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January 3, 2016

Sliding on Mount Royal

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Dune – “etymological” riddle solved?

I recently re-read Dune for something like the 5th time. I love the book; I find that I always look at water in a different way for months after I’ve read it. On reading it this time, I came across this word in the text and the glossary: As a native French-speaker, I immediately saw […]

Playa del Carmen with the family

As many of my friends know, I am spending most of the summer in Mexico City, visiting my wife’s family. I have a few posts to write about some of the things I’ve done, so keep reading my blog later this week for more! So far, most of the summer has been spent with me […]

Transit Mapping Symposium

Last June, I went to Paris for WordCamp Europe. There, I met up with Jug Cerovič, an amazing transit map maker, whose maps are truly works of art. We talked about his book and his work, and during our conversation, I said that it would be absolutely fantastic to be able to gather all the people […]

Projet Montréal

Tomorrow is election day in Montreal. Last time around, we elected Denis Coderre, ex-immigration minister, and ex-MP from Montreal North, where I grew up. I didn’t like him back then as immigration minister, and I did not vote him as Mayor. I disagree with many of the things he has done or wants to do: […]

Learning Dutch: Beginnings

Back in August, I attended a conference in Montreal which was all about polyglots and languages: Langfest. So many attendees at the conference had name-tags that said which languages they spoke or were learning to speak. Most people had 3 or more; several were even on their 7th or 8th language! While I was there, […]

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