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Industrial designer of useful things for healthcare. Medical & scientific illustrator. Recovering medical school anatomist and gross anatomy/pathology guy. Once held a piece of Einstein's brain. Friend to other peoples cats and dogs (it's not weird).
I showed my scientific illustration students this example a few weeks ago. Told them they may yet have jobs. Their confidence grew a bit, they seemed reassured.
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I showed my scientific illustration students this example a few weeks ago. Told them they may yet have jobs. Their confidence grew a bit, they seemed reassured.
And here I was thinking your were talking about Prisoners of Gravity with Rick Green.
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 AM
And here I was thinking your were talking about Prisoners of Gravity with Rick Green.
I've been trying to limit myself to productive or helpful comments only, but I guy's gonna backslide from time to time so here it goes:
What an asshole.
What an asshole.
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I've been trying to limit myself to productive or helpful comments only, but I guy's gonna backslide from time to time so here it goes:
What an asshole.
What an asshole.
Ewwwe. Trafalgar and Steeles. (basically a tax revenue machine for the town of Halton Hills)
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Ewwwe. Trafalgar and Steeles. (basically a tax revenue machine for the town of Halton Hills)
Hang on, Doug was actually IN the legislature?
November 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Hang on, Doug was actually IN the legislature?
I do too. It's rare that I do anything with electronics, but if I do, I want to be able to see what's available, what will work etc vs just ordering something from Bezos.
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I do too. It's rare that I do anything with electronics, but if I do, I want to be able to see what's available, what will work etc vs just ordering something from Bezos.
Sorting seams tedious and almost unnecessary. So are the cobbles structural or is it more of a decorative cladding?
November 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Sorting seams tedious and almost unnecessary. So are the cobbles structural or is it more of a decorative cladding?
I have noticed that! It does have some unique fieldstone or cobble architecture. Also: not named after Paris, FR; named after plaster of Paris. There are some abandoned gypsum/chalk interests on the east end of town, you can see them when paddling down the grand.
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I have noticed that! It does have some unique fieldstone or cobble architecture. Also: not named after Paris, FR; named after plaster of Paris. There are some abandoned gypsum/chalk interests on the east end of town, you can see them when paddling down the grand.
But then you'd miss Scotland
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
But then you'd miss Scotland
So did I! I'm frequently in Paris. I love it. Strolling the banks of the River (the Grand, c'est tres grande), the cafes (The Dog Eared Cafe in particular), good little indoor market. Can't say I have ever seen transit in Paris, though. Brantford yes, Paris no.
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
So did I! I'm frequently in Paris. I love it. Strolling the banks of the River (the Grand, c'est tres grande), the cafes (The Dog Eared Cafe in particular), good little indoor market. Can't say I have ever seen transit in Paris, though. Brantford yes, Paris no.
I think people are so used to seeing photos posted by camera phone, which are really good but they do have some limitations. When you take a photo, particularly macros, with a really good camera, it just defies what some people are used to seeing because they can't do it themselves.
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I think people are so used to seeing photos posted by camera phone, which are really good but they do have some limitations. When you take a photo, particularly macros, with a really good camera, it just defies what some people are used to seeing because they can't do it themselves.
Do something you haven't done since you were 11 or 12. If it means you spend the afternoon using your imagination to play with lego, build a fort or draw, then you play with lego, build a fort or draw. Alternatively: learn a totally new skill.
November 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Do something you haven't done since you were 11 or 12. If it means you spend the afternoon using your imagination to play with lego, build a fort or draw, then you play with lego, build a fort or draw. Alternatively: learn a totally new skill.
Whoa, Spongebob House!
November 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Whoa, Spongebob House!
Of all the dumb projects being proposed in Canada, this one takes it. Quick math: comparing this to Bostons Big Dig, we're probably looking at $9.2B/km adjusted for inflation to 2025. Multiply that by 80km and it's ~734B. Add in the graft, time and ineptitude and it would be >1T CDN. Cool cool cool.
November 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Of all the dumb projects being proposed in Canada, this one takes it. Quick math: comparing this to Bostons Big Dig, we're probably looking at $9.2B/km adjusted for inflation to 2025. Multiply that by 80km and it's ~734B. Add in the graft, time and ineptitude and it would be >1T CDN. Cool cool cool.
Yeah. Quick math. Boston big dig, final cost/km: 4.16 B USD in 2007. Adjust for inflation: 6.52B USD / km. Convert to CDN: 9.17B CDN/km. Multiply by 80km: 733.6B CDN in 2025. Add on the continued inflation, how useless we are at major infra etc and we could be looking at 1T CDN. So, so, SO dumb.
November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Yeah. Quick math. Boston big dig, final cost/km: 4.16 B USD in 2007. Adjust for inflation: 6.52B USD / km. Convert to CDN: 9.17B CDN/km. Multiply by 80km: 733.6B CDN in 2025. Add on the continued inflation, how useless we are at major infra etc and we could be looking at 1T CDN. So, so, SO dumb.
Innings-wise, this is game 5.
October 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Innings-wise, this is game 5.
Posting this again, a couple of hours after a bunch of Canadians replied, pointing out that Doug Ford is not some super savvy political operator, is not going to make it read better. Doug Ford is no hero and definitely no genius; not in our story, not in yours.
October 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Posting this again, a couple of hours after a bunch of Canadians replied, pointing out that Doug Ford is not some super savvy political operator, is not going to make it read better. Doug Ford is no hero and definitely no genius; not in our story, not in yours.
and corrupt politician I have ever seen in Canada. Sound familiar? They use the same shit-heal playbook. Despite commissioning a good ad, DoFo is no hero in either story.
October 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
and corrupt politician I have ever seen in Canada. Sound familiar? They use the same shit-heal playbook. Despite commissioning a good ad, DoFo is no hero in either story.
active investigation by the RCMP for corruption. He sat the provincial government for a record low of 28 days last year before buggering off to his cottage. Despite claiming to be a hardworking "folksy" everyman, he's possibly the most ignorant, greedy, lazy, anti-democratic and, frankly, greasy
October 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
active investigation by the RCMP for corruption. He sat the provincial government for a record low of 28 days last year before buggering off to his cottage. Despite claiming to be a hardworking "folksy" everyman, he's possibly the most ignorant, greedy, lazy, anti-democratic and, frankly, greasy
Toronto's roads, gutting public education (Canada's is all public), gutting Ontario healthcare and selling it off to cronies with a vested interest in privatizing those services, selling off protected green space ringing Toronto to developer cronies (and giving them a heads-up) etc. He's under
October 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Toronto's roads, gutting public education (Canada's is all public), gutting Ontario healthcare and selling it off to cronies with a vested interest in privatizing those services, selling off protected green space ringing Toronto to developer cronies (and giving them a heads-up) etc. He's under
little to no transparecy, closes down (and will likely sell) a world renowned science center citing false structural deficits, proposes dumb-as-post ideas like an 80km tunnel beneath the 401 (the busiest hwy in N.America on some days) while gutting public transit efforts that would get people off
October 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
little to no transparecy, closes down (and will likely sell) a world renowned science center citing false structural deficits, proposes dumb-as-post ideas like an 80km tunnel beneath the 401 (the busiest hwy in N.America on some days) while gutting public transit efforts that would get people off
of Toronto, though, so changes legislation so he has more power over the largest city in Canada. Toronto loathes and rejects Doug, so Doug does more undemocratic crap as revenge, like legislating the removal of municipal seats, popular bike lanes, sells public parkland to private groups with
October 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
of Toronto, though, so changes legislation so he has more power over the largest city in Canada. Toronto loathes and rejects Doug, so Doug does more undemocratic crap as revenge, like legislating the removal of municipal seats, popular bike lanes, sells public parkland to private groups with
Canadians don't vote for a party so much as we vote out a party, so, like his brother, he splits the provincial vote and rides the wave of dislike for a tired Liberal government and comes to power in Ontario with something like 18% of eligible Ontario votes - a record low. Still wants to be mayor
October 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Canadians don't vote for a party so much as we vote out a party, so, like his brother, he splits the provincial vote and rides the wave of dislike for a tired Liberal government and comes to power in Ontario with something like 18% of eligible Ontario votes - a record low. Still wants to be mayor