Monthly Archives: February 2009

Gmapping Nova Scotia

February 21 09

It’s the beginning of Reading Week, and I’ve decided to have a little fun with Google Maps. Below is the beginning of a Nova Scotia electoral map. I’m building it by spiralling out from Halifax in a clock-wise direction. When it’s all said and done, I should land in Glace Bay, of [...]

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Shock and Awe No. 7

February 11 09

[wiki Caspar David Friedrich] [wiki Wanderer Above The Mist]

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GMH No. 1

February 10 09

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)
“No Worst, There is None”
No worst, there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief,
More pangs will, schooled at forepangs, wilder wring.
Comforter, where, where is your comforting?
Mary, mother of us, where is your relief?
My cries heave, herds-long; huddle in a main, a chief-
Woe, world-sorrow; on an age-old anvil wínce and síng –
Then lull, [...]

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death

February 6 09

i found out in the midst of packing last week that my dad’s mom died. her passing was a long time coming and it is likely for the best (for everyone, including her) that she finally shuffled off her mortal coil. my grandmother was fairly religious as well as pious (there is a [...]

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housebound

February 6 09

My life has returned to the digital.
After nearly a week consumed by corrugated cardboard and cleansing agents, i’m allowing myself to settle in at The New Place tonight by chilling out in front of the tv with a beer. The New Place is new in the sense that it is newer that the old place, [...]

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