So I've got this problem

...it seems there's this one posting here that is serving as a spam magnet, just a photo-link to a self-portrait over on my Flickr account.

The fact that it's become a spam magnet - the attempted "comments" are easily deleted, true - annoys me. Should I just delete the post itself, or will that merely persuade the spammers to pick another posting of mine to annoy me with?

Opinions and suggestions welcome, people, but keep them polite and keep them from getting me charged with violating the Criminal Code of Canada while you're at it. Solving my spam problem will do me no good if I'm jailed for the method.

Remembrance Day 2011

Remembrance Day 2011, a set on Flickr.

Selected observances from the Canadian War Memorial and Peacekeepers' Monument, Ottawa, Canada, 2011.

One little design link for today

Ray Larabie pointed out a design-related rant that might be of some interest to all of us working...with our hands.

Go take a look. Might be worth at least ten minutes of your life.

Signage from the Local Protest

IMG_0154, a photo by dwight_ew on Flickr.

I have to admit to liking the uppermost sign. Its contents are a Truth.

Chinatown Jellybean

From Sketches

the last page of a tale that was drawn first...in the Shanghai Restaurant on Somerset Street in Ottawa's Chinatown, and the tables all had bowls of jellybeans that night. Thank the Ottawa Comix Jam for that inspiration.

Market Mall Tower Mast

Market Mall Tower Mast, a photo by dwight_ew on Flickr.

Whoever said that antenna farms can't - or perhaps more importantly, shouldn't - be pleasing to look at?

I don't recall hearing or reading any such thing.

Randy Bachman - 13 October 2011

Randy Bachman - 13 October 2011, a set on Flickr.

Seen live at Southminster United Church, Ottawa, Canada! Promoting his first book, Vinyl Tap Stories courtesy of the Ottawa International Writers Festival.