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Picture of the Week: 33°C
Believe it or not, it actually gets very hot in Canada in the summer. It surprised me too when I first came here. I thought the temperature would be in the twenties degrees Celsius, at most!
Summers in Ottawa are typically hot, humid, hazy and stuffy.
Picture of the Week: Fender Bender
In Ottawa, a sure sign of spring is the number of convertibles and fancy cars you spot on the road. It’s also hearing the police and fire sirens, and seeing the paramedics zigzagging in the traffic.
For some reason, there seem to be more car accidents during spring and summer—strange, considering the weather conditions are much better than in the winter.
Picture of the Week: Lost Something?
When you get into photography, you learn to see the world differently. The great part is that walking purposelessly around the city never gets boring. Sure, buildings mostly stay the same (unless you happen to live in Asia where huge skyscrapers pop out overnight) but people and street scenes are endlessly entertaining.
A Weekend Offline
We called Bell. Technical support said there were issues in our area and that it would be solved without two to twenty-four hours. “Twenty-four hours like… like a day?” we shrieked. “What are we going to do? Talk to each other? Play board games? Clean the house? Make babies?”
State of the Blogosphere
I can almost always tell when a blog is about to die, and it has nothing to do with how popular it is. Once in a while, the author comes back to apologize: “I know I haven’t written in a while… I promise I’ll blog more”. This is usually the beginning of the end. Because you can’t force yourself to write to please the audience. Otherwise, you sound like an awkward date who tries to avoid uncomfortable lulls in the conversation.
Group Coupons: a Bitter or Sweet Deal?
Unless you spent the last few years in a cave, you probably noted the emergence of dozens of “group coupon” websites: Groupon, LivingSocial, Koopon, DealFind and many other are probably already serving your city. Simply type the name of your city plus “deal” and they will pop up in your search results.
We May Be Stupid But We Are Good At It
I’m not saying I’m always smart but I generally have some kind of common-sense. But hey, we all have occasional embarrassing “duh” moments… well, this is one of these.
Four Twenty
In Ottawa, the gathering takes place today on Parliament Hill and Major Hill. When the clock on the Peace Tower strikes 4:20, bam, light up your spliff and enjoy—just make sure you don’t burn a passing RCMP Officer with your lit joint (guess what, Parliament Hill is not exactly cop-free).
