Author: scjody

This weekend was our mostly-annual Ride For Pie, where we cycle out of town to buy the best apple pies in the world. I forgot my bag on this year’s ride… so I invented a pie sling using a bicycle inner tube. The pies survived admirably. In related news, life is good :)

As usual, I’m heading to Burning Man soon. Unlike every other year though, I’m taking it easy. No theme camps, art projects, or anything like that. That hasn’t stopped my campmates from producing some art… I’m extremely impressed with how the “NOW Sundial” led by Simon is coming along! I’ve helped them out a bit…

I just read some of the Toronto Pearson Wi-Fi acceptable use policy. It’s even more full of crap than your average AUP. You agree to not use the Wi Fi Service to: […] disrupt the normal flow of dialogue, cause a screen to “scroll” faster than other users of the Wi Fi Service are able…

Red panda, originally uploaded by scjody. I had no idea until recently that the red panda is also known as a firefox! The firefox isn’t a mythical creature after all, but a real species living in China. I visited firefoxes almost exactly a year ago in Chengdu, Szechuan, China and I had no idea!

Long time no blog.  I’ve been busy as usual.  I flew to Ireland for a family wedding in April, then drove to Scotland for a day, then flew home via Iceland!  Iceland is a neat place but it’s still winter in April.  Oh well, I met some great people, did some fun hiking, and enjoyed…

Yesterday I happened upon a pro choice rally at the corner of St-Laurent and St-Joseph.  This made me happy because I walk past that park on my way to work and there’s been a “40 days for life” protest there for the past while.  The pro choice people got a lot more public support and…

I’m planning on going to PDF (Playa del Fuego) this spring… if you’re curious about Burning Man but can’t justify the expense or the week+ away from work, you should consider joining me. It’s May 26-30 this year, in Delaware. PDF is what’s called a “regional burn” – it operates on the same principles as…

Hey, here are some photos! In case you haven’t guessed, I’m sorting through my backlog of digital photos. Enjoy! Ireland 2008 Bangkok 2008 San Francisco 2007 (with Mélanie, my first trip ever) Christmas 2007 (probably only interesting to my family) More San Francisco 2007 (a shorter trip, in the fall) Montagne d’Argent 2007 (climbing, slacklining)…

Last weekend was "Cold Compress", the Toronto Decompression, which is a Burning Man afterparty. I took the train to Toronto for the weekend, arriving in time to go to a small Friday night gathering of mostly Burners hosted by Ted. The real gathering was on Saturday :) On Saturday I slept in, then headed to…

Part of these Russian safety posters

Double Board, originally uploaded by scjody. This is the double board – just completed. It was originally designed for an art project called “double rainbow” that may someday be installed at a mall in Montréal or at Burning Man. For now, I’m doing a smaller project using some of the same hardware. The new project…

For those of you who love kitties, Sophie and Charlemagne are leaving Montréal very early on Friday, heading west to (eventually) rejoin their humans in Mountain View.  You should stop by and visit before then, or just enjoy these photos…

I’m back in Montréal now and (for the first time in over a year) I have no major trips planned! A few weeks ago I flew to Winnipeg. I’d previously driven through there on my way back from Burning Man but Rachelle wasn’t around so I didn’t stop. This time I spent about 5 days…

Fire, originally uploaded by scjody. Sometimes randomness does wonderful things :)

This year, for the first time, I brought a camera to Burning Man.. not to take photos of the art nor the burns — there are many far more talented photographers doing that already, and you can find their photos on flickr or google image search. I brought a camera to take photos of my…

I made it back to Montréal last Wednesday, and I’ll be in town for a couple of weeks apart from short trips. The trip home from Burning Man was great! I convinced Robin to join me for the first few days, and we drove north from Black Rock City to Portland, stopping at Crater Lake…

Here’s my van. I told you it was hilarious. Can you tell I’m on my way to Burning Man? I’ve uploaded a bunch more photos: One from Nizhny Novgorod Moscow St. Petersberg, including Petrodvorets fountains One from Amsterdam Also more train thingies: Spare bogies near Brest, where they change bogies on the Belarus/Poland border The…

OK, since my last real post… I made it to San Francisco in 6 days (5 days of driving and one day of the van breaking down), straight along the I-80. I did a few days of Burning Man preparation then I headed out to the desert, which was awesome as usual. I’m now heading…

Aslan passed away this morning. I’m sad. He was such a great cat. I can’t find a good photo right now but here he is: Goodbye fluffy dude.

It’s been a busy and surprisingly stressful 2 weeks of preparation, but I’m finally ready to drive to Burning Man. Robin and I are driving as far as Toronto then I’ll continue via the I80 to San Francisco then back to Black Rock City. I’ll take a longer and more interesting route on the way…