of Quebec! I promise, parkour photos coming soon . . . class in an hour.


Parcourse

first sign of parkour in Quebec

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Niagara Falls

Winter view of Niagara Falls on approach to Toronto. (Biggest swirl I’ve ever seen!) Onward to Quebec. #notFrozenYet

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The republic of babel

But democracies need to be able to talk. I have to know more than just what you want to do or want me to do. I need to understand why you want what you want, and I need to be able to explain why I want something different. We have to be able to discuss the nuances of our hopes and fears and plans — what’s absolutely essential and what isn’t — so that we can cobble together a solution that we can all live with.

~ Doug Muder, from The Republic of Babel

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Ready for Quebec

Twas the night ‘for Quebec, and all through the house… soaking up our last few minutes by the warm wood stove! If we pre-toast our gear, will it stay warm for 5 days?

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Six programming paradigms

This is not your grandma’s “functional programming will change the world!” blog post: this list is much more esoteric. I’d wager most readers haven’t heard of the majority of the languages and paradigms below, so I hope you have as much fun learning about these new concepts as I did.

Yevgeniy Brikman, from Six programming paradigms that will change how you think about coding

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Put the moment on hold

You can’t stop nothin’
if you got no control.

You can’t stop wishin’
if you don’t let go.

You keep on rollin’
put the moment on hold.

~ Jack Johnson

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Quebec on Thursday!

Is there a word for: “excited to meet new people, train in a new place, and freeze to death, all at the same time.” That’s how I feel.

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Where the jobs are

While America continues to create market-dominating companies like Apple or Google, the number of American jobs they provide doesn’t compare with market-dominating American companies of the past like General Electric or Ford.

The reason why is simple: While much of the design and management happens in America, most of the physical products are manufactured in low-wage economies like China. Those factories that remain in America are highly automated, so that our manufacturing employment plummets even as our manufacturing output continues to rise. America still makes a lot of stuff, it’s just not made by people.

~ Doug Muder, from Where the Jobs Are and Why

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Photo gallery for this series

This post presents a gallery of ALL images in this series. You can click on any to enlarge; you can even click on the first, sit back, and it’ll run them all as a slide show. The gallery is dynamic so it will automatically grow…