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June 10, 2026
Poetry

176

It sounds so clinical,176 – like a tokenor ticket clutchedwaitingfor your starched shirtsor bakery orderbut to his motherthere was a namesung deep like a lullabybeyond our earsor comprehension,whispered softlyby his partneror joyfullyby his children,but to us he was a numbera beautiful black and white numbersleek amongst the waves he called

Digital Work

Wellington West

An image I took (with manipulation) soon after we moved to Ottawa. My wife and son walking along Wellington Ave, which is a really cool and funky part of the city. Still one of my favourite shots – ever. Enjoy,Mark

Geekstuff

Wireshark Filter Builder

So today we were running a bunch of network tests. If you are just monitoring the tests over Teams or Zoom or whatever it can be a bit boring watching a tcpdump ‘mature’ into a pcap file or downloading a set of logs. At least it can be for me.