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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

CCFLs are great but…

CCFLs are a great source of light: more efficient area lights than LEDs and better CRI too and affordable but…

They are not heat lamps.

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Note that this CCFL was installed in a hotel bathroom in the heat lamp fixture, operated by the heat lamp timer. You step out of the shower, crank the timer knob and get a nice blast of cool bluish light.

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Lapa Palace in Lisbon

Quite lovely, excellent view and an exceptionally helpful staff.

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The Lapa Palace was Isabella’s favorite hotel, and with good reason.  A gorgeous view, a nice pool, and the staff was incredibly helpful.
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Monday, September 22, 2008

The Pacific from the Delfina

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I’m staying at the Sheraton Delfina Hotel in Santa Monica.  It’s a very nice hotel – not quite as dramatic through the lobby as some, the rooms are comfortable and the views are good.  The shower was a bit weak though and the AV system is nowhere near as cool as the Holiday Inn on King in Toronto.

Odd thing, the local high school football field was right next door so I woke to the sound of the marching band trying to figure out Eleanor Rigby.

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Friday, February 29, 2008

Winter in Canada

My job takes me to Canada every week lately. It’s always an adventure in the winter, but I haven’t been here absent a snow storm in weeks. Apparently this is the snowiest February in 117 years. Yay.

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Monday, November 19, 2007

Holiday Inn On King Patch

The room patch panel at the Holiday Inn on King in Toronto is the best I’ve encountered in a hotel. Watch you tube on the room’s large LCD TV… Play your iPod through the sound system. Free broadband. All hotels should do this.

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Thursday, November 15, 2007

Red Brick Café, Guelph

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As I’m spending more time in Guelph lately than expected, it has been a very good thing to discover the Red Brick Cafe. They have good food items and excellent coffee. No overheated milk and they know the difference between a cappuccino and a latte. With the favorable (to the US) exchange rate, it is a great deal too.

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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Night in YYZ

The view from our hotel is very nice. They put us on the 20th floor with a balcony overlooking downtown Toronto.

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Thursday, October 4, 2007

I heart NY

The view from my luxurious hotel in NYC. Only $350 a night or so.

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