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Not There YetThe Return of the Golden Age of Air TravelGetting back on a plane may look more like the past than the future.
I originally wrote The Return of the Golden Age of Air Travel in April of this year and published it on May 1st. It was a visceral response to the early days of COVID-19. As the summer wore on, I felt that maybe the piece was a reflection of a relatively short period which was, for the most part, behind us. Sadly, that's turned out not to be the case. Things might already be worse than they have ever been. So I dusted off...
2020-10-2523 min
The Policed Podcast4. Policed in Ireland – Terence Wheelock.wpedon-container .wpedon-select,
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In this two part episode we speak to family of Terence Wheelock, who died after falling ill in Garda custody in 2005. The family speak powerfully about what it was like to have a loved one die in such circumstances, and how they have been treated by the police since then as they have searched for answers. We also hear from Gary Gannon, TD, and Dr Jonathan Ilan, of London City University.
Part 1 looks at Terence the man, what exactly happened on 02 June 2005 and explores the range of doubts and questions...
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In this episode we speak to family of Terence Wheelock, who died after falling ill in Garda custody in 2005. The family speak powerfully about what it was like to have a loved one die in such circumstances, and how they have been treated by the police since then as they have searched for answers. We also hear from Gary Gannon, TD, and Dr Jonathan Ilan, of London City University.
Part 1 looks at Terence the man, what exactly happened on 02 June 2005 and explores the range of doubts and questions that haunt...
2020-09-1647 min
Let Your Mind Travel Through Words With Full AudiobookBeginning of the End [Dramatized Adaptation] Audiobook by Michael John CaseyListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 448671
Title: Beginning of the End [Dramatized Adaptation]
Author: Michael John Casey
Narrator: A Full Cast, Andy Brownstein, Bill Gillett, Bradley Smith, Catherine Aselford, Chris Stinson, Eric Messner, Jacob Yeh, James Konicek, Jessica Lauren Ball, Joe Mallon, Jonathon Church, Kimberly Gilbert, Laura C. Harris, Lawrence Redmond, Marni Penning, Matthew Bassett, Matthew Pauli, Michael John Casey, Nick Depinto, Nora Achrati, Patrick Bussink, Paul Reisman, Richard Rohan, Sasha Olinick, Scott Graham, Scott Mccormick, Terence Aselford, Thomas Adrian Simpson, Tim Carlin, Todd Scofield
Format: Unabridged
Length: 04:29:48
Language: English
Release date: 06-03-20
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2020-06-044h 29
Let Your Mind Travel Through Words With Full AudiobookTalisman [Dramatized Adaptation] Audiobook by Michael John CaseyListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 448673
Title: Talisman [Dramatized Adaptation]
Author: Michael John Casey
Narrator: A Full Cast, Andy Brownstein, Chris Davenport, Eric Messner, Jonathon Church, Matthew Pauli, Michael John Casey, Nora Achrati, Patrick Bussink, Terence Aselford, Thomas Adrian Simpson, Todd Scofield, Zeke Alton
Format: Unabridged
Length: 01:17:55
Language: English
Release date: 06-03-20
Publisher: GraphicAudio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Western
Summary:
Coming back into Leadville, Marshal Spencer comes across a murdered Utes and the site of an ambush. Back in town Sheriff Gannon suspects a group of US Marshals transporting a prisoner is not what...
2020-06-031h 17
Let Your Mind Travel Through Words With Full AudiobookFine Line [Dramatized Adaptation] Audiobook by Michael John CaseyListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 448672
Title: Fine Line [Dramatized Adaptation]
Author: Michael John Casey
Narrator: A Full Cast, Alexander Strain, Andy Brownstein, Bill Gillett, Bradley Smith, Catherine Aselford, Chris Davenport, Chris Stinson, Colleen Delany, Jacob Yeh, James Konicek, Jessica Lauren Ball, Joe Mallon, Jonathon Church, Ken Jackson, Kimberly Gilbert, Marty Lodge, Matthew Pauli, Michael John Casey, Nick Depinto, Nora Achrati, Patrick Bussink, Richard Rohan, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Scott Mccormick, Steven Carpenter, Terence Aselford, Thomas Adrian Simpson, Todd Scofield
Format: Unabridged
Length: 05:00:06
Language: English
Release date: 06-03-20
Publisher: GraphicAudio
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Western
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2020-06-035h 00
Don’t Miss The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Immersive!Talisman [Dramatized Adaptation] by Michael John CaseyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/448673to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Talisman [Dramatized Adaptation]
Series: #2.5 of Owl and Spencer (Dramatized Adaptation)
Author: Michael John Casey
Narrator: Thomas Adrian Simpson, Matthew Pauli, Jonathon Church, Chris Davenport, Zeke Alton, Todd Scofield, Andy Brownstein, Nora Achrati, Patrick Bussink, Eric Messner, Michael John Casey, Terence Aselford, A Full Cast
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 1 hour 17 minutes
Release date: June 3, 2020
Genres: Westerns & War
Publisher's Summary:
Coming back into Leadville, Marshal Spencer comes across a murdered Utes and the site of an ambush. Back in town Sheriff Gannon suspects a group of US Marshals transporting a prisoner i...
2020-06-031h 17
Stream Popular Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Westerns & WarTalisman [Dramatized Adaptation] by Michael John CaseyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/448673 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Talisman [Dramatized Adaptation] Series: #2.5 of Owl and Spencer (Dramatized Adaptation) Author: Michael John Casey Narrator: Thomas Adrian Simpson, Matthew Pauli, Jonathon Church, Chris Davenport, Zeke Alton, Todd Scofield, Andy Brownstein, Nora Achrati, Patrick Bussink, Eric Messner, Michael John Casey, Terence Aselford, A Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 17 minutes Release date: June 3, 2020 Genres: Westerns & War Publisher's Summary: Coming back into Leadville, Marshal Spencer comes across a murdered Utes and the site of an ambush. Back in town Sheriff Gannon suspects a group of US Marshals transporting a p...
2020-06-0305 min
Mess Hall Podcast113 Easter: Cream Eggs!Welcome to the Mess Hall Podcast, part of the @albertapodnet powered by @atbfinancial.
Today Avery and Lena try many different Cream Eggs. Classic, peanut butter, and Oreo are all sampled, as well as a McFlurry. Note: We had the leftover McFlurry the next day and realized it was not properly mixed which would have, for sure, changed its rating if made right.
This week's podcast shout out is going to THE WORKNOTWORK SHOW. Terence C. Gannon interviews people who have turned their passion into their profession. find out more at the.worknotwork.show
W...
2020-04-0828 min
Not There YetShooting Craps with the Grandkids’ CashSome thoughts on a failed Olympic bid and what it tells us about the shocking randomness of how we build our cities.
Although it has been many years since I last wrote computer code ‘to save my life’ I still vividly remember the five basic phases of the Cost of Change Curve associated with software development projects. While the fine details are now dim and distant the basic idea is this: the cost of making a given change rises exponentially as we work our way from the first phase, Requirements, through the intermediate Analysis, Coding and Testing phases and...
2019-08-2100 min
Not There YetAmy JohnsonA remarkable life and the enduring mystery of her tragic death.
The late arrival of the inbound flight she had piloted from Hatfield, in Hertfordshire, prevented Amy Johnson from departing Prestwick, Scotland any earlier than 4.00 pm on that afternoon in early January of 1941. Darkness was already beginning to fall. The most direct route from Prestwick to her eventual destination of Royal Air Force base Kidlington, near Oxford, took Amy Johnson right over Blackpool where Amy’s sister Molly and her husband Trevor lived in nearby Stanley Park. The thought of a meal, spending time with family and a de...
2019-08-0900 min
Not There YetChampion of SomethingDad did his fair share of dreaming big. Particularly when it came to his kids.
On a whim in the summer of 1976—no doubt in part because he wanted to drive his shiny silver Alfa Romeo on the twisty and dangerous road through the mountains—my father suggested I have a stab at the Model Aeronautics Association of Canada National Championships held that year in Calgary, Alberta. This was on the strength of some spotty success at similar local model airplane competitions. Dad did his fair share of dreaming big. Particularly when it came to his kids.
For my p...
2019-07-2500 min
The Eat More Barbecue Podcast52. Bulldog BBQsWelcome to Episode 52 of the podcast!
Original Air Date: July 17, 2019
The Eat More Barbecue Podcast is a proud part of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB.
The Not There Yet Podcast is a great show on the Alberta Podcast Network. Listen in to Terence Gannon’s essays about a variety of subjects. Find more about this show at www.ntyessays.com and check out the Alberta Podcast Network at www.albertapodcastnetwork.com for a listing of all the great Alberta based shows.
Be sure to visit www.seatgiant.ca for tickets to all the hottest sporting events, concerts and th...
2019-07-1719 min
Not There YetAlas, Kawhi, We Hardly Knew YeThe blessing and the curse of capturing lightning in a bottle.
The news landed with an apocalyptic shudder on an otherwise beautiful Saturday morning. Just 23 days after the Raptors handily dispatched the Golden State Warriors in six games, the enigmatic Kawhi Leonard announced he had signed a four year, $142 million deal with the Los Angeles Clippers. Predictably, the interstitial period became #KawhiWatch for fans of NBA basketball around the world. Nowhere more so than in Canada. Over the course of a single season, for Canadians, Leonard went from ‘say who?’ to being the leading candidate for pope if the...
2019-07-1000 min
The WorkNotWork ShowGlenn Street: Top DogWhen the 2019 Super Bowl was broadcast to something like one hundred million viewers around the US and still more internationally, you wouldn’t fault Glenn Street for thinking it was a watershed moment for the Calgary-based entrepreneur and Street Characters the company he founded in 1987 and now known around the world for creating amazing sports and corporate mascots.
In that Super Bowl matchup, both Rampage for the Los Angeles Rams and Pat Patriot for New England were products of Glenn’s company and were made in his bustling shop right here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
When the opportunity presented itself to h...
2019-07-0100 min
Not There YetTwitter+Some unsolicited—and probably unwelcome—advice on where Twitter should go from here.
“I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” Mark Twain’s life did not overlap Twitter’s by nearly a century, but he still managed to provide the single best commentary of what Twitter is, and should continue to be. Brevity is Twitter’s essence and that should never change. Any idea which takes more than 280 characters clearly needs more work, a modern day Twain might have said. Twitter’s enforced brevity is not a constraint. It’s liberation. F...
2019-06-2600 min
Not There YetFraming John DeLoreanIt’s a three-fer: biopic drama, documentary and the-making-of all rolled into one.
Three cars were most likely to adorn an adolescent boy’s room in the early 1980s. The first was the brutish Porsche Turbo Carrera with its outlandish fender flairs and whale tail. The second was the Lamborghini Countach which, in its original and purest form, was a single, hard-chined arc from nose to tail. The third was the DeLorean. It might have had a model name but nobody knew what it was. With its unique stainless steel body and gull-wing doors, the car was unmistakable. It w...
2019-06-1300 min
Not There YetThe Tao of Kawhi LeonardHis approach to the game is an example we need in these troubled times.
I was furious. Not only had Masai Ujiri fired Coach of the Year Dwane Casey in May, now he had traded away DeMar DeRozan for some guy from the San Antonio Spurs whose name I didn’t even recognize. Along with some other guy whose name I didn’t recognize either. My fury was based, in part, on a very weird, very Canadian reason. DeRozan actually liked playing in Toronto and we liked him back for almost that reason alone. Surprisingly, that’s really import...
2019-05-3000 min
Not There YetJack Northrop's Flying WingsAn old idea for which the best years may still lay ahead.
Jack Northrop dreamt of aircraft where everything not absolutely essential for flight was eliminated. Leonardo da Vinci’s theoretical flying machines from the 15th century, Sir George Cayley’s Governable Parachute of 1852, the Wright Brothers’ Flyer of 1903 and virtually ever other flying machine all have one thing in common: they all have tails of one sort of another which are used to stabilize and control their flight. Northrop, contrarily, didn’t believe a tail was necessary. In fact, he believed anything other than the wing actively worked a...
2019-05-1600 min
Not There YetRV-6A labour of love — and hate — 23 years in the making.
“The baby is on the roof with an umbrella and he looks like he is about to jump.” My mother tells this story — undoubtedly embellished over the years — about a chillingly calm call she took from a neighbour to warn of the seemingly imminent, tragic death of her younger son. I don’t remember the event myself but if it worked for Mary Poppins, I must have reasoned, surely it would work for me. Besides, I had a backup plan: my satin-edged security blanket tied, Superman-style, around my neck. If Poppins didn’t come t...
2019-05-0200 min
Not There YetThe Return of Tiger WoodsThankfully, things didn’t turn out the way many expected.
What caught my attention, and that of a few others, was a small article about an amateur golf phenom out of Cypress, California with the improbable name of Tiger Woods. He had just quit the economics program at Stanford University and was turning pro at just 20 years of age. I think I recall somebody saying “he’s going to regret quitting Stanford!” Now I think about it, that could easily have been me. At that time, however, Stanford was already known for churning out soon-to-be Silicon Valley millionaires. It seeme...
2019-04-1800 min
Not There YetThe Last, Best Reason for NewspapersThe future of newspapers may lie in their past.
I have not bought a hometown newspaper for a decade. I haven’t read a whole one in years. I do occasionally read the article which just happens to be facing up on The Globe and Mail abandoned at Starbucks while I’m waiting for my four shot American Misto. I rarely touch the paper itself. That’s not because I’m a germaphobe — although I do have tendencies in that regard — it’s a subconscious holdover from the days when the ink used to come off on my fingers as I hungrily...
2019-04-0400 min
Not There YetThe CometThe MacRobertson Air Race of 1934 marked the beginning of modern air travel and the beginning of the end of the Golden Age of Aviation.
It was a time when daring—or simply dangerous—aviation events were concocted for the slightest of excuses. In the case of the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race it was nominally to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the city of Melbourne, Australia. The sponsor for whom the race was named was provided this honour simply by putting up the £15,000 in prize money. Sir Macpherson Robertson—he preferred the more catchy ‘MacRobertson’—was an Australian confectionary baron who likely sa...
2019-03-2100 min
Not There Yet'F' for FreddieIt wasn't supposed to end this way.
"Eye-witnesses to the crash told how F-for-Freddie's rubber dinghy dropped out, inflated automatically and landed, as neatly and naturally as though something had gone wrong over the North Sea" so the local newspapers reported. Except it wasn't over the North Sea. It was in the middle of a cattle pasture and not far from a poultry farm on the prairie near Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was certainly nowhere near anywhere a rubber dinghy would have been of any conceivable use. It was also thousands of miles away from the hostile skies...
2019-03-0700 min
Toastcaster Communication Leadership Learning LabToastcaster 112 Not There Yet - Unique Narrative Essay-Style Podcasting -Terence C. Gannon
[27:37] In this episode Greg speaks with Terence C. Gannon who created a narrative essay-style podcast by putting a unique twist on the typical format. His style hooks audiences whether they are interested in a particular topic or not and shows how you can take personal & corporate storytelling to a whole new level.
You'll hear his motivations in creating this type of podcast; a little about his writing process and how it works in both the written and verbal formats and how he publishes his audio podcast simultaneously with a written essay version on Medium.
2019-03-0227 min
Not There YetHow Himalaya Should Spend the $100 MillionThey didn't ask me but here's what I think anyway.
I had to reread the headline at least a couple of times:
Podcast Platform Himalaya Raises $100 Million, Launches Apps With Tipping Function
$100 million? What on earth is Himalaya going to do with all that money? Besides, of course, the oddly headline-worthy 'tipping function'? Then it occurred to me: The Oprah and LeBron Show. The two stars would richly deserve that money just so long as their deal includes three important words: Only on Himalaya. At that point, Himalaya is only two tweets away from over 80 million high engagement Tw...
2019-02-2000 min
Not There YetStory First, Everything Else LastWe need the willing suspension of disbelief to sell shoes?
"How is corporate storytelling different from other kinds of storytelling?"
I was stumped by the question. I have to thank the interviewer who found the bullet point in my LinkedIn profile and called me out on it. I hope his audio editor eventually eliminates 90% of the pause that followed so I sound a whole lot sharper than I guess I must be. I eventually replied with the only thing which came into my head at the time:
"It isn't," I offered, with a hopefully inaudible rising inflection. As t...
2019-02-0700 min
The WorkNotWork ShowDon Tse: Beer WriterThe first act of Don Tse’s life began when he was just ten years old with his own subscription to the Financial Post and a dream to become a securities lawyer. It was a dream realized and a career he loved.
But even as he practiced law, Don knew that he didn’t have the control over his life for which he yearned and also realized he was doing something which, for him, no longer had the lustre it once did. He then did something unthinkable and began the second act of his life: Don Tse walked away from the...
2019-01-3100 min
Not There YetThe ArrowThe path not taken 60 years ago has a nation still wondering what might have been.
On February 19th, 1959 Wladyslaw "Spud" Potocki was test flying the sparkling white Avro Arrow RL-201 in the fair but chilly skies near Malton, Ontario. On that particular flight the World War II veteran fighter pilot was testing the Arrow's roll rates at Mach 1.7. While fast, it was still well below the nearly twice the speed-of-sound the sharp, delta-wing aircraft had already achieved on previous test flights. As aeronautical engineers like to say, the Arrow had 'flown off the drawing board'. The celestial expectations f...
2019-01-2300 min
Not There YetFat Kid with a CelloWhy you should probably make your child play a musical instrument.
The autobiography you won't read is the one I won't write because nothing short of Mitty-esque imaginings could make it interesting. I am vain enough, however, to know what the title of that pathetically thin volume would be: Fat Kid with a Cello.
In the fall of 1966, when I was just five years old, my parents enrolled me in what I just recently learned was an experiment in teaching five year olds how to play the violin. Noted professional violinist of the time, Elsie Persson, published an...
2019-01-0900 min
Not There YetLegalizationI really hope this isn’t the one thing for which Canada is known.
When travelling, and the answer "Calgary" to the question "so where do you call home?" draws the fairly common blank stare, there are two things which can usually be relied upon to locate my home town on Planet Earth. My first recourse is usually "ever heard of the Calgary Stampede?" If that doesn't work, which it usually does, then the next thing to try is "remember the 1988 Winter Olympics?" Still nothing? "From Montana, drive north. It's just colder and has lower speed limits but ot...
2018-12-1700 min
The WorkNotWork ShowEmily Hicks: President and Co-Founder, FREDsenseEmily Hicks is President and Co-Founder of FREDsense, a Calgary, Canada based biotechnology startup focused on the measurement of water quality. FRED stands for Field Ready Electrochemical Detector, which is the product that Emily—along with her FREDsense colleagues—invented, developed and brought to market. It’s used to detect trace amounts of chemicals in a water using a groundbreaking new approach.
Her studies in biomedical sciences at the U of C eventually led her to work on the technology on which FREDsense is based. She is a named inventor in the 2013 patent related to that work.
Amongst her wide variet...
2018-12-0400 min
Not There YetX-15Inspired by its feature role in First Man, a closer look at the first aircraft to fly into space.
In the annotated screenplay for First Man, author Josh Singer was asked “why start with the X-15?” for the gripping opening scene in the movie. His answer was simple: “we fell in love with the aircraft. The fastest and highest flying…ever built…[it] flew well over Mach 6 (4,520 miles per hour) and more than 50 miles high, well outside the sensible atmosphere.” Singer’s collaborator and Neil Armstrong’s official biographer, James R. Hansen, adds a fascinating historical footnote: the eponymous first...
2018-11-2100 min
Not There YetDad Was a TravellerThoughts of my father on the occasion of his passing.
Some say you spend your entire life preparing for the inevitable moment when you have to speak at your father’s memorial service. Today is that day and now is that time. Given that lifetime of preparation, I hope you’ll indulge me — grant me the luxury of a little of your time — as I take you on a ride through Dad’s life as seen from the perspective of his younger son.
The first really concrete, vivid, fully-articulated memory of my father was in 1969 when he came home and announced...
2018-10-1200 min
Not There YetThe Third ThirdNotes from a life well underway but nowhere near over.
I had breakfast with a friend of mine not too long ago and our conversation turned to, as it often does with those hovering around the 60 year mark, to the subject of retirement. That started with a passing comment about my father who had recently entered his 90th year, as he fondly and often tells us. “I sometimes wonder,” I said, “if my parents had known they were going to live this long if they would have organized their lives any differently.”
My grandparents were...
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2018-05-0100 min
The WorkNotWork ShowCarol Pilon: WingwalkerSometimes life changing inspiration comes in an instant and from an unexpected source. In Carol Pilon’s case, it was the split second clip of a wingwalker she saw advertised for a local airshow in 1993. She was transformed by the experience and knew that it was something she simply had to do.
Little did Carol know that it would take seven years for her to get her first opportunity to step out of the cockpit of a Stearman biplane and climb up onto the top wing. It was a life changing moment for her—she knew at that precise second it w...
2018-03-3100 min
Not There YetPlus 15Building an off-world colony a few feet above the street.
The science fiction staple of abandoning a less desirable place for another, more desirable one has been around almost since the beginning of science fiction itself. After all, who can deny the appeal of a fresh start in a brighter, better place? It’s often a cautionary tale, the result of not having entirely thought through the consequences of environmental neglect or outright abuse. Lacking the ability, or will, to put that right it’s just easier to start over again in low earth orbit or better yet, anot...
2018-03-0800 min
Not There YetGutenberg on BroadwayObservations from the arrival of the Information Age.
I had a part time job at the ComputerLand store on West Broadway in Vancouver, British Columbia in the early 1980s. Mostly it was to teach an introductory programming course in the BASIC computer language on Saturday mornings. Ironically, it was one of the few things for which you bought a computer back then — to learn how to program them. The store manager didn’t see any point in sending me home after the morning class ended and had me stooge around on the sales floor instead. I was typically assigned...
2018-02-1400 min
Not There YetListening to Diana Krall in NizhnevartovskIt’s surprising what connects you to home.
“Why don’t you just go there and see for yourself?” my boss asked me, back in the Spring of 1998. I was working for an international petroleum well service company at the time.
“What…go there?” I asked, first thinking it sounded like an incredible adventure. Then, I was filled almost instantly with an empty, black dread. “Sure, that sounds great,” I said bravely, “I’ll get right on that.” The IT guy isn’t offered that kind of trip very often. The branch office in Orange County to pull network cabling or trainin...
2018-01-2000 min
Not There YetThe Future of Warfare is Lighter Than AirThe airship hangars at Tillamook trigger a cascade of memories.
My family first visited the Oregon Coast in the early 1970s. My mother picked Rockaway, seemingly at random, from the motor club guide and we stayed at the Silver Sands, an old-fashioned drive-up motel on the beach. All five of us squeezed into a single suite, the most memorable thing about which was the mysterious Magic Fingers Relaxation Service. This was a box on the night table which if you put in a quarter made the bed vibrate in a way that made absolutely no sense to a 12...
2018-01-1100 min
Not There YetMexico City, 1969While there is still time, take your kids on a long road trip.
Memories are like roadside scenery glimpsed from a car hurtling down the freeway at 78 miles-an-hour. The driver sees the least, preoccupied by the task at hand. The passenger in the front seat sees a little more but not enough given she spends time looking at the driver, searching for signs of distraction or weariness. The passengers in the back have the opportunity to see the most because they are — literally — along for the ride, blissfully out of control and with nothing but time on their hands. The id...
2017-12-2100 min
The WorkNotWork ShowDr. Eve Crane: PathologistWhen Dr. Eve Crane was just five years old, her father became gravely ill with what was eventually diagnosed as an aggressive form of multiple sclerosis. It eventually rendered him a quadriplegic and tragically led to his early passing. It was during this period Eve made up her mind that she was going to grow up and dedicate her life to finding a cure for her father’s illness. She turned her family’s tragedy into a true triumph of the human spirit. It’s an inspiring and heartwarming story.
Born and raised in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Eve Crane gradua...
2017-12-1400 min
Not There YetGrand DesignsThe quirky charm of a British homebuilding show.
It seems to happen every time. The affable Kevin McCloud, host of British television’s Grand Designs, describes the house project he will cover in the upcoming episode, and fairly predictably I find myself thinking:
They have got to be out of their minds.
Whether it’s the extreme locale the owners have chosen, the seeming folly of restoring and subsequently inhabiting a derelict theatre, for example, or the absurd expectations of time, budget or a combination thereof, the viewer is always left with a sense that — this time — it’s all going to hel...
2017-12-0700 min
Not There YetAt Work in the Garden of Good and EvilIt is time we realized there’s a little bit of each in all of us and in all that we do.
I have a smoky old eighties sports car which I drive, usually too fast, for a few weeks during the shoulder seasons. Any other time of year I park it lavishly, luxuriously in a heated and cooled garage. Yet, I also lust after a brand new Tesla Model S and the solar panels with which to charge it. Weird, eh?
We recycle everything we can in our household. I was annoyed, though, when our nanny state, lo...
2017-11-2300 min
Not There YetRosetta StoneAn ancient idea that is more relevant than ever.
The metaphorical rosetta stone is better known than the real Rosetta Stone. In any explanation of how one critical document deciphers and unlocks the meaning of all others, that document instantly becomes the rosetta stone of particle physics or computer code or kaizen or astronomy or golf. With the irreplaceable information the metaphorical rosetta stone provides, that which we seek to understand is enlightened and flourishes in our imagination. It’s the single match struck in the stygian void. The light it casts instantly defines the dimensions and nature of...
2017-11-0900 min
Not There YetThe Tyranny of a Happy AccidentAlthough I didn’t know it until now, how one great month in my early twenties pretty much ruined my career.
For one brief, shining moment when I was in my early twenties, the sun and stars and all the planets aligned and I was able to bill $5,000 in one month. In 2017, that’s the equivalent of over $15,000 or, if you prefer, $180,000 a year. Through what turned out to be a happy accident, I believed I had officially hit the big time.
It turned out to be a disaster...
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2017-10-2600 min
Not There YetArtificial IgnoranceCould machine intelligence enable our darker impulses?
The judge, even in traffic court, sits on a raised platform that ensures that you look up at him and he looks down on you. It’s majestic and intimidating. This was my impression as I entered the courtroom to fight a speeding ticket I had received a few weeks previously. It’s not that I didn’t think I had been speeding when I had been caught doing exactly that, but rather I wanted to test the notion that the state still has to make its case. They have to provid...
2017-10-1200 min
Not There YetWhen the War Came Home to OregonA 75 year old true story of courage, atonement and forgiveness.
Nobuo Fujita was determined to bring his family’s katana with him 5,000 miles across the Pacific. The samurai sword had been passed from one generation to the next for over 400 years and accompanied Fujita on every important journey of his life. If samurai tradition was to be respected, he would eventually pass it down to his son.
Fujita had a different plan, however. He had been invited by the Junior Chamber of Commerce—the Jaycees — to the 1962 Azalea Festival in their home town of Brookings, Oregon. This was an annual...
2017-09-2700 min
Not There YetReturn to Rocky KnollThe simple joy of slope soaring.
We had just about given up on a return to Rocky Knoll. Since our arrival on the Oregon Coast the wind had been blowing steadily from the southwest, which does not favour the slope which is about 10 minutes south of Yachats. But then, we were walking into the Green Salmon and looked up at their little wind turbine and — voilà — the wind had shifted to the northwest. After a short visit for their amazing coffee and baked goods, we packed ourselves and all the gear into the car and headed south. When we arrived, t...
2017-09-0100 min
The WorkNotWork ShowSean Loutitt: AviatorSean Loutitt seemingly seeks out opportunities to fly at high latitudes and low temperatures. Born and raised in the far north of Canada, the son of a bush pilot, it was almost inevitable that Sean would eventually follow in his father's footsteps. His informal training began at age one, perched on his mother's lap at the controls of one of his family's aircraft. His apprenticeship continued at age 12 when he signed on as a dock boy for Latham Island Airways in Yellowknife for the princely sum of $2.52 an hour.
Sean continued his journey to the pilot's seat (with only a...
2017-08-3100 min
Not There YetMustangThe burden of a name that has come to mean so much.
The word derives from the Spanish mesteño, which is defined as “wild; untamed; ownerless”. By letting the tongue dwell on the roof of the mouth you get to mestengo, a “stray beast”. From there it’s a small step to the word and an idea that has entered into our modern mythology.
Mustang.
Mustangs are wild horses which roam the North American southwest. These were initially descended from horses which escaped, were turned loose or stolen from...
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2017-08-2300 min
The WorkNotWork ShowSebastian Sztabzyb: Co-Founder, Phil & Sebastian Coffee RoastersOur guest on this episode of The WorkNotWork Show is Sebastian Sztabzyb, co-founder of Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters. He just described his reaction to opening their first store and, as it turned out, bringing an end to his career as a full-time, professional engineer. Coffee had been his passion for seven years, and now it was his profession.
The Phil & Sebastian brand he co-founded with Phil Robertson in 2007 sources, processes and serves ultra-premium coffee using an approach more akin to winemaking than traditional brewed coffee. The most visible aspect of Phil & Sebastian are their beautifully designed and well appointed cafes...
2017-08-1700 min
More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and adviceEpisode 156: Greedo Didn't Shoot FirstWe start in on Apple's lightening of HomeKit requirements for manufacturers. We discuss iOS features that haven't been widely reported on. We look at the watchOS 4's frontmost app state and Joe Cieplinski's post on designing of the Touch Bar. Picks: CoreML Helpers, Objective-C Playgrounds, Realm Academy.Support More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and adviceLinks:Apple pulls massive HomeKit chip U-turn to keep up with Amazon Echo and Google HomeiOS 11 SDK Features that Didn't Make the HeadlineswatchOS 4: Frontmost App StateLiving Computer MuseumPacific Science MuseumMuseum of Pop Culture...
2017-08-121h 46
More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and adviceEpisode 156: Greedo Didn't Shoot FirstWe start in on Apple's lightening of HomeKit requirements for manufacturers. We discuss iOS features that haven't been widely reported on. We look at the watchOS 4's frontmost app state and Joe Cieplinski's post on designing of the Touch Bar. Picks: CoreML Helpers, Objective-C Playgrounds, Realm Academy.Support More Than Just Code podcast - iOS and Swift development, news and adviceLinks:Apple pulls massive HomeKit chip U-turn to keep up with Amazon Echo and Google HomeiOS 11 SDK Features that Didn't Make the HeadlineswatchOS 4: Frontmost App StateLiving Computer MuseumPacific Science MuseumMuseum...
2017-08-121h 46
Not There YetThe Best Answer EverThe answer to a casual question at lunch, 35 years ago, taught me everything I needed to know about choosing a career.
I knew my father’s cardiologist for a dozen years before my father needed him.
In the early 1980s the medical community was just starting to build applications for patient record keeping using the new personal computers coming on the market at the time. Through circumstances I am totally unable to recall I was introduced to an eminent cardiologist—I’ll call him Dr. Don—whose research work required him to collect data on his groundbreaking coronary angi...
2017-08-1000 min
Not There YetApple's Big Move in PodcastingAn unsolicited prediction of what The Big A will do next. Well, even if they don’t, then they really should.
Despite what you might think, not one second of Apple’s podcasts are actually hosted by Apple. “But how can that be”, you may ask, “when they ‘host’ hundreds of thousands of them?” It’s simple. When you download a podcast ‘from Apple’ what you are really doing is using them as an index — a pointer, if you will — to a file located somewhere else. That’s why you might find some podcasts really sparkle on iTunes, downloading quickly and streaming pr...
2017-08-0400 min
Not There YetSeven Tours: The Corrosive Effect of Cheating in SportsI didn't realize what had been stolen from me.
I was stunned to hear, a couple of days ago, that Chris Froome had just won his third Tour de France riding for Team Sky, which has won four of the last five. Stunned not by the achievements so much — although they are pretty impressive — but rather the fact that another Tour had come and gone and I had hardly noticed.
There was a time, not that long ago, when my years were marked by the annual rite of July which involved spending untold hours in front of the TV w...
2017-07-2800 min
Not There YetThe Wicked Problem of HealthcareThere will never be as much as we want to go around.
Take any population, large or small, and imagine creating a spreadsheet with one row for each woman, man and child. Now, imagine the first column in that spreadsheet for a given row contains the amount of healthcare spending that person — or others, on their behalf — will want over a given period of time. For the purposes of this exercise, this first column is cost-no-object. If there the smallest possibility a given medication or therapy will help that person, throw its cost into column A for that person’s row...
2017-07-2100 min
Not There YetWe All Love to TravelEliminating the use of fossil fuels depends on kicking our addiction to just tooling around.
The absolute single best day—no, the single best moment—of my entire year is sitting in the parking lot waiting for the Starbucks® to open on the Friday before Labour Day. With a full tank of gas, a smooth open road ahead, decent weather and nothing but free time it simply doesn’t get any better. In a year defined by its constraints it is the instant when I feel...
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2017-07-1400 min
Not There YetNet Zero HeroMusings on Residential Solar
As I consider residential solar...I’m wondering—maybe for the first time in my life—if my early adopter shields should be up and whether I should let others pave the solar highway. There is a significant difference in this case: in my earlier, early adopter escapades I could at least be shown up as a rube in the privacy of my own home. There was only my wife providing judgemental looks of disapproval. Or pity, I’m not sure which exactly.
With the consideration of residential solar, however, there is the potential of s...
2017-07-0700 min
The WorkNotWork ShowGary Burns: Storyteller | Filmmaker | EducatorGary Burns has been making feature films since 1997 and has been called “Canada’s king of surreal comedy”. While apt, it does not adequately capture the range of this unique filmmaker. In this extensive interview we talk about Gary’s films in the context of his strong opinions about urban planning, the built environment and modern society. The magical element of his work is that he rivets our attention on important social issues while entertaining us with compelling, quirky characters and stories. He educates and enlightens us in a way where we effortlessly embrace the message.
Highlights of Gary’s career are...
2017-07-0600 min
Not There YetThe Lethal Right HookTaking the bête out of urban cycling’s bête noire.
In a good month, I cycle 500 kilometres on city bike paths and roads. For that reason alone, you would think I would be thrilled the City has moved forward with an aggressive program of protected, green bike lanes adjacent to the curb. However, I have mixed feelings. Before them, I took the approach that as a cyclist amongst a lot of cars and trucks, I was like the kayaker in with the killer whales. While they may not intend to kill me, ‘killer’ is their first name aft...
2017-06-3000 min
Not There YetThe Other BugattiThe star-crossed history of the most beautiful aircraft ever.
The prospects for the 1939 Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe air race did not look good. Suzanne Deutsch de la Meurthe, the widow of the “Oil King of France” Henri, had revived the competition in 1931 in memory of her late husband...
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2017-06-2200 min
Not There YetThe Unbearable Heartbreak of Coming CloseWhat can you learn about life from a car race and a basketball game? Turns out quite a bit.
After 23 hours and 57 minutes of the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans, Toyota Gazoo Racing had reason to feel good about their chances of winning the legendary car race. They had been a contender throughout and led it, decisively, for the final four hours. Then, with just a couple of laps to go, their leading No. 5 car inexplicably...
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Listen, above, or read the essay instead (http://www.ntyessays.com/articles/006-the-unbearable-heartbreak-of-coming-close).
2017-06-1500 min
Not There YetSelf-Driving Cars: Have We Completely Lost Our Minds?Imagine for a moment you get to the airport, boarding pass in hand and you line up at the gate ready to board your flight. You do the March of the Penguins down the centre aisle, find your row, take your seat, buckle up and don’t pay attention to the safety announcements. As usual. But at the end of all of that, the flight attendant comes on the PA, and says...
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2017-06-0800 min
The WorkNotWork ShowPaul Brodie: Fabricator | Artist | EducatorPaul Brodie is an artist who works in the medium of steel and machines. It is not just rhetoric: before devoting almost his entire life to steel fabrication—mostly of bicycle frames and reproduction vintage motorcycles—Paul dabbled in line art drawings and even took steps to make more traditional art his career. However, when he discovered his talent for bicycle frames wrought from steel, it wasn’t surprising that he ‘signed’ them—just as you would expect from an artist—starting with frame #002. He has gone on to make well over 4000 frames over the course of his career to this p...
2017-06-0700 min
Not There YetWho Will Be Our Fred Terman? Why Calgary (or your home town) will not be the next Silicon Valley.
In the Eighties I had an inflection point in my career—clear only in retrospect—where I had a choice. I could have set out for Silicon Valley not all that long after it started to be called that. I had family in the area who I like to believe would have...
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Listen, above, or read the essay instead (http://www.ntyessays.com/articles/004-who-will-be-our-fred-terman).
2017-06-0100 min
Not There YetThe Collapse of the Cornish Tin MinesWho would think it wasn't going to last forever?
The mines of Cornwall, England operated for over 4000 years. Then, after these four millenia of continuous human endeavour, the entire industry became extinct in little more than a single generation. When the end came, it was unexpected, swift and brutal...
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2017-05-2400 min
Not There YetWhere Did All Those Drones Come From?One of my earliest memories — I must have been five or six at the time — was when my father decided it was time to pass along his lifelong love of all things that fly, and bought us a Guillow’s Javelin (http://www.guillow.com/javelin.aspx) model airplane kit. My brother and I were absolutely not capable of assembling the delicate balsawood frame, not to mention attaching the diaphanous green and yellow tissue. So...
(read the essay instead) (http://www.ntyessays.com/articles/002-where-did-all-those-drones-come-from)
2017-05-1700 min
Not There YetI Can't Wait to Buy an Electric CarA couple of years ago I walked into the Tesla store in Washington Square Mall in Portland, Oregon and I was instantly and abjectly in love with the Model S. It sat shining — almost glowing — in the modern, minimalist showroom and attended by staff straight out of the Apple Store who were completely charming. Apart from being about $115K short of the $120K I needed...
(read the essay instead) (http://www.ntyessays.com/articles/001-i-cant-wait-to-buy-an-electric-car)
2017-05-1100 min
The WorkNotWork ShowRob 'Scratch' Mitchell: Aviator | Actor | Producer/DirectorImagine taking advantage of virtually everything a modern air force has to offer and living that life to its fullest for two decades. Now imagine that while acknowledging the amazing life you have led to that point, there are still things that you want to do – there are still challenges that scare you and deciding you are going to pursue those challenges. This is the amazing, dual life of Rob ‘Scratch’ Mitchell, our special guest on episode #009 of The WorkNotWork Show.
Scratch Mitchell joined the Royal Canadian Air Force right out of school and in doing so, became a third genera...
2017-04-1100 min
The WorkNotWork ShowTamir Moscovici: FilmmakerTamir Moscovici can’t wait to get up in the morning and go to work. He’s a gifted storyteller and telling stories on film is what he gets to do for a living. The most important benefit of loving his work the way he does? Perhaps surprisingly, he says it’s because he gets to show his two young children that it’s possible to love what you do for a living while still looking after your family. It seems that if he can convey that life lesson, it’s more important than any accolade or award he wins for his fi...
2017-03-0800 min
The WorkNotWork ShowDr. Sean Morrison: Stem Cell Researcher$150-million over 10 years. It could easily have been an announcement about the signing of the latest phenom in the NHL, NBA or NFL. Dr. Sean Morrison even jokes that if had won the genetic lottery for size, strength and speed, playing centre for the Montreal Canadiens would have been high on his list of his dreams as a kid. But it turned out that he had other talents into which he could channel his fiercely competitive nature and relentless curiosity about the world around him.
Dr. Sean Morrison at the Children’s Medical Research Insitute (http://cri.utsw.edu/) in Da...
2017-02-0300 min
The WorkNotWork ShowWayne Thomas Yorke: ActorFrom the time he donned the robes of Friar Tuck in a fourth grade staging of Robin Hood, Wayne Thomas Yorke knew he had found his home. It was on the stage, a passion which he is not able to easily explain other than it was a place where he felt comfortable “goofing around” because everybody else was doing exactly the same thing. It was in ninth grade, when he appeared in a high school play, when he first realized that acting was a viable option for a future career. For him, it was pretty simple: it was the only thin...
2017-01-2000 min
The WorkNotWork ShowPhilip Raby: Automotive WriterPorsches are sometimes called ‘bookend’ cars. You buy one at the first hint of disposable income coming your way and sell it when spouse, house and family come calling. Then a decade or two or three goes by. Just as you get a sense that life may be passing you by, you convince yourself that you’ve once again earned a Porsche. Maybe even a red one.
Now imagine a life where the Porsche obsession takes hold early, in the usual way, but then you get to indulge that passion all the time for a living. This is Phil Raby’s world...
2016-12-3000 min
The WorkNotWork ShowDr. Robert Thirsk: Astronaut | Engineer | Physician | University ChancellorDr. Robert Thirsk isn’t ready to write his autobiography – yet. You would think someone who qualified first as a mechanical engineer then as a medical doctor and then became an astronaut and is now a university chancellor there would already be lots to put in at least one book. But Bob Thirsk, at 63, believes there’s lots more life to live. He describes himself, first and foremost, as an explorer. Quite simply he says there is lots more to explore before he writes his memoire.
It would be quite easy to imagine his broad and varied qualifications represent a “scatterg...
2016-11-2900 min
Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & DetectiveForgotten Boxes by Becki WillisPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/315179to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Forgotten Boxes
Author: Becki Willis
Narrator: Christa Lewis
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 0 minutes
Release date: November 29, 2016
Genres: Police & Detective
Publisher's Summary:
Named sole heir to her aunt's estate, Charity Gannon arrives in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, hoping to find a link to her past. She's not looking for lost treasures; she is searching for a connection to the aunt she barely knew. What she finds is a thirty-something-year-old mystery and questions with no answers. A sad, secluded cottage, all but hidden amid the vines. A man's suit...
2016-11-297h 00
The WorkNotWork ShowDave Thomas, Publisher Emeritus, The Pragmatic Bookshelf (Part 3)In this third and final part of our interview, we talk with Dave about his life after retiring from his life as a publisher. We start with his thoughts on agile (both as a noun and as an adjective) as well as the use and value of spoken and written language in the digital age. We talk about society's relationship with the book and whether there is in fact a future for bookstores as we currently know them. We wrap up with what advice Dave can offer the next generation of programmers.
2016-10-0100 minThe WorkNotWork ShowDave Thomas, Publisher Emeritus, The Pragmatic Bookshelf (Part 2)In this, the second part of the interview, we pick up the story when Dave first met Andy Hunt. Dave and Andy co-founded The Pragmatic Bookshelf after they had already written and published books with Addison-Wesley. We learn about Dave and Andy's motivations for starting The Bookshelf, the trials and tribulations of getting it up and running, and what the future holds for publishing in general and the printed book.Dave recently retired from The Bookshelf, but remains involved as Publisher Emeritus and is still keenly interested in the overall objective of The Bookshelf which is simply to make programmers...
2016-09-1400 minThe WorkNotWork ShowDave Thomas, Publisher Emeritus, The Pragmatic Bookshelf (Part 1)In this, part one of our interview, Dave reflects on his early influences, his formal education at Imperial College in London, making the leap into the commercial software development world and laying the foundation for both his writing and publishing careers. We also talk about that little bit of Dave that is heading for outer space. Finally in this part, Dave takes time to reflect on formal education and provides some surprising thoughts on whether or not there is still value in post-secondary studies. He even proposes a new, alternative curriculum which is more closely aligned with the times in...
2016-09-0200 minThe WorkNotWork ShowPREVIEW: Dave Thomas, Publisher Emeritus, The Pragmatic BookshelfDave Thomas is co-founder of The Pragmatic Bookshelf, co-author of the landmark books The Pragmatic Programmer, Programming Ruby and Agile Web Development with Rails as well as many other titles. Dave is also a highly sought after as a keynote speaker, an enthusiastic and popular educator and a true icon of the modern software development industry. In this preview of the groundbreaking three part interview, Dave talks about his early career influences, gives us a peek inside The Pragmatic Bookshelf, and then talks about what's next for him and the industry. Along the way, Dave provides his thoughts on the...
2016-08-3000 minThe WorkNotWork ShowMichael C. Smith, Olympic DecathleteOur full interview with Michael C. Smith, three time Olympic Decathlete. When he was just 18 years old Canadian Olympic Coach Andy Higgins knocked on the door of Michael Smith's parents home in Kenora, Ontario. After seeing Michael at various junior meets, Andy just knew that Michael had what it took to be a world class Olympic decathlete. Just one week later, Michael was launched on a 13 year odyssey that would take him to the Seoul, Barcelona and Atlanta Olympic Games. We talk with Michael about his Olympic experiences, what it’s like to be a role model for younger athletes, hi...
2016-08-1600 minThe WorkNotWork ShowPREVIEW: Michael C. Smith, Olympic DecathleteA preview of our upcoming interview with Michael C. Smith, three time Olympic Decathlete. When he was just 18 years old Canadian Olympic Coach Andy Higgins knocked on the door of Michael Smith's parents home in Kenora, Ontario. After seeing Michael at various junior meets, Andy just knew that Michael had what it took to be a world class Olympic decathlete. Just one week later, Michael was launched on a 13 year odyssey that would take him to the Seoul, Barcelona and Atlanta Olympic Games. We talk with Michael about his Olympic experiences, what it’s like to be a role model fo...
2016-08-0400 min
The WorkNotWork ShowMark Langille: Drone PilotMark Langille is the owner of Flitelab, a provider of commercial drone services based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mark founded Flitelab in 2011 initially as a supplier of parts and information to the do-it-yourself drone hobbyist. More recently, Flitelab has evolved into the provision of commercial drone services specializing in aerial photography and video. He is regularly called upon by local, regional and national media to comment on developments in the industry. Prior to founding Flitelab Mark worked in the IT field for 17 years.
2016-07-1100 min