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Morocco bound

If I were to make a word cloud of all my discussions with people over the last year regarding my and Melissa's plans to live abroad, one question would be right in the middle in 100-point text: "Why Morocco?" Depending on the tone of the question — concerned, baffled, enthralled — …

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Goodbye, Reeder. Hello, MnmlRdr + Fluid.

Google Reader is no more, which has opened up the feed reader app scene to new ideas and business models. With the plethora of new feed readers out there, I won't get into a comparison of the different products on offer. After all, it has only been a month since Google Reader was shuttered. I'm …

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Flash, bam, alakazam

"Orange Colored Sky", originally recorded by Nat King Cole, is one of my favourite jazz classics. If you've never heard it, take a listen. Its lyrics provide an oddly fitting frame for the story I'm about to tell you... I was walking along, minding my business... I woke yesterday morning feeling …

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Taming traffic mayhem in my backyard

I love living in Central Frederick — it has a wealth of century homes on comfortable tree-lined streets, a beautiful school, neighbourhood parks, and a corner store. This is one of Kitchener's oldest neighbourhoods and, like many areas of K-W, the street grid can get a little wonky. In the …

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