#garbage & recycling #tools

Cool tool: Downloadable garbage/recycling collection calendars

[ ![Garbage Day](/legacy/00772.jpg) ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/xiaozhuli/5751735759/) I'm sure some of this stuff could have been recycled. Photo by [ Zhu ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/xiaozhuli/5751735759/) . Saw this recently on Shawn Hooper’s blog : As my contribution to 2010′s Open Data Ottawa Hackfest, I converted the City of Ottawa’s Garbage Collection Calendar into a open format (iCalendar) so that the schedule could be used for purposes like being imported into your favourite calendaring application such as MS Outlook, Google Calendar, or even your smartphone. ...

#drink #tools

Cool tools: The Natalie MacLean Wine Picks & Pairings app

[ ![](/legacy/00732.jpg) ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/natalie.jpg) New app puts Ottawa's Natalie MacLean in your pocket. Last year we featured Natalie MacLean's [ wine-matching widget ](http://ottawastart.com/cool-wine-matching-widget-from-natalie-maclean/) . She's one-upped this summer with a new mobile app: _ The Natalie MacLean Wine Picks & Pairings app lets you use your smartphone camera to snap a picture of any bottle label bar code in the liquor store. ...

#books #library #tools

Cool tool: Ottawa Public Library toolbar

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Ottawa-Public-Library-toolbar-Ottawa-Public-Library_1190074687312.png) Check this nifty little tool: the Ottawa Public Library Toolbar . "No matter where you are on the Web, you can instantly access the Ottawa Public Library. Search our catalogue, check your account, consult our databases, ask a question of our staff, see what's new on the shelves, and find out what's happening in branches. ...