Kevin O'Donnell's blog

The Green party is hosting a candlelight vigil on Parliament Hill for Earth Hour again this year - this is becoming quite the tradition!

Lights out at 8:30 so arrive a bit early. Read more »

I mostly take pictures of landscapes and buildings (and bizarrely lots of traffic signs). I'm slowly working up to taking pictures of people - which is so much more fun. It's harder to get the shot because people are so much more expressive than trees, but when it clicks it's great. Read more »

Skip down to the Storify provided by Richard Akerman for context. I'm going to jump to just how easy and cheap OC Transpo's Open Data initiative should be to implement. Read more »

I'm lucky to be able to volunteer at my daughter's school each week. I'm helping with their computer lab unit - the main contribution being booting up 20 computers before school starts so we don't lose any time. My daughter also loves having me there - she's my helper so that's special too. To me it's amazing how much more technology the kids are exposed to, even in JK/SK. Of course to them this is simply normal - so there old man! Read more »

I love a cold winter day's clean blue sky. Read more »

This video from the University of Nagoya shows how, even under perfect conditions, traffic jams form for no apparent reason. What happens is that changes in the distance between cars cause people to speed up and slow down which quickly devolves into a localized traffic jam.

Even more fastinating is that the jam moves backwards!

Traffic is really complicated stuff.

I was invited to participate in the Laurentian University model Parliament on Friday and was really happy to go. Actually Elizabeth May was invited, but being in SGI at the time couldn't go, so I filled in. In a nutshell it was a lot of fun. Read more »

The Pundit's Guide has laid out some of the issues facing Nathan Cullen's plan for joint nominations among Green, NDP and Liberal members in Conservative held ridings. The logistics of pulling it off are numerous and I won't review them again. Despite the difficulties I think there is merit in co-operating in a few ridings. Read more »

The holidays means lots of get togethers with extended family and other folks you may not see on a regular basis. If any of them are climate change deniers and the topic comes up you'll want to be prepared. Talking about climate change to a denier is painful but remember there are other people within ear shot who may secretly wish someone would just put a blowhard in their place. Politely of course. Read more »

Could Ottawa try out a Woonerf? Between the Williams St pedestrian area, the Laurier bike lane and Ottawa's existing woonerf, maybe we can tap into Ottawa's willingness for traffic pilots and give something a try. Read more »