Oh dear… today’s writing prompt looks similar to some reverse-psychology black-hat hacking strategy (i.e., “sooooo… what was your mum’s maiden name? Ah, and what was the name of yer favourite pet? [just curious, dontcha know] Serious Link to identity protection).
My favourite pastime is surfing around both Wikipedia and WikiVoyage. I end up going to some truly odd nooks and crannies of the site. I appreciate its oddly strong crowdsourced editing practices. Yes, I do visit the footnotes and navigate to primary sources (if what I am reading is particularly striking/concerning/WTF-inducing). Unfortunately, about half of the primary sources are now locked behind a paywall. There must be a compromise between the author’s/publisher’s right to be paid and citizen’s right to verified information. I wonder if I will be alive long enough to see it?
august 29, 2023 visit to our construction site.
I had an almost perfect day yesterday. Up at 5 a.m. On the road by 6:20 a.m. Road Trip up to Owen Sound. Drop off fragile keepsakes. Drive up to our future home. Get a thrill of our site’s progress. An uneventful drive back to the city. Capped off with an excellent Hamaru sushi dinner for our 29th wedding anniversary. I will save the videos for face-to-face visits (as I recorded them at 60fps HD [big files]). Here is a sampling of what we witnessed at the site:
I will be annotating these images and posting them later in September. Please understand — these are my unofficial interpretations of what is going on. Official designations and labelling is reserved to Evolve Builders Group (translation: I might not know what I am talking about [EBG is our official contractor and spokespeople]).
BCB&B, neemtree, bdb, and blog 