History Friars black, white, and grey I was inspired to learn more about the history of religious orders after visiting an abbey in Scotland [https://danbscott.ghost.io/highlights-from-scotland-2014/] and while planning a trip to France [https://danbscott.ghost.io/follow-the-red-brick-canal/]. I read a book called The Lord as Their Portion: The Story of the Religious
Art Add Art For this week's post, I just have a couple of links to share. About art. I was asked to share a link to Artsy [http://www.artsy.net/]. It is a website with news on galleries (art museums and commercial galleries), shows, and art that is available for
Travel Memories of Madrid I've written in the past about trips I've taken to Scotland [https://danbscott.ghost.io/highlights-from-scotland-2014/], the Pacific [https://danbscott.ghost.io/seattle-trip-2015/] Northwest [https://danbscott.ghost.io/oregon-trail/], and France [https://danbscott.ghost.io/les-musees-de-paris/] (as well as offering some suggestions [https://danbscott.ghost.io/
Book Free Market Environmentalism As mentioned at the top of my previous post, this post is a book review. It's quite a lengthy post so it took a while to find time to write it; I hope it was worth the wait. Free Market Environmentalism for the Next Generation (abbreviated FME below)
Links "Node Generative Architecture" Sorry there hasn't been a post here for awhile. This week I just have a few random links—but hopefully some interesting ones—but I'm planning what should be a very interesting book review for my next post. One of my previous posts [https://danbscott.ghost.
New Brunswick Portobello Creek Quite a bit closer to home than what I've been writing about recently, this post is about some kayaking I did last weekend. I went out to French Lake and Portobello [https://www.ec.gc.ca/ap-pa/default.asp?lang=En&n=456038C4-1] Creek [https://www.ec.
Travel Follow the red brick canal My trip to France this spring ended in Toulouse, and so will this series. (See previous entries here [https://danbscott.ghost.io/les-musees-de-paris/], here [https://danbscott.ghost.io/moutarde-et-fromage-2/], and here [https://danbscott.ghost.io/calanques-en-provence/]). Toulouse was distinct from other places in France that I visited in a couple
France Calanques-en-Provence Continuing my short [https://danbscott.ghost.io/les-musees-de-paris/] series [https://danbscott.ghost.io/moutarde-et-fromage-2/] about my recent trip to France, this week's post is about the time I was in Marseille. Marseille is a very cool city, centered around a large harbour. The harbour entrance is flanked by
France Moutarde et Fromage This is my second post about my recent trip to France. Last week I wrote [https://danbscott.ghost.io/les-musees-de-paris/] about my time in Paris. This week's post is about Dijon [https://www.google.ca/maps/place/21000+Dijon,+France/@47.3318597,4.9621813,12z/] and Lyon [https:
Art Les Musées de Paris A month ago, I was in the middle of a two-week trip to France. I had a great time there, and plan to write a series of posts about it, starting with this one about my time in Paris. Museums weren't the only thing I saw in Paris,
Water Wolastoq This post is a collection of a few links related to the Saint John River. First of all, Canoe Kayak New Brunswick [http://www.canoekayaknb.com/], which I'm pleased to be involved with, has a great new website. Take a look! A related thing of interest is this
Statistics Ice-Out Dates in Oromocto Lake I just got back from vacation, which is why I haven't had a post for a while. I plan to write some posts about my trip, but first I wanted to share this, since it is well-suited for this time of year. In a paper titled "Influence
Food Eating Crickets One of my goals for this year was to try eating crickets (I've mentioned in a previous post [https://danbscott.ghost.io/mushrooms-and-mosses/] how it could be an emerging trend). On a recent trip to the US, I got a chance to do it. I bought a couple
Professional Hanging out my shingle I recently became registered as a professional engineer with APEGNB [http://www.apegnb.com/en/home/default.aspx] so it seemed like a good time to write a post describing what I do in my job, which is in the field of industrial wastewater treatment [https://ricochet.com/what-your-wastewater-treatment-specialist-wants-you-to-know/] . The
Book Mushrooms and Mosses This is sort of two posts in one—reviews of a couple of books I got when I was in the Pacific Northwest [https://danbscott.ghost.io/seattle-trip-2015/] last fall. They are Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms by Eugenia Bone, and Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural
3D Printing Fixing my 3d Printer As I mentioned in an earlier post [https://danbscott.ghost.io/diy-telescope-project/], my 3D printer needed a new hot end. It took longer than I was expecting, but I finally got it installed. I got a Hexagon [http://www.reprapdiscount.com/hotends/67-hexagon-hotend-set.html] hot-end, which is different from the
Movies & TV Watch The Expanse I've previously written [https://danbscott.ghost.io/the-expanse-and-the-human/] about a book series I like. Now it's been made into a TV show. The Expanse [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230854/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_4] is a new show based on the books by James S.
New Brunswick NB Budget 2016: In Context Well, the NB provincial budget was released today [http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/finance/budget/2016-2017/budget.html] . As I did last year [https://danbscott.ghost.io/nb-budget-2015-by-the-numbers/], I wanted to show the actual numbers in a way that makes sense, with minimal commentary. Sources * This CTV
Computer Ampersands It's a light post this week, but something that may be helpful to anyone writing a LaTeX document who wants to get the most out of fonts. Ampersands [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand] are actually a ligature for the letters E and T. The & character looks
Science @ Home DIY Telescope Project This post is about a project I have planned for the next several months (or longer), to try to build my own telescope. I'll try to write a follow-up post to share how it turns out. My goal is not to build a high-quality telescope, but rather one
Book The Sky's Not Falling As a break from all the negative [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/bahrain-cuts-ties-with-tehran-as-crisis-widens-in-saudi-iran-split/2016/01/04/145c8824-b271-11e5-8abc-d09392edc612_story.html] news [http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/overnight+stock+market+plunge+marks+gloomy+start+first+trading+2016/11629362/story.html] in the world today, I thought I'd start 2016 with
2015 Year in Review As I did last year [https://danbscott.ghost.io/2014-year-in-review/], I wanted to finish this year with a retrospective post. This year, I'm most proud of posts where I did some original analysis or promoted some local places/ideas: * Looking at changes in water quality along the Rio
General Influence of Water Quality on Nitrifier Regrowth... As 2015 draws to a close, I wanted to share a recent accomplishment of mine: getting a paper published from my masters [https://danbscott.ghost.io/my-masters-thesis/] research. Here are the details: Title: Influence of Water Quality on Nitrifier Regrowth in Two Full-scale Drinking Water Distribution Systems By: Daniel B.
Water The Waves Shape the Shore, and the Shore Shapes the Waves I'm continuing to work my way through books [https://danbscott.ghost.io/a-winter-in-arabia/] that I picked up on vacation [https://danbscott.ghost.io/oregon-trail/]. This post is a review of Waves and Beaches: the dynamics of the ocean surface by Willard Bascom. (I've been really busy
Economics Economic Dashboard I was pretty tired this weekend, and away the weekend before that, but now I'm back with a post that I hope was worth the wait. The Alberta provincial government has a very useful online portal called the Alberta Economic Dashboard [http://economicdashboard.albertacanada.com/]. (It's