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56,966 blogs · [ { "id": "01a087bd-8300-7100-adc0-45d929001128", "title": "February: Travers-Sabine; and, entering NZ at the start and leaving NZ at the end", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20240311-february/", "published_at": "2024-03-11T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8300-7100-adc0-45d9293511f1", "title": "Trip report: refereeing in Abbotsford, Edmonton, and a quick trip to Toronto/Waterloo", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20240310-pacific-and-edmonton/", "published_at": "2024-03-10T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8300-7100-adc0-45d92a2d1aea", "title": "January: Nelson, Wellington, other Nelson, and Sydney", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20240214-january/", "published_at": "2024-02-14T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8300-7100-adc0-45d92ad82d50", "title": "Review: On Cold Iron by Dan Levert", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20240212-on-cold-iron-review/", "published_at": "2024-02-11T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8300-7100-adc0-45d92b5e3fc7", "title": "December: taking all the courses", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20240104-december/", "published_at": "2024-01-04T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8300-7100-adc0-45d92bcb8671", "title": "November: almost entirely staying put in Wellington", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20231207-november/", "published_at": "2023-12-07T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8300-7100-adc0-45d92c2833d1", "title": "Review: The Last Front Line by Brendan O'Dwyer", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20231114-last-front-line-review/", "published_at": "2023-11-14T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8300-7100-adc0-45d92c46dcf8", "title": "October: NSERC Discovery Grant writing, and refereeing in Canada", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20231105-october/", "published_at": "2023-11-05T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8301-73a4-84fd-baeab229c5eb", "title": "Museum review: Canadian Human Rights Museum / Musée pour les droits de la personne, Winnipeg", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20231103-canadian-museum-of-human-rights/", "published_at": "2023-11-03T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8301-73a4-84fd-baeab239cc77", "title": "Mount Hopeless attempt, August 25-27, 2023", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20231011-mount-hopeless-trip-report/", "published_at": "2023-10-12T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8301-73a4-84fd-baeab2ccdf46", "title": "Book review: Wellington's Railways: Colonial Steam to Matangi, by David Parsons", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20231008-book-review-wellingtons-railways/", "published_at": "2023-10-08T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8301-73a4-84fd-baeab34b4920", "title": "Tourist guide to Wellington", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/wellington/", "published_at": "2023-10-07T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8301-73a4-84fd-baeab43ec7a2", "title": "How to leave Waterloo/how to get to YYZ", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/waterloo/", "published_at": "2023-10-04T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8301-73a4-84fd-baeab474abd8", "title": "September: 'back to school' and yet more trips", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20231001-september/", "published_at": "2023-10-01T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8301-73a4-84fd-baeab4e639e2", "title": "August: more trips", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230916-august/", "published_at": "2023-09-16T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8301-73a4-84fd-baeab50d388f", "title": "Review: Flight of the Huia by Kerry-Jayne Wilson", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230904-flight-of-the-huia-review/", "published_at": "2023-09-04T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8301-73a4-84fd-baeab5c1db82", "title": "July: some small trips", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230802-july/", "published_at": "2023-08-13T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8301-73a4-84fd-baeab6539e00", "title": "No zombies here: motions to postpone indefinitely are silver bullets", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230717-zombies/", "published_at": "2023-07-17T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8301-73a4-84fd-baeab6de4f87", "title": "June: back to normal non-teaching term, writing paper after paper", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230701-june/", "published_at": "2023-07-01T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8301-73a4-84fd-baeab774b679", "title": "Atene Skyline Track, June 17, 2023", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230628-atene-skyline/", "published_at": "2023-06-28T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8301-73a4-84fd-baeab81de602", "title": "Graduate Students", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/students/", "published_at": "2023-06-23T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8308-7068-9650-a5c046e51dc0", "title": "May: another big month", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230614-may/", "published_at": "2023-06-14T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8308-7068-9650-a5c0479e2178", "title": "West Coast Adventures: Thanks friends! May 2023", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230612-west-coast-adventures/", "published_at": "2023-06-12T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8308-7068-9650-a5c04899c584", "title": "Book Review: We, the Others: Allophones, Immigrants, and Belonging in Canada by Toula Drimonis", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230531-we-the-others/", "published_at": "2023-05-31T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8308-7068-9650-a5c048da449a", "title": "Book review: Before the Dawn by Tōson Shimazaki", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230518-before-the-dawn/", "published_at": "2023-05-18T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8308-7068-9650-a5c0490ae317", "title": "April: finally done with Winter term", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230508-april/", "published_at": "2023-05-08T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8308-7068-9650-a5c049adb53d", "title": "Western Newfoundland, April 6-9, 2023", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230507-western-newfoundland/", "published_at": "2023-05-07T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8308-7068-9650-a5c04aa9e964", "title": "ChatGPT's Hot Takes on Programming Languages and Software Engineering", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/chatgpt-hot-takes/", "published_at": "2023-05-06T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8308-7068-9650-a5c04ac67788", "title": "Montréal", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/montreal/", "published_at": "2023-05-01T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8309-71fc-995b-3921c7c35669", "title": "Bouldering Gym Review: Backbone Boulder, Bromont, April 2023", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230419-backbone-bouldering-gym/", "published_at": "2023-04-19T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8309-71fc-995b-3921c835b242", "title": "Japan part III: Two days in Hokkaido and one in Tokyo, February 2023", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230416-japan-part-iii/", "published_at": "2023-04-16T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8309-71fc-995b-3921c9185a35", "title": "March: lots of good news", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230414-march/", "published_at": "2023-04-14T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8309-71fc-995b-3921c93573c3", "title": "Championnat provincial (Laval), March 24-26, 2023", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230407-championnat-provincial-laval/", "published_at": "2023-04-07T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8309-71fc-995b-3921c9590f4b", "title": "Edmonton International Judo Championship, March 10-12, 2023", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230406-edmonton-intl/", "published_at": "2023-04-06T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8309-71fc-995b-3921ca0011db", "title": "Japan part II: historical (looking) buildings in the Japan Alps, February 2023", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230327-japan-part-ii/", "published_at": "2023-03-27T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8309-71fc-995b-3921ca4efa1f", "title": "COVID infodump, March 2023", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230308-covid-infodump/", "published_at": "2023-03-08T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8309-71fc-995b-3921cb2861df", "title": "February: COVID, teaching, and a trip to Japan", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230307-february/", "published_at": "2023-03-07T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8309-71fc-995b-3921cbc2cfa2", "title": "Japan part I: cherry blossoms and part of the Nakasendo, February 2023", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230226-japan-part-i/", "published_at": "2023-02-26T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8309-71fc-995b-3921cc402f7b", "title": "January: teaching and extracurriculars", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230205-january/", "published_at": "2023-02-05T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-830f-70ec-a07b-182e6f918e71", "title": "Around the Mountain Circuit (Taranaki), January 2 to 5, 2023", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230204-amc/", "published_at": "2023-02-04T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-830f-70ec-a07b-182e70606972", "title": "December: start of summer / back to winter soon", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230121-december/", "published_at": "2023-01-21T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-830f-70ec-a07b-182e70a8bf42", "title": "Christmas on the South Island: Gillepsie, Mueller Hut, glacier kayaking, and rock climbing", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230120-south-island-adventures/", "published_at": "2023-01-20T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-830f-70ec-a07b-182e713de684", "title": "Book review: Can't Get There from Here: New Zealand Passenger Rail Since 1920, by André Brett, maps by Sam van der Weerden", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20230107-cant-get-there-from-here/", "published_at": "2023-01-07T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-830f-70ec-a07b-182e713e7986", "title": "Places I've been in Aotearoa New Zealand", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/nz-places/", "published_at": "2023-01-05T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-830f-70ec-a07b-182e71f71c30", "title": "Leaving Early: The Last Day of our South Island December 2022 trip", "url": 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"published_at": "2021-09-01T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8315-72cb-836c-9fbf3fafffb5", "title": "My Photo Workflow, and Adventures in Hugo Development", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20210824-hugo-development/", "published_at": "2021-08-24T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8315-72cb-836c-9fbf3fc62897", "title": "Cook Islands: international travel!", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20210817-cook-islands/", "published_at": "2021-08-17T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8315-72cb-836c-9fbf40a200b0", "title": "Letter to Canadian ministers about reducing emissions.", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20210816-ipcc-letter-to-ministers/", "published_at": "2021-08-15T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8315-72cb-836c-9fbf4129ac95", "title": "July: to the Realm", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20210802-july/", "published_at": "2021-08-02T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087bd-8315-72cb-836c-9fbf416f422d", "title": "June: non-teaching term month 2", "url": 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"01a087bd-8315-72cb-836c-9fbf4507a0ff", "title": "That Antipodal Life", "url": "https://patricklam.ca/post/20210505-seasons/", "published_at": "2021-05-05T00:00:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2024

February: Travers-Sabine; and, entering NZ at the start and leaving NZ at the endoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2024
Trip report: refereeing in Abbotsford, Edmonton, and a quick trip to Toronto/Waterloooriginal ↗
10 Mar 2024
January: Nelson, Wellington, other Nelson, and Sydneyoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2024
Review: On Cold Iron by Dan Levertoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2024
December: taking all the coursesoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2024

2023

November: almost entirely staying put in Wellingtonoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2023
Review: The Last Front Line by Brendan O'Dwyeroriginal ↗
14 Nov 2023
October: NSERC Discovery Grant writing, and refereeing in Canadaoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2023
Museum review: Canadian Human Rights Museum / Musée pour les droits de la personne, Winnipegoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2023
Mount Hopeless attempt, August 25-27, 2023original ↗
12 Oct 2023
Book review: Wellington's Railways: Colonial Steam to Matangi, by David Parsonsoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2023
Tourist guide to Wellingtonoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2023
How to leave Waterloo/how to get to YYZoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2023
September: 'back to school' and yet more tripsoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2023
August: more tripsoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2023
Review: Flight of the Huia by Kerry-Jayne Wilsonoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2023
July: some small tripsoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2023
No zombies here: motions to postpone indefinitely are silver bulletsoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2023
June: back to normal non-teaching term, writing paper after paperoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2023
Atene Skyline Track, June 17, 2023original ↗
28 Jun 2023
Graduate Studentsoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2023
May: another big monthoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2023
West Coast Adventures: Thanks friends! May 2023original ↗
12 Jun 2023
Book Review: We, the Others: Allophones, Immigrants, and Belonging in Canada by Toula Drimonisoriginal ↗
31 May 2023
Book review: Before the Dawn by Tōson Shimazakioriginal ↗
18 May 2023
April: finally done with Winter termoriginal ↗
8 May 2023
Western Newfoundland, April 6-9, 2023original ↗
7 May 2023
ChatGPT's Hot Takes on Programming Languages and Software Engineeringoriginal ↗
6 May 2023
Montréaloriginal ↗
1 May 2023
Bouldering Gym Review: Backbone Boulder, Bromont, April 2023original ↗
19 Apr 2023
Japan part III: Two days in Hokkaido and one in Tokyo, February 2023original ↗
16 Apr 2023
March: lots of good newsoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2023
Championnat provincial (Laval), March 24-26, 2023original ↗
7 Apr 2023
Edmonton International Judo Championship, March 10-12, 2023original ↗
6 Apr 2023
Japan part II: historical (looking) buildings in the Japan Alps, February 2023original ↗
27 Mar 2023
COVID infodump, March 2023original ↗
8 Mar 2023
February: COVID, teaching, and a trip to Japanoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2023
Japan part I: cherry blossoms and part of the Nakasendo, February 2023original ↗
26 Feb 2023
January: teaching and extracurricularsoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2023
Around the Mountain Circuit (Taranaki), January 2 to 5, 2023original ↗
4 Feb 2023
December: start of summer / back to winter soonoriginal ↗
21 Jan 2023
Christmas on the South Island: Gillepsie, Mueller Hut, glacier kayaking, and rock climbingoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2023
Book review: Can't Get There from Here: New Zealand Passenger Rail Since 1920, by André Brett, maps by Sam van der Weerdenoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2023
Places I've been in Aotearoa New Zealandoriginal ↗
5 Jan 2023

2022

Leaving Early: The Last Day of our South Island December 2022 triporiginal ↗
31 Dec 2022
November: winter is comingoriginal ↗
3 Dec 2022
Throwback: Aspect-Oriented Programmingoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2022
Submission to Ontario's Proposed Amendments to the Greenbelt Planoriginal ↗
24 Nov 2022
October: midway through Fall termoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2022
Trip Report: Judo Nationals in Christchurch, October 14-16 2022original ↗
14 Nov 2022
Trip Report: Queen Charlotte Track, October 22-27 2022original ↗
11 Nov 2022
Trip Report: Banks Peninsula Track, October 3-4 2022original ↗
2 Nov 2022
September: more research, some tripsoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2022
Submission to NZ inquiry on inter-regional passenger railoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2022
Interactions with Immigration New Zealandoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2022
August: staying in Canada longer than expected, for good reasonsoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2022
Reflections on judo gradesoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2022
July: last month of classes for Spring, plus some tripsoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2022
June: better late than never; so much work.original ↗
14 Jul 2022
Trip report: 2022 judo Open Nationalsoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2022
May: first month of Spring term, so much teaching, focus on judooriginal ↗
6 Jun 2022
plam's travel philosophyoriginal ↗
22 May 2022
Three full days in Yellowknifeoriginal ↗
7 May 2022
April: between Winter and Spring; more travelsoriginal ↗
1 May 2022
March: first and last full month of teaching in Winter 2022, and some tripsoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2022
24 Hours in Saskatchewanoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2022
February: with short escapes to Quebecoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2022
Warm lights in the Airbnb bedroom FTWoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2022
January: a whole month in K-Woriginal ↗
1 Feb 2022
New Zealand Restaurantsoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2022
December: back in Canada and not loving itoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2022

2021

Urban living (3/3): Wellingtonoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2021
Urban living (2/3): Montrealoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2021
Urban living (1/3): Kitchener/Waterloooriginal ↗
25 Dec 2021
There are six eggsoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2021
November: last month in New Zealandoriginal ↗
15 Dec 2021
Leaving Aotearoa Part II: AKL-LAX, Los Angeles, and back on Air Canada to Montrealoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2021
Leaving Aotearoa Part I: WLG to AKL and on to NZ6original ↗
7 Dec 2021
Travel during COVID times: NZ to Canadaoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2021
Trans-Canada Highway vs State Highway 1: Getting around (Central) Canada & NZoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2021
October: Suppression in Auckland, elimination elsewhere in NZoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2021
Answers to NZ Government consultations on Adventure Activitiesoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2021
September: Delta's Still Here (mostly in Auckland)original ↗
11 Oct 2021
Review: Emerald Hours in New Zealand Part II, getting around the South Islandoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2021
Review: Emerald Hours in New Zealand Part I, North Island (but really, transport in NZ)original ↗
5 Sept 2021
August: Here's Deltaoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2021
My Photo Workflow, and Adventures in Hugo Developmentoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2021
Cook Islands: international travel!original ↗
17 Aug 2021
Letter to Canadian ministers about reducing emissions.original ↗
15 Aug 2021
July: to the Realmoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2021
June: non-teaching term month 2original ↗
4 Jul 2021
West Coast Again, May 21-25 2021: Days 4 & 5, Arthur's Pass, Springfield, and Christchurchoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2021
On the Rollercoaster: What an Interesting Locationoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2021
West Coast Again, May 21-25 2021: Day 4, Mount Frenchoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2021
West Coast Again, May 21-25 2021: Days 2 & 3, Canterbury Open, Otira Café, Truman Track, Punakaiki Pancake Rocks, and Westland Petrel Colonyoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2021
West Coast Again, May 21-25 2021: Day 1, WLG-CHCoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2021
May: non-teaching term month 1original ↗
1 Jun 2021
Holidays: Canada vs NZoriginal ↗
15 May 2021
Review: Ice Walker: A Polar Bear's Journey through the Fragile Arctic by James Raffanoriginal ↗
9 May 2021
That Antipodal Lifeoriginal ↗
5 May 2021
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