I’ve been staying with friends here in Edmonton, and they have a very nice iMac. Like Jared, I’m feeling the pull back to Apple after using it for a while.
I’m certainly no stranger to Apple since the very first computer I laid tiny little fingers on was an Apple ][+ and my first computer was an Apple ][e, My all time favourite computing platform was the NeXT, but it’s been PCs since then.
After seeing Apple’s new iMacs, I was starting to get tempted to get one to replace the aging Dell I have at home. Now I’m more tempted.
Reunion photos
Reunioning
Had a great time at the reunion. Much fun, much seeing people I hadn’t see in 20 years. I think I ended up spending more time taking pictures of people than I did talking to them, but I caught up with the people I wanted to see.
There were more people there than I expected so things were very busy. There were a few people I hoped to see but didn’t show, some that I did see that I wasn’t expecting and a lot of people that I was expecting. Everybody still looked mostly the same so I managed to recognize most everyone without having to resort to the name tag check ducking manoeuver.
I think I’ve got a couple hundred pictures I need to sort through and filter out, so it’ll be a little bit before I can get pictures posted.
More later.
A hole in the ground
This is all that’s left of the Physics building and V-wing (actually there’s a tiny stub of V-wing left where it connects to Chem West), where I spent most of the 8 years I was at U of A.
But soon a big new building will rise in its place: the Centennial Center for Interdisciplinary Science.
In the background from left to right are Athabasca Hall, MecE building, a new nanoscience tech building and BioSci. Also gone is the Nuclear Research building.
Homecoming
I feel like I’ve walked into the Twilight Zone.
A lot has changed around Edmonton since I was here last. Some things have stayed the same, but there’s lot of new stuff too. I feel like I’ve got this double vision thing going on. Everywhere I look, I’m seeing new businesses and buildings superimposed on memories of what I remember from the last time I saw it. It’s been especially true wandering around the neighbourhood.
It’s a really weird feeling and somewhat disconcerting.
Like this photo for example
This used to be the playground in front of my house. Superimposed on this, I see the two slides and sand pit in the foreground (where the posts are), another sand pit and big log castle in the middle, a large grassy hill in the back where the orange fencing is and an asphalt area with a ring of upright logs around the perimeter.
Of the 6 or so sand pits and boxes that used to be scattered around the complex, only one was left.
It must be a very boring place for a kid to grow up in now.
More nostalgic wanderings.