iMatt :: The Blog of Matt Clare

My wife Lindsay and I are excited to announce the birth of our first child: Evan Isaac Clare Evan was born on Tuesday November 16th 2010 at 19:33 at Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, Ontario Canada. He was born 7 pounds 10 ounces, 8 lbs 4 as of Monday November 22nd. His four grandparents, two… Continue Reading Birth Blog Announcement of Evan Clare

Full gallery can be found here Roy Tanck‘s Flickr Widget requires Flash Player 9 or better.Get this widget at roytanck.com Lindsay and I had a fun time at the 2010 British car show at Bronte Creek Burlington. It was fun seeing the all of the British car, including the MGB. Lindsay’s last time in an… Continue Reading 2010 British Car Show

Last May Canada Post announced that they were replacing their Grumman Long Life Vehicles (LLVs) they currently have with the new Ford Transit Connect. I spotted one of them on a car carrier today. Looks sharp. I’m a big fan of the Ford Transit Connect mainly because of its efficiency of packaging and innovative design.… Continue Reading Canada Post’s New Transit Connect

After a lot of planning, sawing, hammering and a little bit of screwing [up] it is finally ready. I think I had a good plan and I benefited from [grand]dad’s experience. In the interest of practicing what I teach I modeled two walls worth of wainscotting in the tiny room via Google SketchUp. It helped… Continue Reading Building the Baby’s Room

Last summer we signed-up to be Peaksavers. In the middle of the summer of 2010’s first heave wave in Ontario I’m still keen. Once we had signed-up Burlington Hydro sent someone over to install a new thermostat. The new thermostat allows Burlington Hydro / The Peaksaver program to send a signal to raise the temperature… Continue Reading I’m a peaksaver