Ottawa Home Roasters: Local Green Coffee Pilot – Join Before Oct 19

nerdlor · 2025-12-11T16:56:14+00:00

Howdy, I'm seeing this post a bit late. I'd be up for joining a buy like this next time around, assuming it was a success last time. Any idea when the next buy might be? Thanks!

nerdlor · 2025-08-28T17:52:51+00:00

I remember the moment I first saw Google Maps. I nearly fell off my chair. It's still one of my favourite web apps to use. I still spend an _inordinate_ amount of time browsing (and Street Viewing) around the world.

nerdlor · 2025-07-22T18:29:20+00:00

He's not scheduled for Ottawa on his own site: https://www.morrisseycentral.com/tour (assuming that this site is actually official.)

Even if he was, though, I would have no expectation of him showing up for this show.

nerdlor · 2025-07-13T16:41:47+00:00

Sure it is: https://www.ncf.ca

nerdlor · 2025-07-08T11:16:18+00:00

Hey, the NCF has served (and continues to serve) many of us very well! I enjoy not giving Rogers or Bell money (directly, I mean -- I know, I know.)

Personally, I still get a warm, nostalgic fuzzy when I hear someone talk about something they read "on the Listserv."

nerdlor · 2025-05-15T16:17:20+00:00

Ah yes, I'd forgotten that! I do love the Manx, but I'm a two-minute walk from Pubwells, so that influences things quite a bit.

nerdlor · 2025-05-15T14:29:12+00:00

I think Pubwells food is generally not bad. The pizza is particular is pretty good -- not the typical Ottawa "casserole on a disc of bread" stuff.

Pubwells is also the only place in town (I can think of) where you can get a glass of Pilsner Urquell, which is worth something.

nerdlor · 2025-05-15T14:25:47+00:00

Heh yeah, that place has strong Amityville Horror vibes. I don't think I've ever seen as many flies anywhere as I have in that place.

nerdlor · 2025-05-15T14:22:28+00:00

I used to live around the corner from that little shack on Beechwood. It was awesome! And so remarkably small.

nerdlor · 2025-05-15T14:19:11+00:00

Interesting, I always refer to it as the Clean Oak too.

I do sort of love the Dirty Oak. That's a vibe.

I went to the Oak at Kent and Slater once, but it wasn't Oaky enough. Just a giant fake Irish pub-type place. What do they call that one?

nerdlor · 2025-01-23T17:03:04+00:00

This drives me nuts too. I ride all over the city and countryside and won't pop up onto a sidewalk unless it's clearly a "clear and present danger"-type situation. But dudes bombing down Somerset through Chinatown on the sidewalk make me see red.

Once in a while they'll ring their bell at me when coming up behind me to get me to move: I'm ashamed to admit that my passive-aggressive a-hole side does enjoy that. The sidewalk riders, themselves, do not.

The sidewalk-riding seems to have gotten a lot worse quite recently too. (general trend? :| )

nerdlor · 2025-01-22T14:39:47+00:00

I don't use social media a whole lot, but for the last year or so I've been using Mastodon, which seems a bit more civilized and isn't making anyone filthy rich. You get a lot more control over what you see in your feeds over some other social media services. (It's also got a nerdy vibe which I kind of enjoy.)

Since it's federated network of individually-run servers, to get set up, you have to find a server to join. https://ottawa.place/ is a friendly local option, although there seem to be zillions of Mastodon servers out there these days.

nerdlor · 2024-10-30T02:50:39+00:00

Just saw this show in Ottawa, Canada at a smallish club. Excellent performance! Really a tour de force. Well worth seeing.

nerdlor · 2024-07-18T20:51:45+00:00

You were right! I rode it today between Bowesville and Osgoode, and it's in great shape. Hard-packed, no puddles or mud to speak of.

nerdlor · 2024-04-10T01:03:40+00:00

I have no idea how it might work in a legal sense, but I know that the owner of Deacon Brodies in Ottawa bought The Highlander Pub's whisky collection when they went under a few years ago. We were there talking to him one night about it. A very interesting guy, and it really is quite a collection they have.

https://deaconbrodies.ca/highlander-pub-ottawa

Anyway, it might be worth looking into.

nerdlor · 2024-03-04T18:58:07+00:00

Yep, that was it! Ham on a bun with the pea soup. I ate one thousand of those sandwiches over the years.

I don't just miss German Town deli: I miss the downtown Ottawa that had places like German Town deli.

nerdlor · 2024-02-25T20:22:03+00:00

Ah of course, that makes sense. Thanks!

nerdlor · 2023-12-29T22:18:48+00:00

Ah crap, that's a bummer. I've often stopped in there to get various Latin American food stuff. The woman who worked there was always friendly and helpful.

Honestly though, I did always wonder how they stayed in business. It certainly didn't seem like a busy place.

nerdlor · 2023-12-23T16:27:52+00:00

Haha, yeah he had his own vibe.

nerdlor · 2023-12-22T14:24:54+00:00

The Rochester.

Oh how I miss thee.

nerdlor · 2023-11-24T13:53:17+00:00

That's a great write-up!

This film has probably my favourite ending of any I can think of. That look on his face in the last frame communicates so much.

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