Going to the Toronto Zoo on Saturday was a gamble. Weather forecasts varied from a definite rainstorm a week prior to low chances of rain on Saturday morning. In the end, we found that enjoying the zoo was best done without a huge crowd, which the weather certainly played a role in controlling.More...

Abandoned buildings on Brock Road North, just south of Guelph. The sign reads "Luca Meat Market".

According to BikingToronto, this arch was made of 600 abandoned or unclaimed stolen bicycles.

Mark Grieve also did a bicycle arch for the Burning Man Festival in 2007, among other bicycle-centric sculptures he created.

Feeling a need to spend some time alone, I walked in the park nearby. I try never to forget to bring my camera; I regretted every time I did.More...

A set of radio communication equipment used by the military.

For the 2010 edition of Guelph's Door Open, 9 buildings were open to the public. One of them was Hammond Museum of Radio, which exhibits more than 2,000 radios developed in the past 100 years.More...

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I’ve switched all but 8 incandescent light bulbs to compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) in my house when I moved in a few months ago, but didn’t know what to do with the old bulbs. I kept them in a box, wondering if there were local ordinances regulating their proper disposal – all 31 of them in one shot at that.More...

I stumbled upon the BIXI bike sharing system in Ottawa on our way to a friend’s graduation last year. The link goes to the Montreal site for some reason. Maybe they are meeting greater success in Montreal?

It’s $3 for the first 30 minutes, and the fare increases the longer you don’t return it. This encourages users to return the bikes more often.

With summer coming, the system should see increasing use. I wonder how’s the ride like?