Wednesday September 22, 2021

Stats – 22 September 2021

Weather: ?️ Mix of sun and cloud. High of 20°, low of 17°

Number: 4. The number of dials on the new modulation pedal, the Carl Martin Ottawa. The Denmark manufacturer of analogue sound machines named their pedal after Ottawa, due to the "wah-wah-wah" of our politicians. [Guitar World] [Carl Martin]

Ottawan of the Day:  Shane Gero. Gero, a scientist in residence and adjunct professor at Ottawa's Carleton University, provided expert advice to the the Disney+ series, Secret of the Whales, which won an Emmy award Sunday. [CBC]

Quote: ‘All power has been restored to Somerset Ward. Cause of the outage was due to squirrel interference – A tweet by Hydro Ottawa on the power outage that affected over 4,000 homes yesterday. [Ottawa Citizen]

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