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2024

How to shop for a duffle bag or gym bag on Amazon and get the right sizeoriginal ↗
2 Oct 2024
The Fall. A time of change. Here’s some thoughts on what changes have occurred recently (and what stayed the same) in my usual ramblings for a new season  (i.e. the September 2024 edition of my not-a-newsletter newsletter)original ↗
30 Sept 2024
A very fine minimalist tableoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2024
Restaurants loved and lost: the places that Greg Couillard cookedoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2024
Toronto: a city of surpluses and abundance (random updates from the Big Smoke, September 2024)original ↗
23 Sept 2024
Friday Night Cocktail: the Wet Martinioriginal ↗
20 Sept 2024
On BECKHAM, the documentaryoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2024
Collage is alive and well as an art formoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2024
On Brats, and other 80s artifactsoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2024
Can you live in a 74 square foot apartment?original ↗
11 Sept 2024
How to predict who will win the US Presidential Election?original ↗
9 Sept 2024
What will get lost if activists continue to vandalize paintingsoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2024
Taking care of yourself is not optionaloriginal ↗
2 Sept 2024
‘Unexpected red’ works for clothes too.original ↗
30 Aug 2024
What should you do? Here’s a chart to guide youoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2024
Robots, robots and more robots.original ↗
26 Aug 2024
Forward: the new Shepard Faireyoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2024
In praise of teenage engineeringoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2024
How can you learn about Project 2025? Three waysoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2024
It’s ok to hate August and love February (and vice versa. Or neither)original ↗
16 Aug 2024
Some thoughts on using the Digital Holgaoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2024
New York in August – hot time in a hot cityoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2024
Fridge fun: Internet Fridge Poetry!original ↗
9 Aug 2024
Computers and the Vietnam War: a cautionary taleoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2024
It’s summer. Time to hit the beach with a good…list of tech links :) (What I find interesting in tech August 2024)original ↗
5 Aug 2024
So you want to publish a cookbook? If so, read this.original ↗
2 Aug 2024
Have you had your joy snack today?original ↗
31 Jul 2024
Does all gamification suck? (Why that isn’t necessarily true)original ↗
29 Jul 2024
It’s the weekend. Go do something with your handsoriginal ↗
26 Jul 2024
It’s Monday. Here’s some tips on how to write better emailsoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2024
What do tractors and leaves have in common? (What I find interesting in art, March 2025 edition)original ↗
22 Jul 2024
What does caviar have to do with the McRib? (find out in this Friday’s food links for food lovers, July 2024 edition)original ↗
19 Jul 2024
Space is big. This piece on Space isn’toriginal ↗
17 Jul 2024
Ikea collaborates with gamers and moreoriginal ↗
15 Jul 2024
Restaurants loved and lost?: Pruneoriginal ↗
12 Jul 2024
Why social media content is so addictive (at least for me) and what it has to do with raw dogging flightsoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2024
Why OneMillionCheckBoxes.com shows we can never have nice big things again on the Internetoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2024
28 or so interesting things I wanted to write about and maybe will some dayoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2024
Waste is a failure of imagination, and other thoughts on wasteoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2024
Detroit returns, happilyoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2024
Philippe Starck reaches for a new design tool: A.I.original ↗
1 Jul 2024
Hot town, summer in the city! Some cool ramblings for you as summer kicks off (i.e. the June 2024 edition of my not-a-newsletter newsletter)original ↗
30 Jun 2024
The New Happy: a newsletter about joyoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2024
The ridiculously beautiful Talbot-Lago T150 C Lago Spéciale Teardrop Coupeoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2024
If you are using Google Fonts for your website and they are not working, check your web page for this…..original ↗
24 Jun 2024
The 20/20 rule for declutteringoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2024
On the chocolate cake at Claud and what we can learn from itoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2024
AI: from the era of talking to the era of doingoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2024
On bank architecture, now and thenoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2024
On the cost of steak frites in Torontooriginal ↗
12 Jun 2024
On futzing around with codeoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2024
Just Be It. Or what the inclusiveness of marathon running taught me about writing, art and other activitiesoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2024
The Joy of the Pasture in Downtown Torontooriginal ↗
5 Jun 2024
Instacart recipes have a secret ingredient: AI. What cooks should know.original ↗
3 Jun 2024
If you are using python packages like xmltodict or yaml, here is something to be aware oforiginal ↗
31 May 2024
Things better on the iPad than my iPhoneoriginal ↗
29 May 2024
Restaurants loved and living: Okonomi Houseoriginal ↗
27 May 2024
A haunting questionoriginal ↗
24 May 2024
What we can learn from snack packsoriginal ↗
22 May 2024
Scenius, or communal genius (with my own examples)original ↗
20 May 2024
Is there still a glass ceiling for Asian cuisine restarants in North America?original ↗
17 May 2024
A new form of hostile architecture: the chairless cafe / restaurantoriginal ↗
15 May 2024
How often to check your cell phone plan (and other plans too)original ↗
13 May 2024
Homelessness and poverty in Nova Scotia and elsewhereoriginal ↗
8 May 2024
Joan Didion, and why you should writeoriginal ↗
6 May 2024
To stay focused, set 5 min timers and logoriginal ↗
1 May 2024
Restaurants loved and living: Le Paradisoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2024
Another dozen good pieces on artists from Richard Serra to Robert Mapplethorpeoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2024
If you use the New York Times app, you should clear your cache from time to time. Here’s how to do itoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2024
Two good pieces on the recent Keith Haring biooriginal ↗
22 Apr 2024
For fans of tiny homes….original ↗
19 Apr 2024
The real cost of a peloton (and other good fitness and health links)original ↗
17 Apr 2024
How to simply merge PDF files on a Mac for free with no additional softwareoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2024
On the end (?) of the Cape Breton Post, and other stories of the Maritimesoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2024
The City Harvest lunch at Le Bernardin is still a good dealoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2024
Happy Birthday to Gmail, from this old Yahoo email user!original ↗
8 Apr 2024
Making art for your wall with Legooriginal ↗
5 Apr 2024
It’s a miracle! Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia will be completed! In 2026original ↗
3 Apr 2024
Some thoughts on blog posts vs reels for adviceoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2024
Happy Spring! Here’s some thoughts and ramblings for the first quarter of the year (i.e. the March 2024 edition of my not-a-newsletter newsletter)original ↗
31 Mar 2024
The “defacement” (some thoughts on Banksy’s latest)original ↗
29 Mar 2024
Keith Haring was great. People who say otherwise are biased and wrongoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2024
A marker on Trump’s new companyoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2024
On walking around New York, thinking of Basquiatoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2024
Back to New York – a tale of eating and walkingoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2024
Friday Night Music: Cab Calloway, Betty Boop doing St. James Infirmary Bluesoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2024
What do fashion and aging have in common?original ↗
12 Mar 2024
Does your WFH desk / work area need a refresh?original ↗
11 Mar 2024
On Anselm Kiefer’s watercolor paintingsoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2024
Toronto is ramping and opening up (random updates on Hogtown, March 2024)original ↗
6 Mar 2024
A weird week at Wendy’s (and a few thoughts on dynamic pricing)original ↗
4 Mar 2024
The power of saying Nooriginal ↗
3 Mar 2024
On the creator economy and the weakness of 1000 true fansoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2024
The way to make your Apple Watch more useful is to change your App Vieworiginal ↗
26 Feb 2024
Are people with non-urgent problems clogging up Ontario ERs?original ↗
24 Feb 2024
Thoughts on the baseline scene in BladeRunner 2049original ↗
23 Feb 2024
How to assess the value of an education in the humanities (or indeed any college education)original ↗
22 Feb 2024
IKEA is expanding (their product lines)original ↗
16 Feb 2024
Private jets are a sign of excess in general. Not just for one individual.original ↗
14 Feb 2024
Do you love music? Then you want to read Absolutely on Music by Murakami and Ozawaoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2024
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