Chris Jones Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Enraged pedestrian. Flâneur. Hiker. Explorer. Web developer. Photographer. Daydreamer. Recluse. Road full of promise, head full of doubt. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Hello.

I’m at home in Halifax, NS, where it’s 1° and mostly cloudy at 9:10am.
I’m currently reading Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.

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Checked in: Tsujiri Halifax

Checked in: Tsujiri Halifax

October 21st, 2020 at 12:41pm in Notes

Treated myself to a beautiful Japanese lunch today.

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Washabuck Falls

Washabuck Falls

October 10th, 2020 at 8:01pm in Notes

Did a little tour of the area while I’m up in Cape Breton for the long weekend.

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Beach rocks, Black Brook Cove Beach

Beach rocks, Black Brook Cove Beach

September 29th, 2020 at 8:28pm in Photographs

Earlier this month I went up to Cape Breton with a couple of friends to hike around the island.

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Cabot Trail, September 2020

Cabot Trail, September 2020

September 20th, 2020 at 3:04pm in Photographs

A couple of weeks ago I took the week off from work and did a road trip around the Cabot Trail with a couple of friends.

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Paroisse Saint-Pierre

Paroisse Saint-Pierre

September 15th, 2020 at 7:28pm in Notes

Last week I went to Cape Breton to do some hiking and getting-away-from-it-all.

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Popular

Using PHP and cURL to post to the Mastodon API

Using PHP and cURL to post to the Mastodon API

August 29th, 2018 at 7:31pm 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.

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Hiking the Liberty Lake Loop

Hiking the Liberty Lake Loop

August 31st, 2018 at 12:56pm 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.

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Three Days Around Cape Chignecto

Three Days Around Cape Chignecto

June 1st, 2011 at 9:11pm 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.

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

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

September 11th, 2014 at 8:00pm 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.

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Stoddard House, Barrington Street

Stoddard House, Barrington Street

December 4th, 2012 at 2:00am in Photographs

This is the north exterior wall of Stoddard House, located at 1359 Barrington Street on the corner of Bishop Street.

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On This Day

Perfect day for baking

Perfect day for baking

October 28th, 2018 at 3:45pm in Notes

Grey, chilly, foggy days are perfect for keeping the apartment warm and smelling good with a little baking.

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Random

Falls at Fairy Hole, Cape Breton

Falls at Fairy Hole, Cape Breton

October 14th, 2012 at 10:30pm in Photographs

This was the second time I had made the short hike to Fairy Hole, the previous time being exactly a year before.

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Birch on Ness Lake

Birch on Ness Lake

December 13th, 2010 at 2:00pm in Photographs

Here’s one from the archives that I’ve been meaning to put back up for a while.

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Parish doors, Trinity Church

Parish doors, Trinity Church

May 28th, 2010 at 10:00am in Photographs

The Trinity Church in New York is a bit of an oasis in the heart of the big city.

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