Watawa life

They have a highly informative post about pho. I recommend it for all pho lovers. (In case you don’t know, pho is Vietnamese soup. It’s really good.)
State of Pho in Ottawa
(What are you waiting for? Go eat some.)

I’m very sorry that I’ve had to add Recaptcha to the comments area. It’s because I’m getting masses of comment spam and I can’t stand deleting it every day. I hope my commenters won’t find it too annoying in itself.

Recaptcha is a form of Captcha, a system for distinguishing human beings from spam-bots. Humans can read the distorted words but robots can’t.

Recaptcha uses distorted words from actual scanned texts. That way every time you solve one, you are helping in the project to digitize all the world’s books and newspapers. More about Recaptcha here.

I’m going to try it for awhile and see if it works. I hope I still get comments. Like I always say, comments are the tip jar of the blogosphere.

A year ago today:
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Slush Puppie

February 28, 2009

Two years ago:
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Walk Run Bike

Feb 28, 2008

Fiddle player

Robin Kelsey — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:39:12 +0000

On the corner out front of Hartman’s.

A year ago today:
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Waiting for the bus

February 27, 2009

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Brick wall 3

Feb 27, 2008

So go

Robin Kelsey — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:14:33 +0000

256 Bank

A year ago today:
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The photographer

February 26, 2009

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Red wheels

Feb 26, 2008

Arch

Robin Kelsey — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:48:38 +0000

A year ago today:
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Through the looking glass

February 25, 2009

Two years ago:
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Boardwalk

Feb 25, 2008

Everybody was kung fu fighting

Robin Kelsey — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:41:38 +0000

The window at Global Giftware, 708 Somerset W.

A year ago today:
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Olympia Market Centre

February 24, 2009

Two years ago:
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Chimney

Feb 24, 2008

Gas geometry

Robin Kelsey — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:40:37 +0000

This is at Raw Sugar, 692 Somerset W.

A year ago today:
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Park bench

February 23, 2009

Two years ago:
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Shazam!

Feb 23, 2008

Does this make me look fat?

Robin Kelsey — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:47:13 +0000

A year ago today:
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Ottawa Mosque

February 22, 2009

Two years ago:
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How pigeons keep warm

Feb 22, 2008

Domtar on a snowy day in February

Robin Kelsey — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:24:00 +0000

I went out on this dull day to try and take some pictures. I went on my bike because although it was snowing off and on, it was warm and the streets were clear.

I like to take my bike when I go out taking pictures because it totes my backpack and two cameras for me, just like a mule. Otherwise I only take one camera and I can’t go as far.

Here’s my loyal bike waiting for me under that construction barricade they’ve put up on Booth.

I hadn’t seen these cancer society posters before. They took me by surprise. I think they’re pretty good.

I was thinking of hopping onto the river pathway down by the war museum and heading downtown, but it isn’t plowed. You’d think they could pay some schmuck to run a sidewalk plow down the bike paths a few times a year. I’m just saying.

So I went down to Domtar. I haven’t been there in a long time. These guys were playing with a big digger, digging up stuff from one side of that barricade and dumping it on the other side.

Here’s Parliament Hill and a couple of buses.

Chaudière rapids. You can’t get very close to take a picture, but I always try. They’re half frozen this time of year.

Domtar on a dull day in February. This will be my pic of the day.

A year ago today:
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Sprinkler alarm

February 21, 2009

Two years ago:
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The moon

Feb 21, 2008