Category: montreal + canada + the world

Photos of the Laval metro extension work. I wonder if they’ll keep with the style of the current metro for the new stations – with at least some artistic “flair”…

I would love to see one of these up close.. what are the chances of this ever making it to Canada (50/1) ? “World premiere of the Volkswagen CrossPolo at…

Luxury hotels of the sky. “The 555 seat, double deck Airbus A380 is the most ambitious civil aircraft program yet. When it enters service in March 2006, the A380 will…

Some great bios, stories and photos from the TIME archives. TIME 100 – People of the Century

“It’s 35 degrees outside and it’s just started to snow. Not content with temperature-controlled beaches, seven-star hotels and a manmade archipelago, the sun-baked emirate of Dubai has decided to introduce…

A great panaorama of the downtown Vancouver area and mountains behind. (warning : very large image) https://stevey.wpengine.com/wp-content/vancouver_large.jpg

“10 Most Wanted Time Capsules” (actually 9 since one has been found) “Time capsules usually are lost due to thievery, secrecy or poor planning. Finding them will enrich posterity by…

Well, seems this is the 200th post on this site since I’ve put wordpress to use. Amazing at what started as a simple test of WP for work ended up…

“Incredible High-Res image of Earth from Space in winter 04′” (very large image warning!) http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/136048main_bm_012004.jpg .. with more images available here …. http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/features/blue_marble.html

Longhouses, more photos found here. From our trip to TO for Thanksgiving … Click here for the full set

Having swam in the river for the first time myslef (off lakehsore in front of John Abbott College) .. found this interesting article … “What will it take to get…

SO. You want to start your own country. You have cast about and discovered the strange quirky world of micronationalism and you think you might be interested in having your…

91 South @ sunrise, more photos found here. Driving south on Saturday morning, not much traffic, nice views !! Full set here … http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevey/sets/1021143/

“The Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft captured several stunning images of Earth during a gravity assist swingby of its home planet on Aug. 2, 2005. Several hundred images, taken with the wide-angle…

Flower, more photos found here. Some fun canoeing yesterday north of Hull, http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevey/sets/800194/