tools

https://twitter.com/yowtoollibrary/status/587603837894139904 (This post originally appeared on the Green Living Ottawa blog.) Ottawa’s new ** tool library ** is taking shape! The non-profit ** Ottawa Tool Library ** will be a place that people can go to borrow household, garden and kitchen tools, attend workshops, use the workspace and more. ...

[  ](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. ...

After my blog post last week about tracking your energy use online , the quick folks at the Ottawa Public Library sent me a link to this: [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Killawatt-small.jpg) It’s a Kill-a-Watt meter , an electric usage monitor that measures the energy consumption of home appliances. ...

[  ](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. ...

[ ](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. ...