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Kevin Smith
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#FOSS #GIS developer who lives in #VictoriaBC.

Member of the #GeoServer PSC and project lead for #GeoWebCache. #OpenStreetMap contributer. #Atheist.

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@nix
Bike trailer attached to the back of a folding bike.
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Integrated targeting system.

#battletech #AlphaStrike #ArmyPainter #Fabricland
Separable double keychain with a retractable tailor's tape measure with the logo for Fabricland on one side and two Army Painter lasers on the other: a Marker Light laser pointer and a Target Lock laser line.
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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#islandlink bus company using the bike lane as a parking spot. Finlayson is dangerous enough without this. #entitleddrivers #bikeyyj
Minibus from Island Express Bus /Island Link with fleet ID 1520 and BC license plate VD 3228 parked in the bike lane along a 5 lane (2 each direction + TWLTL) stroad in front of FloForm countertops with a Honda dealership in the background.
November 4, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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@clickhole.com
Cute little bold jumping spider perched on a finger and looking up at the camera.
October 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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For #InternationalJumpingSpiderDay
October 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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I've rigged up my AeroSpace Fighters with magnets. A big one replacing the clear rod they came with which can then mount the mini on other stands including a telescopic one and a taxiing base with landing gear. A set of 3 small ones under each wing allow for […]

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Shilone on a telescopic flight stand with one under wing bomb. Visigoth on a hex base with landing gear. Landing gear hex base with the fighter removed and both miniatures upside down to show their undersides with the magnets. Model in OpenSCAD of an bomb rack with 4 bombs with space for 3 magnets. Includes a section of wing and also shows the location of the in wing magnets.
October 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Thinking about how I'm eventually going to paint my Shilones for the First Taurian Lancers. I think the metallic green would be a but overwhelming on something so big and flat so I thought about the default #taurianconcordat aerospace tan with the First […]

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line drawing of an SL-17 Shilone AeroSpace fighter coloured in tan on the upper surface, light grey underneath with dark green vertical stabilizers with red leading edges and the First Taurian Lancers insignia. The Cockpit is also edged in red. The Taurian Concordat bull's head is on the rigth wing and the number 45 on the left in white letters.
September 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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The pot where I grow lovage has sprouted mushrooms. Should I be concerned or just leave them be? I'm concerned that if they are poisonous the lovage might absorb some of that poison.

I'm really surprised I would have mushrooms growing on my sunny, south facing balcony.

#balconygarden #victoriabc
Large pot with a lovage plant surrounded by mushrooms.
July 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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@Eatsbluecrayon Start with gloss black then build up thin layers.

I use it for cockpits because I can't get the hang of painted jewelling.
Assortment of BattleTech minis with cockpits painted with colour shift paint
July 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Looks like the #snowbirds are in town. Not in a great position to see them except brief glimpses but I can certainly hear them. They seem to mostly be circling over #esquimalt.

#victoriabc
9 CT-114 Tutors in a triangle formation seen from below in the distance past the top of a tree
July 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Almost there. The rest of them are far behind but this one is a bit early.

#balconygarden #tomato #cherrytomato #victoriabc
A single reddish orange cherry
July 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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I was out on the #gallopinggoose today and saw a rather interesting contraption: A side by side tandem #recumbent trike. I also came across someone using a Burley Travoy (as a handcart not a trailer) I think that's the first time I've seen someone else with […]

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Oncoming side by side tandem recumbent bicycle on a multiuse trail. Man on foot pulling a Burley Travoy hand cart/bike trailer on a multiuse trail.
July 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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@moira

It turns out there is an explanation.
It used to be Seattle Boulevard, but part was renamed to Diagonal Avenue before 1918, and the remainder was renamed Airport Way in 1931. In 2010, the property owners along the northernmost two blocks of Airport […]

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Map showing the former route of Seattle Boulevard
July 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Close pass (Felt like less than 0.5 m) by a Fiat 500 (#bc_393pnj) on Gorge Road in the gap between Harriet and Tillicum that doesn't have protected bike lanes yet.

#yyjbike #entitleddrivers
July 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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The new Gorge Road East protected bike lanes are officially complete including a connection to the the Kings-Haultain bikeway via Hillside and Ross.

I don't like how many cut outs there are in the protection, there is no protection at most intersections (I […]

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Bicycle infrastructure map of part of Victoria, BC, CA centred on Gorge/Hillside Roads from Tillicum to Cook
July 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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One serious #moth
A large moth
May 30, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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So, cyclists on the E&N Humpback trail now have to dismount to cross this particular road that currently seems to go nowhere.
#yyj #biketooter
Bidirectional multiuse path along the side of a road crossing another road at a signal controlled T intersection with no crossing signals for the path. The parallel road has a sign telling right turning drivers to yield to traffic on the path. The path has a sign requiring cyclists to dismount to use the crossing.
May 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Plugging away. I dropped the throttle assembly as I was trying to position it and it bounced away. No idea where it went. I managed to improvise a replacement using another, less detailed, photo etch kit, and some sprue.
#plasticmodel #scalemodel #mitsubishizero
1 to 72 scale seat from a zero with a seat cusion 1 to 72 cockpit floor and bulkhead for a zero. Inside of the right side of the fuselage of a 1 to 72 model kit for a zero with painted cockpit details Inside of the left side of the fuselage of a 1 to 72 model kit for a zero with painted cockpit details including the forward instrument panel
May 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Continuing to work on the #mitsubishizero's cockpit. The engine is something I did years ago and thankfully didn't lose. Getting the photo etched cockpit details and the pilot to fit together in the model seems like it will be difficult. Probably one of the […]

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Model kit of a Mitsubishi Zero partly assembled. Includes a sheet of photo etched details partly used and a figure of a pilot.
May 16, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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My first time trying to assemble a photo etch detail set. I managed to drop and loose some parts and had to improvise replacements. It's going into an Academy 1:72 kit for an A6M Zero. I tried the same kit as my first foray into model kits as an adult years […]

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May 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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I've been playing with #xpsfoam some more and built this #dicetower. I'm not entirely happy with the paint. This is the first time I've painted something this big and both the wash and the dry brush didn't turn out quite as I'd hoped. The highlight colours I […]

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Miniature of a stone tower sitting on a turn table in a spray booth. There is a hole in the center of the roof and a slipped platform is visible inside it. The doorway at the bottom shows another slipped platform. A figure of an elf sorceress wearing blue and purple robes and shooting a greenish fire ball from her hand is standing on the roof facing out over the battlements.
April 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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I went to the #ipmsvictoria model show today and entered my #clanjadefalcon snow diorama and some stand alone #battletech minis. No one else entered in the "Gaming Figure Diorama" category and I won by default. Not the glorious victory the Falcons deserve […]

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Many game figures displayed for competition with a sign showing it's the "Sci-Fi and Fantasy Figures C10) Gaming Figures" category. Most figures are from Warhammer 40k or Warhammer Fantasy but there's are also some three Mechs from BattleTech, an AS7-D Atlas, a MAD-3R Marauder, in First Taurian Lancers colours and a Cougar Prime in Clan Jade Falcon Gamma Galaxy colours. Many game miniatures of vehicles displayed for competition with a sign showing it's the "Space & Sci-Fi D3) Gaming Vehicles" category. Mostly Warhammer 40k tanks and what looks to be large power armour/small mechs. but there's are also some two battletech minis for an H-7 Warrior VTOL and a Maxim hovercraft both in First Taurian Lancers colours. A sign reads "Gaming Vehicles" A snow covered diorama with 5 mechs in Clan Jade Falcon Gamma Galaxy colours with winter camouflage and 2 squads of Elemental battle armour infantry. A small plaque reads "IPMS Victoria Gold". A Sign reads "Figure Diorama C15) Diorama (More tha..." and is cut off
April 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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I'm calling my #diorama done.

#battletech #clanjadefalcon #terrainbuilding
April 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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I've been working on a little #diorama to display some of my #clanjadefalcon units. Some dust got into the speed paint so there are some defects I need to cover up, and I dropped it which damaged it near the rear squad of elementals. I've patched it up with […]

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A section of miniature snow terrain with some coniferous trees, 5 BattleMechs, and two squads of Elemental battle armour. The mechs and infantry squads are on hexagonal bases that are sitting in recesses in the diorama so they are flush with the surface.
April 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Cleared a bunch of notes from #openstreetmap. Did some ground truthing on my bike yesterday and then did the updates today. My helmet cam was being uncooperative and I lost some footage but I was still able to get what I needed.

Still lots of open notes but […]

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OpenStreetMap view of Victoria, British Columbia with the CycleOSM layer for cyclists. There are also many red pins for open open map notes, and 8 green pins for recently closed notes.
April 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM