Category: Education
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Alberta First Nations and Law
I thought I’d do my part for a friend who is putting together a lecture for the benefit of anyone interested in law, first nations studies, and Alberta Heritage. Ruth Gorman is the person-of-interest in this lecture. A book about her work with First Nations has been published: Behind the Man: John Laurie, Ruth Gorman,…
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FLOSS, FOSS, CC, Etc, Etc.
FLOSS = Free Libre Open Source Software. FOSS = Free Open Source Software CC= Creative Commons Licencing Now that you know sort-of what I’m referring to, I just wanted to post an article on some of the applications I’ve been exploring and testing that mostly fall under the FLOSS category. By day I’m busy doing…
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There’s Copper in Them There Bins, Part Two
In part one of this two-part post I talked about my mad plan to cash in all the little scraps of copper pipe and wire that I saved from my renovation jobs. My effort was working out to $8 per hour based on my 1 hour test which ended with about 4 pounds of stripped…
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There’s Copper in Them There Bins
I’ve mentioned before that there is a lot of waste in home renovations. A lot of blogs out there talk about what should be done to reduce our waste. In the end it is our personal lifestyle that dictates how much we contribute to “Waste Reduction”. What I find interesting is that the people living…
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Tablesaw Wants Wood, Not Wound.
I just saw a bumper sticker on a truck that read “If you can’t stand behind our troops…try standing in front of them!” It’s obvious that there are more dangerous occupations than carpentry. So why are there so many injuries? I think part of the reason is power tools. If you jumped back 100 years,…
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Septic Tank Product Review; Us vs Store bought
What am I talking about? City dwellers don’t have to worry about septic maintenance stuff except in their portable RVs where they might have a sewage holding tank. I’m not talking about RVs here. My house is on a septic system, meaning I have to look after the maintenance of my sewage. In my world,…