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WEBThe personal blog of Peter Rukavina. One Thing is an email newsletter subtitled “Good things, real things, interesting things”, and it generally delivers on the promise.. In the recent Boutique Dreams, the book Shopkeeping, by Seattle bookseller Peter Miller is the focus:. Peter Miller might be the cultural embodiment of if you know, you know, and I have to admit, I …
Montecito Resort and Casino - Ruk
WEBMontecito Resort and Casino. I have inexplicably become a fan of the NBC Monday night television programme Las Vegas. By most measures it is a truly dreadful show; it’s more like a “sexed up Love Boat in the desert” than anything else. Cleavage is important. And the show truly jumped the shark when Lara Flynn Boyle’s guest start run ...
Danger Bay, The Next Generation - Ruk
WEBI’m happy to announce that my brother Mike has been offered the part of Dr. Grant ‘Doc’ Roberts Jr. in a new CBC Television series, Danger Bay: The Next Generation. The new series picks up where the original Danger Bay. left off: Doc Roberts Sr. is killed in a horrible whale accident and his long-lost son, Doc. Jr., returns from the Amazon rainforest to continue his work on behalf of the ...
ACK vs. NAK - Ruk
WEBMay 7, 2016 · When we are sending messages — messages of any sort, be they SMS, morse code, messages in a bottle, waving hello across a crowded street — we need a protocol, a set of expectations for how the exchange of messages will play out. Key to such protocols are two types of protocol messages, NAK and ACK. NAK, or “negative acknowledgement,” is a protocol message sent when something’s gone ...
Lost and Found Sound: Curtis Driedger at Artspace - Ruk
WEBOne of the highlights of the evening was a 25 minute set by Curtis Driedger. Criticized once by my father as “having a total absence of musicality,” Curtis has always been one of my favourite performers. From the presciently-named 1980s band the CeeDees to the various and wonderful musical projects he’s done since, Curtis is (my father ...
New CACF Room - Ruk
WEBJun 10, 2018 · It’s the Central Alarm and Control Facilities room. From the 2006 Ontario Building Code: 3.2.6.7. Central Alarm and Control Facility. (1) A central alarm and control facility shall be provided on the storey containing the entrance for fire fighter access referred to in Articles 3.2.5.4. and 3.2.5.5. in a location that, (a) is readily ...
My Great-Grandparents and the Matheson Fire of 1916 - Ruk
WEBThe fire of 1916 — 100 years ago this weekend — was much worse than those of 1910 and 1911. This fire, dubbed the Matheson Fire, was again devastating to the town, and this time many lives were lost. After the fire, already Town Foreman, Edgar had the additional duty of Fire Chief of Cochrane added to his duties, aided in the position by ...
Light Pollution Map of PEI - Ruk
WEBApr 16, 2019 · The personal blog of Peter Rukavina. This interactive light pollution map is a visual proxy for human development and electrification; here’s a screen shot of Prince Edward Island’s light pollution:. Link via Dense Discovery № 32.
The West Wing and Martin Luther King - Ruk
WEBThe personal blog of Peter Rukavina. In the fourth season of The West Wing, there’s an episode called College Kids with several scenes shot at the House of Blues in Cambridge, Mass. at a recreation of a Rock The Vote rally. And on stage at the rally is a singer doing a stirring rendition of James Taylor’s Shed a Little Light.A small bit of Googling around reveals that this singer was Aimee ...
We may not be big, but we’re small - Ruk
WEBTrudy is almost two months into her own experience as an electric vehicle owner: she purchased a Chevy Bolt at the end of May. Trudy quickly wrote back, said she was game, and offered me a drive. When she showed up at my place at 5:45, she hopped out of the driver’s seat and offered me the opportunity to drive the Bolt, which I eagerly accepted.