Saturday, October 31, 2015
Friday, October 30, 2015
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Oculus Rift
Last month I tried an Oculus Rift headset - it was just like looking at two small cell phone displays a few inches away from your eyes - I can appreciate the tracking and ability to virtually manipulate objects, but I don't think it will ever get over the discomfort and eye strain inherent in trying to focus on objects that are nearby but the brain sees as being far away - it might not be good at all for children whose eyes are still developing.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Role Player, 1998
Actually, it's a pretty darn cool costume - made it herself out of copper rings. Vampire role playing game, January, 1998
Brian Greenspan, 1997
Brian Greenspan, 1997, during trial of Steve Murray for the murder of his daughter Mistie.
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Since today is today, Doc Brown's DeLorean
On display at the 2015 International Plowing Match, in Finch, Ontario,
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| Note the problem with the panel |
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Fire on water, Forges du Saint-Maurice National Historic Site, 1989
There is a methane seep on the shore of the St. Maurice River at the Old Forge historic site. The flames burn above the water if you light it with a match or paper.
Monday, October 19, 2015
Imperial Bell, in 1989
This was a porn theatre in Lower town in 1989 - it was originally a very fancy concert hall but the area became a prostitution and drug area - it was called Midi-Minuit (noon to midnight) during its porn days. I never went in but the facade was beautiful under all the grime - I thought it would be demolished, but I'm very glad to see it was renovated into an arts theatre that opened in 2015. Imperial Bell
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Universal Travel Agency, Ironwood, Michigan, August 1999
I wish I had a better photo of these 50s era signs - the name would make it a perfect setting for a science fiction movie.
Around August, 1999
Friday, October 16, 2015
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Palau Combi-Lift
Palau Heavy Lift Ship, Combi-Lift, Delivered a shipment of generator parts from Thailand to the Napanee Generating Station by offloading them to a barge - at anchor near Ogdensburg, NY, St. Lawrence River, Monday, October 13, 2015.
Monday, October 12, 2015
Car as planter, crayon dog walker poster, fall colour panorama
Dog Walking & Cat Sitting Price negotiable - poster in convenience store, drawn in crayons by 9 year old.
Fall colours panorama
Friday, October 9, 2015
Riding in Reykjavik in the rain, 1992
Bicyclist rides by poster for film Sodoma Reykjavik, Iceland, 1992
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Monday, October 5, 2015
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Saturday, October 3, 2015
French couple dancing
A French folklore dancing group at the Multicultural festival in Cornwall, 1990
Barber Lounge Smoke Shop Jay-Gee shoes, Pitt Street, Cornwall
1990 - an old sign is uncovered during renovation - Jay-Gee shoes also closed after many years in about 2008.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Musee de l'horlogerie et science diorama, Manseau, Quebec 1990
A clock making and science museum in the front rooms of a house in a town of about 900, I never visited it, but took notice of it. Can't find anything online about it and not there anymore. Update December 6, 2020 - found some info - the museum was founded by Jean-Marie St-Pierre, a few years after his retirement in
1985, in his old shop, which featured watches, clocks, scientific instruments and a butterfly collection by Johnathan Sylvestre. It closed temporarily in 1992 and was supposed to reopen in a ecological park in Manseau - https://municipalites-du-quebec.ca/manseau/custom/chronique10.pdf
There is a clock and watch repair and manufacturing school, the only one in Canada, not far away in Trois-Rivières
- Ecole nationale de l'horlogerie
- Ecole nationale de l'horlogerie
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