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2022

Micropayments are generally a bad idea. Web 3 is not going to fix thatoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2022
How to garden in the winteroriginal ↗
25 Jan 2022
Forget cremation. When I die, turn my into a diamond.original ↗
24 Jan 2022
It’s Monday. You want to be more productive. Maybe you need to be less available.original ↗
24 Jan 2022
How to Make Your Home Smell Like a Williams Sonoma Storeoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2022
How would you like a cube of titanium, or copper, or even uranium? With the Luciteria web site, you can!original ↗
22 Jan 2022
On the sorry state of printers, 2021original ↗
21 Jan 2022
On the five different levels of hypeoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2022
New New York: the plan to expand Manhattanoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2022
On twitter and MLK Dayoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2022
What programming language should you learn? (2022 edition)original ↗
18 Jan 2022
Here’s 100 ways to improve your life by tweaking it slightlyoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2022
On cravennessoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2022
On Seneca, or good advice is good advice, regardless of whom it comes fromoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2022
It’s Friday. A good day to tidy up, workwise. Start with your inboxoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2022
Billie Eilish, or what’s no longer new in social mediaoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2022
Money is not fake or abstract or unreal if you are poororiginal ↗
12 Jan 2022
The New Space Race!original ↗
11 Jan 2022
Notes from having COVID last weekoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2022
What did you learn in 2021? What will you learn in 2022?original ↗
9 Jan 2022
A better dock for your Apple Watchoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2022
On TV, the 90s and meoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2022
On the things parents tell their kids and the things kids rememberoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2022
Why beach robots are goodoriginal ↗
5 Jan 2022
A good reminder that the large social media sites are bad because they choose to beoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2022
A worthwhile goal for the new year is a different form of extremismoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2022
On families and loved onesoriginal ↗
2 Jan 2022
How I track my goals and my year using spreadsheets: my 2021 review. (Maybe you can steal this approach)original ↗
1 Jan 2022
Happy 2022!original ↗
1 Jan 2022

2021

Another pandemic year is done. Here’s my highlights and ramblings for December 2021 (a newsletter, in blog form)original ↗
31 Dec 2021
Profiles on four cool dudesoriginal ↗
30 Dec 2021
Great dumbbell exercises and other good things to get back in shape post holidaysoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2021
10 good pieces to mull over these holidaysoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2021
Late night thoughts on America, China and Africaoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2021
Happy Boxing Day! Go have a snowball fight! Here’s some inspiration!original ↗
26 Dec 2021
Merry Christmas! From me and the Three Tenors!original ↗
25 Dec 2021
Some thoughts on wine in Ontario after shopping for it in the USoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2021
How to easily buy wine as a gift at the LCBOoriginal ↗
23 Dec 2021
Nine great design/decor links to kill some time with :)original ↗
22 Dec 2021
Something to consider if you are gaming this holiday season (never mind the metaverse)original ↗
21 Dec 2021
It’s Monday. The Holiday Season is Upon Us. You need helporiginal ↗
20 Dec 2021
On Antarctica once being lush and vibrantoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2021
On influence and influencersoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2021
Friday night (festive) cocktails: the negroni*original ↗
17 Dec 2021
On Toronto, tiny robots and the mediaoriginal ↗
16 Dec 2021
Christmas gift ideas: a colourful wireless keyboard with removable emoji keys!original ↗
15 Dec 2021
Two pieces on tackling discriminationoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2021
Illuminating bad actors on the Internetoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2021
You have some difficult things you need to get done. What you need is a hate dayoriginal ↗
13 Dec 2021
If your small space is feeling…well… too small….original ↗
12 Dec 2021
A modern day root cellar and other zero waste product designsoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2021
Make art so you can appreciate art and the world around youoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2021
A virtual tour of Hagia Sophiaoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2021
Amazing Christmas gift ideas: Lego Titanicoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2021
Can math prevent gerrymandering? (or what I find interesting in math, Dec 2021)original ↗
7 Dec 2021
IT and society (or what I find interesting in tech, December 2021)original ↗
6 Dec 2021
What is healthy? (My fitness and health links for December, 2021)original ↗
5 Dec 2021
Minimal light designs – some inspirational ideasoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2021
Good gift ideas: books (courtesy of Five Books)original ↗
3 Dec 2021
On how to make a cover illustration for the New Yorkeroriginal ↗
2 Dec 2021
Cool Christmas gifts: the Orbaoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2021
It’s coming up on Christmas. Here’s my pandemic highlights and ramblings for November, 2021(a newsletter, in blog form)original ↗
30 Nov 2021
How I made my bucket list by making a reverse bucket listoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2021
On the 20th anniversary of the Harry Potter filmsoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2021
Thoughts on getting my booster vaccineoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2021
What do Kent Monkman and Christopher Pratt have in common? (or what I find interesting in art, November 2021)original ↗
27 Nov 2021
The one problem with moving to Nova Scotia, especially if you are olderoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2021
What is a cloud architect and how to become oneoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2021
13 good links concerning the mind and mental health November, 2021original ↗
26 Nov 2021
Some consolation for “bad” sleepersoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2021
You cannot learn anything from AI technology that makes moral judgements. Do this insteadoriginal ↗
24 Nov 2021
On stopping the next Chelyabinsk Meteororiginal ↗
23 Nov 2021
It’s Monday. You have a difficult decision to make. Use this approach to make itoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2021
Something calming for a Sunday: the Zen Gardens of Yuki Kawaeoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2021
Three interiors of New Yorkoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2021
On Barbara Kruger and her 2021 showoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2021
A really good workout if you have not exercised in ages: the Standing 7-Minute Workoutoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2021
In praise of the the post-it note (and Clive Thompson)original ↗
18 Nov 2021
On de Klerk and Hume (and Cromwell too)original ↗
16 Nov 2021
It’s Monday. You need some inspirational quotes to perhaps fire you up. Here’s 10original ↗
15 Nov 2021
On the flaws of SpaceX’s Starlink technologyoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2021
On exploring Jupiter’s Red Spotoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2021
What do modern day philosophers believe?original ↗
12 Nov 2021
If you are writing a bash script to call a curl command and you want to pass variable values to it, read this…original ↗
12 Nov 2021
On the passing of Aaron Beck, developer of Cognitive Therapyoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2021
IBM Cloud, Terraform and DB2 (or some of what I find interesting in tech, nov 2021)original ↗
10 Nov 2021
In praise of French Press coffeeoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2021
The future of delivery might be this e-scooteroriginal ↗
9 Nov 2021
On capitalism, environmentalism and architecture, and the need to vacate, retreat and celebrate holidaysoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2021
Five digital tools to help you with Kanban (plus one analog tool)original ↗
8 Nov 2021
It’s time for another edition of: crazy well designed furniture for catsoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2021
The wonderfully abstract sculpture of Louise Durhamoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2021
On pop-up restaurantsoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2021
It’s never too late to….original ↗
4 Nov 2021
On Palomino Blackwing pencilsoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2021
Apparently Millennials are afraid of the Gen Z who work for them. Here’s why they shouldn’t beoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2021
The very cool AR/VR (augmented reality/virtual reality) section of the New York Timesoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2021
IBM Cloud tip: take advantage of tags to better manage your cloud environmentoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2021
It’s Monday. You want to be more productive. Toss your todo list and project plans and use a Kanban boardoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2021
It’s Hallowe’en. Here’s my pandemic highlights and ramblings for October, 2021(a newsletter, in blog form)original ↗
31 Oct 2021
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