My Week Ending 2020-11-29

Here’s a summary of some of the things I learned and published this week.

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Readings 

You can follow my daily readings as they happen here.  Below are a selected few, with commentary, from the past week.

Sunday

• There have been many emotional pictures during this COVID time period but I can’t think of one more emotional than this one
• What a wonderful tribute to Alex Trebek even though the rules for searching specifically say it doesn’t have to be a question

Monday

• We’re getting closer to having a new face on the $5 bill. Here’s the short list
• It’s sad but probably a sign of the times that security guards are needed at libraries

Tuesday

• Thirty seven cases and growing at Windsor’s Frank Begley Public School
• In theory, this is a list of what is open or not in Toronto and Peel but some are bucking the order

Wednesday

• Good news from Scotland for women and young ladies who need person period products
• The Caldwell First Nation community gets a chunk of land south of Leamington to establish their own reserve

Thursday

• As Canadians, we know that we’re the best place to live in the world! Now, other countries are realizing it
• Digital map makers are dropping the ball by not displaying treaty boundaries. They display so much else

Friday

• You’d think that schools could ease up just a bit on school uniforms if they’re going to open windows in the winter but no
• The Conservative government is going to hold university’s feet to the fire for funding starting with graduate salaries

Saturday

• The antics of the current president of the United States should lend support to the thought that this needs to change
• The provincial government flexes its COVID muscles again and even more Canadians live in more restricted communities

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Blog Posts on
doug … off the record

My daily contributions to this blog are linked below. If you’re looking for a week in review for doug–off the record, you came to the right place.

• Sunday – My Week Ending September 22, 2020
  • Weekly summary of things around here
• Monday – Little help please?
  • All the work that education has done to get things right are down the tubes because they need the number of minutes in the classroom to work out
• Tuesday – Taking care of yourself
  • Some suggestions for the online workspace environment
• Wednesday – COVID visualizations
  • From Western University and the CTV network, a couple of ways to visualize COVID in the province
• Thursday – I wish I’d invented this
  • Inspiration from The Source
• Friday – This Week in Ontario Edublogs
  • My weekly look at seven blog posts from around the province
• Saturday – Small business Saturday
  • Now more than ever, buy local
• Sunday – Whatever happened to … ?
  • A weekly fun post to try to get you to reflect on things and share your thoughts

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#FollowFriday – November 27, 2020

https://wke.lt/w/s/EC-BY4

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voicEd Radio

On this week’s show, Stephen Hurley and I chatted about gaming, power of women, new teaching conditions, a lonely walk, and DPA during COVID.

The show is available here: https://voiced.ca/podcast_episode_post/we-are-women-hear-us-roar/

Rolland Chidiac – @rchids
Paul Gauchi – @PCMalteseFalcon
Terry Whitmell – @TerryWhitmell
Melanie White – @WhiteRoomRadio
Larissa Aradj – @MrsGeekChic

Intro Song:

All of the podcasts are archived here. The show is broadcast LIVE almost every Wednesday morning at 9:15 on voicEd Radio.

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Technology Troubleshooting

In a digital world, going back to something analog can be a challenge and frustrating. This all came back to haunt me as I put up the Christmas lights out front.

There really is no need to have them on all night and it’s pointless to have them on during the day time.

In the beginning, we had all the electricity brought back to a power strip and we just had to go out to the garage when the sun went down to flip the switch and they’d all come on. Then, before we went to bed, one of us had to remember to go out to the garage and flip them off.

One day, we realized that only a sucker would continue to do that in this day and age and so we went to Home Hardware and bought a timer. There were many choices but we went with one model and took it home. Digging it out of the boxes has been a ritual every year since then. Actually, the ritual is to remember how to set it.

I was rather pleased this year when I plugged it into the outlet and the power strip into the timer and all the lights came on. Job done and I felt pretty good. Sadly, I overlooked the fact that it was something like 1 in the afternoon. When we went to admire our lights at 5 when the sun had gone down, they lights hadn’t come on.

Actually, more correctly, they had been on and had turned themselves off as per instructions. I had over looked the important thing which was to set the time on the timer! One I had trouble shot that, things looked good.

But, the next day, the lights were on in the afternoon again. What the ?

Upon further inspection, the little buttons that mark each half hour need to be either on or off. Turn them on (by accident), and the lights seem to have a mind of its own. It was time to go back to the beginning and check and double check things and I’m pretty sure I’ve got it right. The lights are on when I go to bed and they’re off in the morning when I wake up. That’s my standard for this activity.

If it was only digital, it would be so much easier to set and check.

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Video of the Week

This will take you back. Substitute Cross County Canada.

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Photo of the Week

My daughter shared this from her archives. From the days when we actually had a traditional Santa Claus Parade, apparently she and I sneaked into a pub for a quick cold one.

Thanks for reading.

Please join me daily for something new and, hopefully, interesting for you. I honestly and truthfully appreciate your few moments reading my thoughts. Time willing, this summary appears every Sunday afternoon.

Be safe.

dp

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