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 2° with clear skies at 12:10pm.

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Nice day for a boat ride

February 28th, 2021 at 8:07pm in Notes

The sun was out and the weather not too cold, a good day to get on the ferry and go for a walk along the harbour.

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Checked in: Celtic Corner Public House

February 28th, 2021 at 4:08pm in Notes

Took the ferry across the harbour for a nice sunny walk along the harbourfront trail.

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Checked in: Curry Village Indian Restaurant

February 26th, 2021 at 7:08pm in Notes

A hot meal of Lamb Madras on a chilly Friday evening.

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Grade 6 achievements

February 20th, 2021 at 3:55pm in Notes

It was in Grade 6, and remains to this day, my greatest academic achievement.

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Checked in: The Auction House

February 18th, 2021 at 6:44pm in Notes

Suicide and a chocolate Porter.

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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

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

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

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

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

The most wonderful time of the year

March 4th, 2020 at 10:41am in Notes

I always look forward to the time of year when Java Blend Coffee gets their Tanzania Peaberry beans.

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Downtown Halifax life

March 4th, 2019 at 6:49pm in Notes

I love Halifax and I love winter, I really do, but having to deal with the sheer incompetence of the municipality every winter is grinding at my last nerve.

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