Bitter Grounds Magazine

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I’m getting too old for this shit

Sep 24, 2019 | I'm getting too old for this shit

I changed the name of the column to "I'm getting too old for this shit". I switched the name on the Facebook page back in August to test if it worked. It's a keeper. It fits perfectly with my mind set lately. So, why the name change? Well, the memoir's section has...

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Looking at an early mail postal scam

Oct 7, 2019 | Stamps

I stumbled across an interesting early mail scam while reading through supplements to the Canada Post Guide. I came across a reference to a scam that seemed to plague the postal system to such an extent, the Postmaster felt obliged to issue a directive: July 1913...

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More bees photos – summers gone

Sep 2, 2019 | photos & digital art

It's Sept already, summer is gone and I didn't get much time to wander the city taking photographs. I did get a some decent bee photos so all wasn't lost. Bees don’t really care if you lurk around taking photos of them and by and large ignore any pesky...

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Tech Gifts for Women – not the usual pinkification

Sep 25, 2019 | apps | software | stuff

I’ve been looking over tech gifts for women lists and keep having the same visceral reaction to many of them. The pinkification is alive and well in the tech industry. Ideas seem to end with “and cute” too often. Many lists are simply insulting and out of touch....

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TPL’s new logo: is it really controversial?

Sep 12, 2019 | typography, typos & design

The Toronto Public Library (TPL) has a new logo and some folks are a bit peeved. Let’s start with the fun stuff – TPL’s logo. If you pay attention to Toronto's Twitterati, the new logo is a bit controversial. Or so goes the claim. The bulk of the controversy seemed...

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NASA patent & technical drawing bonanza

Mar 13, 2019 | history of tech

I’ve been rooting around looking for interesting patents to explore and came across NASA’s Apollo Drawings and Technical Drawings page. I was looking for a couple of space-related patents and started with NASA's website to see if I could narrow down specific items to...