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Enraged pedestrian. Hiker. Flâneur. Web dev. Photographer. Daydreamer. Recluse. Pro Bollard. Cars ruin cities. Road full of promise, head full of doubt. IRL: Kjipuktuk / Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Web: https://chrisjones.io Signal: chrisjones.11

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Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · 2d

Got my physical copy of the *Internet Phone Book* in the mail today, in which I have an entry. Proudly indie since 1996!

🔗 https://chrisjones.io/notes/1453/internet-phone-book/

#indieweb

A collage of two photos, the first showing the yellow cover of the Internet Phone Book, the second showing an entry of a personal website with its URL and some metadata

Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · 10d

Now that Canada Post has moved to rotating strikes I finally got my box of film developing chemistry. With the Sodium Sulfite and Metol I can make D-23, and I can add the Potassium Bromide to my Caffenol recipe.

🔗 https://chrisjones.io/notes/1452/better-developing-through-chemistry/

Three white plastic bottles, two smaller and one larger, holding powdered chemistry, labels showing Metol, Sodium Sulphite, and Potassium Bromide

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Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · 15d

For Halifax there’s “Hello City” by Barenaked Ladies, and “Uniform Grey” by Sarah Harmer but I’m not sure either are anything to celebrate with 😆

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Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · 25d

Noticed some new zebra stripes on my walk to work. Much better.

🔗 https://chrisjones.io/notes/1451/new-zebra-stripes/

#halifax

Newly painted zebra stripes on all four sides of an intersection with buildings all around.

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Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · 26d

Got up on the roof this morning for the first time in years. I really should go up there more often, especially on beautiful sunny days.

🔗 https://chrisjones.io/notes/1450/halifax-panorama-september-2025/

#halifax #panorama

A wide panorama view of a small city, Halifax, Nova Scotia, from on top of an apartment building overlooking the residential part of the downtown area with smaller houses and office/residential towers under a bright blue sky

Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · Sep 21

Late summer beach grass, Hell Bay. Goodbye, summer.

Nikon F100 / Kodak Ultramax / Unicolor C41 / Epson V700 / Lunenburg, NS, CA / https://chrisjones.io/photographs/late-summer-beach-grass-hell-bay/

#NovaScotia #BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography

Beach grass is lit by early evening golden sunlight as it is bent over from strong ocean winds

Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · Sep 17

Coffee talk, Hollis Street.

Nikon F100 / Kodak Ultramax / Unicolor C41 / Epson V700 / Halifax, NS, CA / https://chrisjones.io/photographs/coffee-talk/

#halifax #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm

Two people sit at a small table under a book shop window while another person sits alone at a table another another book shop window

Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · Sep 15

Window cleaner, Barrington Street

Nikon F100 / Kodak Ultramax / Unicolor C41 / Epson V700 / Halifax, NS, CA / https://chrisjones.io/photographs/window-cleaner-barrington-street/

#halifax #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm

A window cleaner in a red shirt at the top of a ladder leans in to clean a window on a light grey stone building above a quiet city sidewalk

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Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · Aug 28

I just want everyone who didn't ask to know my thoughts on this, and those are: WILLY'S FOREVER.

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Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · Aug 27

The concrete bike lane dividers on the other side of the intersection.

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Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · Aug 19

I love how hyperlocal utility poles are when it comes to advertising various goods, services, and events. Before the tech bros got their hands on the community marketplaces.

Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · Aug 19

Community marketplace

📷 Mamiya 6
🎞 Fuji Acros 100 (original)
🇨🇦 Halifax, NS, CA
https://chrisjones.io/photographs/community-marketplace/

A utility pole is covered in posters advertising various goods, services, and events while the sun shines on a building in the background

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Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · Aug 14

I've always kind of thought we should look into who owns those tall, rusting billboard posts and ask if we can put up a giant "cars ruin cities" billboard on them. As something for the car/truck brains to consider while they're sitting there idling in their traffic causing havoc.

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Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · Aug 14

A portrait of my neighbourhood's teeny-tiny Persian-restaurant-that-used-to-be-a-car-rental-shack.

📷 Mamiya 6
🎞 Fuji Acros 100 (original)
🧪 HC-110 1+119
🇨🇦 Halifax, NS, CA
🔗 https://chrisjones.io/photographs/from-cars-to-kebabs/

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography

A very small restaurant in a former rental car lot shack with a tree shading the left side and various buildings behind

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Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · Aug 11

Even though the window coverings are up in the Green Lantern for Craig's, I *did* see the temporary artwork/paintings being removed from Sieverts so your hunch/intel that something's going there may be correct 🤷

Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · Aug 11

No more vagueness with this.

Meant to send this for your files earlier, what kind of Barrington St spy am I?

A large windows display showing Craig's Cookies on a city street

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Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · Aug 11

"DO NOT CLIMB" 😆

Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · Aug 11

Scoots exempt.

📷 Mamiya 6
🎞 Fuji Acros 100 (original)
🧪 HC-110 1+119
🇨🇦 Halifax, NS, CA
🔗 https://chrisjones.io/photographs/scoots-exempt/

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography

Two e-scooters are parked underneath a no parking sign on a brick wall of a house

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Cycleway my arse! @issaddlethereis.bsky.social · Aug 8

“Just leave the roads as they are!” says angry motorists driving on roads that weren’t left as they were when they were pleasant places to be on, enjoyed by people on foot, bicycle and horse, before the car was even dreamt of.

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Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · Jul 10

Haha "George Island".

Robert Moses would be proud. Maybe we could get that proposed south harbour crossing to be a double-decker. Now that's how you solve traffic problems!

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Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · Jul 5

Aww thanks! There’s always something going on in the ol’ harbour.

Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · Jul 5

Ah that’s great to hear. I live just a block down the street, happy to recommend my neighborhood!

Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · Jul 4

Haha yes it was. They're on a schedule, and stopping for meatbags on the side of their urban highway doesn't fit into it.

Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · Jul 4

Completely agree, enforcement is almost criminally lacking. I've driven friends and co-workers mad with my plan if I become king of Halifax: pay parking enforcement $75 an hour, double that overnight, and parking tickets are $200 every 2 hours. Problem solved. That shit ain't free.

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Chris Jones @chrisjones.io · Jul 4

Check out the longtime classic, Trident Booksellers

@tridenthalifax.bsky.social
tridenthalifax.ca

Trident Booksellers & Cafe – Your neighbourhood coffeehouse, tea room, used bookseller.

Your neighbourhood coffeehouse, tea room, used bookseller.

tridenthalifax.ca

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