Jan 27 2009

7 Things You Didn’t Know About Me.

Category: MemesClevergirl @ 6:13 pm

1. Link to your original tagger(s) and list these rules in your post.
2. Share seven facts about yourself in the post.
3. Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names.
4. Let them know they’ve been tagged.

Complicity Theory tagged me.

1) I have long wanted to learn to hang glide. The problem is, I am usually living somewhere too flat, or too obscure to have access to a safe hang gliding club. Item #2 might also impact this.

2) I am just the littlest bit scared of heights. Usually happens when I am in a tall building and I look out the window in the downward direction.

3) I got my first period at age 12… It was June.

4) I use an online personna (or avatar of sorts) to manage a number of online community blogs anonymously. And I’ve been doing that for longer than I’ve been Clevergirl. (& No, I won’t give deets)

5) I became a blogger because in July 2002 I asked the wrong right question during week 2 of my PhD. And, tbh, I am still trying to figure out why blogging was the answer to that question! Even though, in fact, blogging had little to do with either my question or my prof’s answer…. the long term result of the exchange was blogging.

6) About 4 years ago I got eczema on my scalp. After much tooing and frooing, I figured out for myself about a year ago that I am allergic to all mainstream shampoo and conditioner. I now wash my hair only 2x per week and only use Nature Clean shampoo and conditioner. It’s not completely gone, but at least it doesn’t itch like it used to.

7) These days I am on full-time language training, which means I get paid to learn Canada’s other official language fluently. I know you all think that sounds awesome, but it’s actually quite intense. As a result of this, if you come over for dinner, you will have to speak in French since dinner is now served in French chez moi.

I tag LifeXHistory, Eski, Zelda, Dr. Daisy, Discere Docendo,


Jan 26 2009

OLPC blogging

Category: OLPCClevergirl @ 2:41 pm

Some of you will find this hard to believe, but this is my first blog post written on my OLPC. Odd that I am getting back into it just when  everyone seems to be declaring  it dead on the blogosphere.   The hold up? I could never get it to log on to the net at my old apartment and since moved at the end of july, I just never got it out of the box until yesterday… bah.

You can just put this down to me being fashionably late as always. ;-)


Jan 14 2009

He might be a meat eater… but

Category: Bad Eats, On Being GreenClevergirl @ 7:59 pm

this is my current favourite online lecture. Mark Bittman on TED telling the world to be more responsible about what you eat. check it out:

I found it on The Grist


Jan 14 2009

Now it’s Nortel

Category: OLPCClevergirl @ 7:31 pm

A few weeks ago, OLPC Foundation signaled troubled… and today it’s Nortel Networks.

Many might be wondering why I put OLPC and Nortel together, but if you own an OLPC then you know that Nortel was involved in the design of the OLPC. Moreover, Nortel has often been the host of the OLPC Ottawa & the DC G1G1 communities so it makes me sad. :-(


Jan 01 2009

Morocco on a Camel

Category: On the Road, The Diss, The Middle EastClevergirl @ 7:36 pm

In early December I took a holiday with Wilderness Travel to ride camels and camp in the desert. There was actually much more than that… and I took something crazy like 700 photos, so I have uploaded a retrospective of them to my flickr acct. in the event that you would like to see them.

The trip was actually a gift from my ‘rents for finishing my PhD last year. (Yes, still celebrating!)

It was a great trip. Small group. Nice travellers. Well organised. Great country. Awesome Camels!

You should go.