After taking Monday night off I knew I needed to run tonight, but I was greeted by rain when I left the office this evening, and I thought my chances of a run tonight were shot. I am not a fan of running in the rain, but as the evening wore on I decided that I needed to get out there, so I wrapped my phone in plastic wrap and pre-pared to face the rain. Of course when I got out there I found the storm had passed and it was a great evening for a run. Though I do think it might be time to invest in a good running case for my phone.
Today was election day in Toronto, So what better picture of the day than ballot. I can’t say I’m to happy with the election results, but then that’s how democracy works, every one has a vote and the majority win, even if the majority make a big mistake.
Ever since I got my first Palm Pilot I have read E-books. You can read about the software I used on my old Windows Mobile Phone here. So one of the first applications I searched the market for was an E-books reader. When I first looked the options were limited, though now a number of major players in the marketplace. Amazon has brought their Kindle App, Kobo has their Kobo Reader software and even Barns and Noble have an app. All of these are designed to let you Buy and read books. The problem is they don’t allow you to add third-party E-books. I have a number of E-books that I’ve purchased over the years and if I can’t read them the reader seems pointless. Of course there may be a time that I’ll want to buy books from the closed stores these apps represents and when I do I’ll down load them again.
Aldiko has a very simple interface, when you first launch it you see a shelf of the books you have recently read. Below you to options, Bookshelf, where you can browse the rest of the books you have on your phone, and Download books, which takes you to a number of sites where you can download buy books or download free ones. You can also add Custom Catalogues so you can get books from more sources, including Baen Books a publisher that gets E-books.
Today after skating we were driving down the 427 and I snapped this picture of a landing plane. It seemed almost to low,but of course that’s just silly.
Today our picture is of Jacob enjoying his Special Pop at Chuck E. Cheese’s. We were there celebrating Jacob’s success at school. It’s great to see him eager to go to school every day and if that means he gets a sicker when he gets home and a reward when he collects 10 stickers then I’m all for it.
Today I found myself at the Wheat Sheaf for lunch and instead of ordering my standard Hoagie (Project 365-60), I ordered a greed salad with a grilled chicken breast. It seems wrong, but when I look in the mirror or stand on the scale I know it’s right.
Today our picture is of a new sign added to our local park. It seems that we can no longer use the public park for Ball Playing. This seems wrong. I don’t understand how a sign like this can be placed in a public park. Before the sign was added police had stopped some neighbourhood kids who were playing in this area of the park. Is it just me or does the thought that they would band ball in an open field is just wrong. What’s worse is when asked about it, our local Councillor said it wasn’t his concern. I’m thinking with the election next week it’s time to find a councillor who would take these kinds of local issues his or her concern.
Today was photo day, it’s also the one day of the week that I take Jacob to school. So on the way to school I snapped this picture of Jacob to send to Melissa to show her that Jacob would be ready to go in front of the camera.
Today I thought I’d share this video I found on http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/ It’s amazing to watch as the bridge comes down. Though as a driver who passes under where that bridge was occasionally, the construction has been a real pain.
