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NOTE: Some items, in particular those on Etsy, may have limited stock. If an item is sold out, feel free to look around at the vendors other items and pick one that you think that I might like. Please just make sure that it is isn't made with animal products (so, no silk for the ties, etc).

Subscriptions:

* Vegetarian Journal
* Craft

Donations:

* Child Haven International
* Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
* Little Brother Library/School Donation

Gadgets:

* USB Hub
* OBD-II Bluetooth Scan Tool
* Sweedish Fire Steel
* Cookbook Holder
* OXO Good Grips Food Mill
* System 76 Gazelle Ultra laptop with upgraded CPU and Bluetooth.


Books:

* Growing Green - Organic Gardening for a Sustainable Future by Jenny Hall and Iain Tolhurst
* No Logo by Naomi Klein
* Serious Straw Bale by Paul Lacinski, Michael Bergeron
* Comfortable with Uncertainty by Pema Chodron
* Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy by Mathew Scully
* Vegan Fire and Spice by Robin Robertson
* Four Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from your Home Garden All Year Long by Eliot Coleman, Kathy Bray, Barbara Damrosch

Clothing:

* Hoodie
* T-Shirt, alt, alt, alt, alt, alt, alt
* Cardigan
* Tie, alt, alt, alt (you can order even if it is "sold out". He makes the ties on demand. :) )
* Vegan (no wool (that includes tweed), no silk, etc.) Argyle jacket and matching waistcoat. Dark blue, dark green, or black. Argyle or crail cuff
* Vegan Sporran
* Vegan (ie: made out of organic cotton, bamboo or hemp. Artificial fibers make my feet smell, and I don't do wool, even blended with plant fibers!) kilt hose.

Baby:

* BabyHawk Mei Tai. I want something that I can use to go hiking with Samuel this summer -- something that is easier to carry around than the giant framed backpack carrier that we currently have for him (I am not sure that thing even fits in the trunk of our car it is so big). After some experimentation with one of our wraps, a back carry with a fabric mei tai style wrap feels like it will work quite nicely. We just need firmer material than the Cuddly Wrap offers. So the BabyHawk it is. NOTE: This is a link to my gift registry at BabyHawk, and there are other things there as well. :) You all were too slow, I bought it for myself. :p
* Divine Ride Jacket (1/2 off right now!)
* Suse's Kinder Rain Poncho

Videos:

* Everyday Dish

Lee Valley: (Yes, they get their own section!)
* Seedling Waterer
* Stacking Pots
* Heat Mats (large!)
* Heat activated window opener
* U-Bar soil aerator
* Plant Minder (auto watering systems!)
* Coir pots
* Rotary Sieve
* Loop hoe
* Collinear hoe
* Plant markers
* 2 x Row Garden Drip Irrigation Kit

The comments are setup to not email me, and I won't read them for now, so if you want to get me something off here, leave it in the comments so that other people don't also get it for me (if you think it will be that popular).

A cat followed a guest inside who is staying in my duplex right now. She thought that maybe the cat lived here, but when I spoke with her, the answer was obviously a "no".

This cat is very sweet, affectionate and obviously not a stray. I had to kick him out because I am not set up for another cat at the moment, but I gave her some kibble that he scarfed up (he ignored the tuna our guest offered here earlier, so this is probably first day away from home.) He has a box under my deck for shelter, so he should be ok until tomorrow. If he is still hanging around by then, I will get a litter tray and lock him in one of the spare rooms until I can find a home for him (or, ideally, find his original home!).

So, some identifying features: short fur, predominantly black and white tabby (spots and swirls, with some lines), very affectionate. No collar. Probably between 2 and 4 years old, fixed male (I finally got a chance to look this morning).

Even if he isn't yours, I would love a foster home for him. He doesn't belong on the street.

Edit: I have updated the above to reflect some additional information gleaned this morning. The cat was still there this morning, very happy to see me. Hopefully the neighbourhood strays will not give him a hard time today, but even better would be if he got himself home.

I have been watching Indochino for some time now. They are a Canadian startup based out of Vancouver and Shanghai doing custom, on demand, limited run suits for men.

This year marks the first year that they have moved into fabrics other than wool and wool blends. This is obviously very exciting for me, since that was pretty much the only thing holding me back from buying from them. It is hard to get a good quality vegan suit at a decent price.

Indochino's prices are comparable to off-the-rack stores like Moors, but the quality, fit and style are so much better.
( cut for length )

If you plan on making a purchase from them, let me know and I will send you a promo code that will also net you a free shirt. (note: I don't get any benefit from recommending them or bringing in new clients).

This help desk ticket was escalated by my group today because we also manage the antispam system for the campus. It is important to note that the professor in question gets the odd spam message in his inbox, the rest are being "quarantined".

Prof.E is furious about the number of spams that every [University] member is getting in their mailboxes. He is calling not for him only, he is calling for every [university] mailbox owners.

Professor is requesting to setup a ticket and pass it to someone who can fix this hole in [the university's] Mail System. He doesn't want us to close the ticket until a fix has been introduced and speak to an administrator.

Explained why a person could receive spam, phishing, spoof e-mail without even subscribing to any websites. Professor is still not convinced and requested to have it escalated to the highest level.

Himself he receives 40 over spams a day in the quarantine system and few in the inbox. He informs that he never received that many spams with anyother mailboxes and never gave out mcgill address to anyone.

Edit: A google search on his email address returns over 150 results. So much for "never giving out [his] address"!

So, as some of you may know, shade_42 and I have an ongoing bet regarding the creation of a functional Space Elevator. I would have to go back to my records, but essentially I bet him that there would be a working space elevator within 20 years. That was 4 or 5 years ago.

How to things look now? I don't know. I still have hope, and space elevators have been in the news a lot more than they were 5 years ago. I just don't know if we will be there in 15 years from now. I am still waiting for my flying car. :p

On the other hand, the 9 KM tall space tower serves almost the same purpose, though, without making it through our atmosphere.

I wonder, if it was built, would that qualify for me to have won the bet?

I was wondering if anyone knew of a place in Monteal that sold Baby Jogger (http://babyjogger.com) strollers?

I haven't had luck at my usual haunts: toysrus, Goldteck, the running room, MEC.

Thanks!