Alex Bowyer // A British thirtysomething living in Montréal, Canada, with interests in people & society, technology, science fiction, films, travel and getting the best out of life.
Can also be found blogging at alexbowyer.blogspot.com and tweeting as @alexbfree.
Man I hate it when they confiscate water at the airport - it's so arbitrary and random. Winds me up every time. Especially when I forget and I have to throw it away, so I buy a bottle on the other side - and it's identical! Grr - angry just thinking about it.
Which is why I love this cartoon! :-)
I recently discovered this map showing which parts of Canada are inhabited. Ecumene means "inhabited earth". The green parts are the main inhabited parts of Canada, the red parts are small pockets of civilization outside the main areas, and the grey and white areas are completely uninhabited! I think it's an incredible visualization of nature's dominance over man in Canadian land use. If you'd like to read more about this, you can read my blog post exploring just how inaccessible much of Canada's wilderness is.
Yes, that's right, no bed!
This was what greeted me at the Sheraton Toronto when I was there this week for IDEA09 (You can read my writeups at Bitcurrent) (well ok, there was a fold-down one.. but it was very odd nonetheless!)That's what you get for booking through Hotwire - you get treated as a second class guest! Guess you get what you pay for. Ah well, it wasn't so bad in the end. Great views from the 35th floor, as you can see.
(Thanks Lara for forwarding this)
