Now here’s an oldie, although I doubt if anything’s changed since I was there last. One of Toronto’s numerous skyscrapers, as seen in December 2007.
Glowing tower
29 Thursday Mar 2012
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Perfect sunrise at 37,000 ft.
28 Wednesday Mar 2012
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Nothing like flying over puffy clouds at sunrise — especially welcome during a sleepless red-eye flight. This was seen somewhere over Canada, back in the fall.
Speedy train
27 Tuesday Mar 2012
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In defence of the hoodie
26 Monday Mar 2012
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It seems silly that an article of clothing I’m wearing would make me more susceptible to being profiled by authorities or by random people on the street.
But that’s what’s being suggested by the accused and several commentators in the killing of Trayvon Martin in Florida.
Nonsense.
I own several hoodies. One of them was a gift from my student association at University.
They’ve kept me warm through many Canadian winters. They’ve helped make it bearable to run outside in the cold. They’ve provided comfort on long drives, flights and train rides.
Wearing a hoodie does not instantly turn me into a criminal.
To distill the cause of a horrible crime to a lone article of clothing is simply facile.
It’s finally here
25 Sunday Mar 2012
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It was a long three-and-a-half year wait between conception and unveiling, but Calgarians finally got to get up close and personal with the controversial Peace Bridge on Saturday.
Designed by Santiago Calatrava and built at a cost of some $25 million, it was more than a year behind schedule.
I was not able to attend the opening but stopped by later that evening to see what the hubbub was about. Apart from myself, there were still people coming down just for a look.
A few guys I spoke with mentioned that, like myself, they were not pleased with how Calgary got the bridge. (Single-source contract done without the full knowledge of city council, to be brief about it.) Still, that did not stop them from admiring what a piece of work the thing is.
Unlikely purchase
24 Saturday Mar 2012
The middle of town
23 Friday Mar 2012
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Quick LTE test
23 Friday Mar 2012
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Took Apple’s new iPad out for a spin Thursday, to a location where Bell’s LTE mobile coverage was more reliable than at my home.
As you can from the above screen shot, it’s doing very well, thank you very much. And that’s only with signal level fluctuating between two and three bars.
Signal maps below are courtesy of Bell’s website. Blue is current LTE coverage; brown is coverage coming soon.
Central Calgary:
Calgary metro area:
Waiting to cross
22 Thursday Mar 2012
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Calatrava pedestrian bridge, Calgary, on March 21, 2012, just days shy of its grand opening.
Milestone of sorts
22 Thursday Mar 2012
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Two years and eight months into my original Twitter adventure — for work, that is — I finally hit my 2,000th tweet on Wednesday. Didn’t think this social media stuff would turn out the way it did. Onward and upward, I suppose!
Ricky Leong 