Tai Viinikka
@eastpole
Science, technology, energy, and the environment. Writer and broadcaster. Previously known as @viinikka on the bird site! East Pole Productions
That *is* a great text message. Or anything expressing curiosity and wonder.
I wish I understood these issues better. From the outside, it looks like much of the sustained logarithmic drop in the price of solar panels has been the result of China's efforts to fabricate panels more efficiently, and then fabricate panel *factories* more cheaply...
First day of serious pollinator action in my garden. Honeybees trying to get a headstart on everyone else.
That's kind of hot, I was just going to say Oldsmobile Toronado, 3rd Generation, ELECTRIC, if you please. :) upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
Stewart, I love this. It's like a Canadian version of upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en...
Today's failure is the continuation. That's right, we still don't have a working downtown air quality sensor.
Maybe you've heard Ontario is dealing with some bad air quality, mostly thanks to wildfires. That's bad, but there are several problems layered on top. Here's yesterday's:
I have a tiny bit of sympathy people who don't want to know too much about this process because it stinks. But we all need to be a little less "see-no-evil" about this stuff. c8.alamy.com/comp/TTGPKA/...
... modify it to exclude things like that game with the knives on feet, or the game with the stick and the hitting, or that team from the city where people drink a lot. You can leave me to construct some syntax, I'm good at that, but where do I get started? Anyone?
I am angry and hurting today and you can't just destroy our places like this without a fight.
I can imagine very easily how this signage could be more helpful. Any thoughts, @TTChelps ? Am I wrong in thinking this kind of sign should always give cardinal directions?
Ontario Science Centre. Not sure where you'd get 540,000 square feet of purpose-built interactive museum space to replace it.
I met my wife at the Ontario Science Centre, and worked there for years. My Dad worked for the community college system in Ontario for the last part of his career. I've loved Ontario Place every single time I've gone there. TVO showed me Dr. Who. Bill Davis, we miss you so much.
My partner got a lunch salad from Kupfert and Kim yesterday, and a funny exchange with an automated system at Uber Eats ensued.
TIL any kid who liked Angry Birds should get a chance to play with Algodoo, the physics simulator. Gravity and fluids and motors and ...