Chris Jones Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Enraged pedestrian. Flâneur. Hiker. Explorer. Web developer. Photographer. Daydreamer. Come from away Upper Canadian. Black sheep spinster uncle. Recluse. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Hello.

I’m at home in Halifax, NS, where it’s 2°, which feels like -3°, and overcast at 5:26am.

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Bought a bucket

February 26^th, 2020 at 8:18pm in Notes

That’s it.

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Snowy walk home

February 11^th, 2020 at 6:31pm in Notes

I always enjoy walking home in the snow.

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We haz warnings

February 7^th, 2020 at 2:02pm in Notes

Yup, that’s winter on the North Atlantic!

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A non-slippery commute

February 7^th, 2020 at 10:16am in Notes

Gotta say @hfxgov has been doing a bang-up job on downtown sidewalks this winter.

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Snow day

January 8^th, 2020 at 9:39am in Notes

It’s a snow day here in Halifax, one of my favourite winter days.

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Using PHP and cURL to post to the Mastodon API

January 8^th, 2020 at 9:39am in Articles

As my distaste for Twitter has grown over the last while I decided to see if I could deploy my own instance of Mastodon, a federated, distributed social network.

Hiking the Liberty Lake Loop

January 8^th, 2020 at 9:39am in Articles

Desperate for a relatively local hiking challenge this year, I decided to finally hike the Liberty Lake Loop, a 56km trail in Kejimkujik National Park.

Three Days Around Cape Chignecto

January 8^th, 2020 at 9:39am in Articles

Since moving to the east coast, I’ve been trying my best to do as much hiking as I did when I lived in central British Columbia.

Late summer camping at Keji's Wil-Bo-Wil cabin

January 8^th, 2020 at 9:39am in Articles

It’s been about three years or so since the Wil-Bo-Wil cabin was built in Kejimkujik’s backcountry, and even though I’ve passed it many times on hikes destined for elsewhere in the park I’ve never actually stayed there.