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    <updated>2010-03-04T11:32:19-08:00</updated>
    <subtitle>Carbon based. Solar powered. Not-so-secretly Canadian.</subtitle>
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        <title>O Canada</title>
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        <published>2010-03-04T11:32:19-08:00</published>
        <updated>2010-03-04T11:32:19-08:00</updated>
        <summary>Standing for O Canada at a medal ceremony in Vancouver. Full post on the Olympic trip to come. (Best viewed large.)</summary>
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            <name>Sarah Sosiak</name>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a title="canadian gold by sarah sosiak, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/secret_canadian/4403069294/"><img alt="canadian gold" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2737/4403069294_97fa1c19b5.jpg" width="500" height="281" /></a></p>  <p>Standing for O Canada at a medal ceremony in Vancouver. Full post on the Olympic trip to come. (Best viewed <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/secret_canadian/4403069294/sizes/l/">large</a>.) </p></div>
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    <entry>
        <title>No Fixed Address</title>
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        <published>2010-02-21T19:17:08-08:00</published>
        <updated>2010-02-21T19:18:48-08:00</updated>
        <summary>At Ocean Beach.</summary>
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            <name>Sarah Sosiak</name>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a title="no fixed address by sarah sosiak, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/secret_canadian/4377613884/"><img alt="no fixed address" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4377613884_60cf46c051.jpg" width="500" height="281" /></a>   <p>At Ocean Beach.</p></p></div>
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    <entry>
        <title>addLibbing</title>
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        <published>2010-02-14T19:34:38-08:00</published>
        <updated>2010-02-21T19:09:40-08:00</updated>
        <summary>I’ve been having a lot of fun with the addLib iPhone app this weekend. From the developer’s site: addLib mixes the Grid System, a fractal theory, the golden ratio and the Facial Recognition System, and then creates graphic design. It...</summary>
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            <name>Sarah Sosiak</name>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a title="pony, addlibed by sarah sosiak, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/secret_canadian/4357644875/"><img alt="pony, addlibed" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4357644875_db323e3739.jpg" width="500" height="400" /></a>   <p>I’ve been having a lot of fun with the <a href="http://appart.jp/index.html#/?2-jp" target="_blank">addLib iPhone app</a> this weekend. From the developer’s site:</p>  <blockquote>   <p>addLib mixes the Grid System, a fractal theory, the golden ratio and the Facial Recognition System, and then creates graphic design. It seems the layout is made at random, but it comes from the rigorous calculated system. These theories have been made through the process that people has been trying to find new expression, and they are also the ways, to capture very ordinary “beauty” in nature, namely algorithm.</p> </blockquote>  <p>$1.99 well spent. More photos on<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/secret_canadian/sets/72157623305167981/" target="_blank"> Flickr</a>.</p>  <p><strong>Update:</strong> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1366390@N23/pool/" target="_blank">Group pool on Flickr</a>. Add yours.</p></p></div>
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    <entry>
        <title>Where Im Going / Where Ive Been</title>
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        <published>2010-02-09T21:13:13-08:00</published>
        <updated>2010-02-10T07:35:52-08:00</updated>
        <summary>View larger map A few weeks ago, friends and I were talking about how far north/east/south/west we’d each travelled. I started plotting places on a map to figure out my extremes, then continued until I had a relatively* exhaustive map...</summary>
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            <name>Sarah Sosiak</name>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><iframe frameborder="0" height="400" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=103194237935404479407.000473f52aef7ab52ef84&amp;ll=25.165173,-16.171875&amp;spn=158.344019,350.859375&amp;z=1&amp;output=embed" width="500" />  <br /><small>View <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=103194237935404479407.000473f52aef7ab52ef84&amp;ll=46.067797,-94.996254&amp;spn=0.002605,0.00456&amp;z=17&amp;source=embed" style="text-align: left; color: #0000ff">larger map</a></small>   <p>A few weeks ago, friends and I were talking about how far north/east/south/west we’d each travelled. I started plotting places on a map to figure out my extremes, then continued until I had a relatively* exhaustive map and started adding places I’d like to go.</p>  <p>My NESW extremes (as measured from San Francisco) are:</p>  <ul>   <li>North = Gullfoss, Iceland (64° 19′ 34″ N) </li>    <li>East = Helsinki, Finland (24° 56′ 15″ E) </li>    <li>South = Xelhá, Mexico (20°19'2.22"N) </li>    <li>West = Honolulu, USA (157° 49′ 34″ W) </li> </ul>  <p>Legend:</p>  <p><a href="http://www.sarahsosiak.com/.a/6a00d8341e62ad53ef01287786444c970c-pi"><img alt="where i've been legend" border="0" height="168" src="http://www.sarahsosiak.com/.a/6a00d8341e62ad53ef0120a883a39e970b-pi" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="where i've been legend" width="254" /></a> </p>  <p>* Major-metropolitan areas are collapsed to a single city, I still need to fill out California, and I’ve not included every city/town/village I’ve spent time in in Ontario or stopped in while driving the Trans-Canada Highway. (That would make for a rather long (and tedious) list. Assume most of Eastern Ontario and the larger places between Sydney, Nova Scotia and Edmonton, Alberta along the TCH.) I’ve also spent a night in a small ski-town in Austria whose name I don’t remember.</p></div>
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    <entry>
        <title>Wild Things</title>
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        <published>2010-01-18T16:45:51-08:00</published>
        <updated>2010-01-18T16:45:51-08:00</updated>
        <summary>At the California Academy of Sciences.</summary>
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            <name>Sarah Sosiak</name>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/secret_canadian/4111163746/" title="poison darts by sarah sosiak, on Flickr"><img alt="poison darts" height="160" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2588/4111163746_0677dbb18d_m.jpg" width="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/secret_canadian/4066534251/" title="macaw by sarah sosiak, on Flickr"><img alt="macaw" height="160" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3481/4066534251_05392afa7b_m.jpg" width="240" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/secret_canadian/4067282692/" title="tree frog by sarah sosiak, on Flickr"><img alt="tree frog" height="160" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2672/4067282692_5880d03727_m.jpg" width="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/secret_canadian/4067282174/" title="albino by sarah sosiak, on Flickr"><img alt="albino" height="160" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2685/4067282174_66ac52d82f_m.jpg" width="240" /></a> 
<p>At the <a href="http://www.calacademy.org/" target="_blank">California Academy of Sciences</a>.</p></div>
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        <title>Flickr Favourites - 2009</title>
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        <published>2010-01-07T18:34:52-08:00</published>
        <updated>2010-01-19T16:53:55-08:00</updated>
        <summary>Favourite photos from 2009. Slideshow below (On Flickr):</summary>
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            <name>Sarah Sosiak</name>
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&lt;P&gt;Favourite photos from 2009. Slideshow below (&lt;A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/secret_canadian/sets/72157622916255143/" target=_blank&gt;On Flickr&lt;/A&gt;):&lt;/P&gt;
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        <title>Mixed Media</title>
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        <published>2010-01-03T17:24:49-08:00</published>
        <updated>2010-01-03T17:24:23-08:00</updated>
        <summary>Composite of the car-turned-container-garden at Flora Grubb Gardens.</summary>
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            <name>Sarah Sosiak</name>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/secret_canadian/4242298297/" title="mixed media by sarah sosiak, on Flickr"><img alt="mixed media" height="236" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4242298297_07289667e3.jpg" width="500" /></a> </p>
<p>Composite of the car-turned-container-garden at <a href="http://www.floragrubb.com" rel="nofollow">Flora Grubb Gardens</a>.</p></div>
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        <title>Happy 2010!</title>
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        <published>2010-01-01T00:00:00-08:00</published>
        <updated>2010-01-01T00:00:00-08:00</updated>
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            <name>Sarah Sosiak</name>
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        <title>Happy Chrismahanukwanzakah</title>
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        <published>2009-12-25T06:00:00-08:00</published>
        <updated>2009-12-24T18:43:22-08:00</updated>
        <summary>Bryant Park Holiday Rink, NYC</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Sarah Sosiak</name>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/secret_canadian/3133665771/" title="bryant park holiday rink by sarah sosiak, on Flickr"><img alt="bryant park holiday rink" height="333" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3244/3133665771_5f85a783fb.jpg" width="500" /></a></p>
<p>Bryant Park Holiday Rink, NYC</p></div>
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        <title>Eggnog Pancakes</title>
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        <published>2009-12-24T19:08:32-08:00</published>
        <updated>2009-12-24T19:25:37-08:00</updated>
        <summary>Over on Twitter last night, I mentioned an experiement in making eggnog pancakes. I know I'm far from the first person to try this, but thought I'd share my method to spread the word on what just may become your...</summary>
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            <name>Sarah Sosiak</name>
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<p>Over on Twitter last night, I mentioned an experiement in making eggnog pancakes. I know I'm far from the first person to try this, but thought I'd share my method to spread the word on what just may become your newest holiday tradition.</p>
<p>I found that the sweetness and flavour from the eggnog held up on its own...no need for syrup. And that the extra sugar in the eggnog caramelized on the surface of the pancakes to add a pleasent bit of sugary crunch.</p>
<p>Super-simple instructions:</p>
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<li>Take your favourite pancake recipie -- I used <a href="http://kottke.org/09/10/the-worlds-best-pancake-recipe" target="_blank">this recipie, as found on Kottke.org</a>. 
<li>Replace whatever milk the recipie calls for with eggnog -- I added an extra splash of skim milk to thin the batter as I prefer my pancakes more crepe-like than fluffy. 
<li>Sprinkle in a bit of cinnamon &amp; nutmeg. 
<li>Cook. 
<li>Enjoy. </li>
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