Doxa: September 2013

Monday, September 30, 2013

Friday, September 27, 2013

Thursday, September 26, 2013

It struck me recently that, increasingly, the columnists I read/follow and enjoy are women. Amy

Davidson at the New Yorker, H. Freeman at the Guardian, the left margin columns at the

Huffington Post. Just last night, I discovered that I was a cis female (look it up; it's worth the

giggle) from the Post. I was a bit taken aback, though, by the piece a young actress posted

on serial dating via 'Tinder', the hook-up app. Why would anyone choose such an ordeal

of first dates. I'm also not sure that texting your friends the date has begun makes it particularly

safe, just easier for them to find the body. Ceci dit...

I was also surprised by an opinion piece, in an Ottawa newspaper, decrying the shut down of

dowtown Ottawa businesses. Cinemas closing at a central shopping venue totally stumped me.

I remember trying to get into that; it was always totally crowded .Makes me think that culture

really has changed if the twenty something can't go to the movies (although movies are better

with people you know well).

So the fellow picks up the actress at 9:30, and she gets a cheese sandwich and a few beers for

dins, fun and within dietary limits. It was chivalrous of him to pay for all those taxis, but if he

needed to sleep a few hours before the date, the true question might be, what was he doing

the night before. Ever think about that one.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/christina-walkinshaw/tinder-dating-app_b_3988684.html#comments

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Stuck!!

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Photo vs Draw

The original image, from Wikipédia:

'Photoshop' allows one to play with colors.

A drawing and design tool - here Expression Design - lets one decompose a design.

As an outline, with the B-Spline tool (the last\first point needs Bezier):

I've asked for a wireframe rendering:

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Ottawa Train

source: Guillaume St-Pierre, Le Droit.

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L'organisme fédéral chargé de l'enquête conclut donc que tous les systèmes du train fonctionnaient conformément aux normes en vigueur et le passage à niveau qui a été le théâtre de la tragédie possède le plus haut niveau de protection au Canada.

Par ailleurs, le chauffeur de la locomotive n'était pas en mesure d'activer le sifflet du train en raison d'une interdiction municipale.

À cet endroit, on interdit aux trains d'utiliser leur sifflet de 20h à midi. Il s'agit d'une pratique qui est monnaie courante, selon une enquêteuse du BST affectée au dossier, Nathalie Lepage.

«Ce sont les municipalités qui demandent cette interdiction. Il y a ensuite des évaluations qui sont faites, entre autres avec les assureurs», explique-t-elle, ajoutant que les trains doivent normalement siffler à un quart de mile du passage à niveau, sauf si un règlement municipal l'interdit.

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