Author Archives: kaan

a/version of yourself

Posted on June 25, 2012 by kaan

Friday night I went to an art opening. “a/version of yourself” by Sophia Bartholomew is now installed at topdown bottomup. In short, the project involves Sophia creating a new shirt for each day of the year. The completed shirts are placed in … Continue reading →

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hair loss

Posted on June 21, 2012 by kaan

It turns out that Keith’s mad skillz with sharp edges are not limited to shredding the pow on skis. He can also handle scissors masterfully. Keith gave me a hair cut last night. This is my new look.

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eplay

Posted on June 19, 2012 by kaan

My two favourite places on the computer to play are stellarium and google earth. This evening I discovered a national geographic collaboration with google earth to integrate some super high resolution images of wildlife into the satellite view. You can see most … Continue reading →

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libration

Posted on June 13, 2012 by kaan

Back in December, when we had our last lunar eclipse, I went off on a rant about the phrase “dark side of the moon.” I pointed out the absurdity of this phrase given that the same side of the moon … Continue reading →

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light it up

Posted on June 11, 2012 by kaan

The media heavily reported Ray Bradbury’s death on the 5th and ironically reduced his life to a series of factoids and partial information devoid of context. Stephen Colbert offered what I think is the best possible tribute to this marvellous and iconic author. He … Continue reading →

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hair

Posted on June 8, 2012 by kaan

Back in second year engineering I had a substantial afro and beard. One day at the campus pub, we unplugged a tv and plugged in a straightening iron. This was the result. My hair is starting to get a bit … Continue reading →

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tm chsm

Posted on June 4, 2012 by kaan

This past weekend was spent in the interior of the province. We camped near the canyon edge in Chasm, BC. This was essentially the view from our tents. (I erased one very central tree from the panorama by merging photos … Continue reading →

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engorged

Posted on May 28, 2012 by kaan

This weekend I went climbing with five friends in the Cheakamus gorge between Squamish and Whistler. It was a super beautiful location with super rad people on a magnificent day. Eric is visiting from Switzerland and this seemed a great opportunity … Continue reading →

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culturalist

Posted on May 22, 2012 by kaan

As forecasted, I have now begun a worm composting bin. I started with an inexpensive bin from the hardware store and drilled some ventilation holes in it. I added some worthless pulp I found on the sidewalk to act as worm … Continue reading →

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awesome

Posted on May 20, 2012 by kaan

Two fantastic signs spotted on our fantastic journey into central occupied cascadia.

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