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2024

It’s the weekend. You’ve much to do but you still would like to watch a movie. Got 90 minutes?original ↗
10 Feb 2024
A Scratch Ticket Vending machine! Win fame!original ↗
7 Feb 2024
Some quick thoughts on the Apple Vision Prooriginal ↗
5 Feb 2024
Five good pieces on five great artists for a Fridayoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2024
I’m back and rambling into 2024 (i.e. the January 2024 edition of my not-a-newsletter newsletter)original ↗
31 Jan 2024
Six cool things to start off your Mondayoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2024
Philippe Starck: industrial designeroriginal ↗
24 Jan 2024
It’s winter. Time to curl up with a good…list of tech links :) (What I find interesting in tech January 2024)original ↗
22 Jan 2024
Find your greatnessoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2024
Habit List: an app that has really helped me with keeping my habitsoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2024
Have we reached peak chore coat yet?original ↗
13 Jan 2024
Things to Pack When Heading to the Emergency Roomoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2024

2023

Dead week, week 52, Janus week, the last week of the old before the first week of the neworiginal ↗
27 Dec 2023
Merry Christmas! From me, in 2023!original ↗
25 Dec 2023
Dickens’s Bob Cratchit from “A Christmas Carol”, then and noworiginal ↗
24 Dec 2023
How to take the stress out of entertaining over the Christmas holidaysoriginal ↗
23 Dec 2023
Who let the (robot) dogs out? And other animated machines on the loose you should know aboutoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2023
Advent of Code: a great way for coders to celebrate this seasonoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2023
Canadian Christmas gift ideas you can use now (or even the rest of the year)original ↗
18 Dec 2023
Cleaning is part of a cycle. Complete the cycle (though cycles are never done)original ↗
16 Dec 2023
Friday night cocktail: paper planoriginal ↗
15 Dec 2023
The rise and fall? of DieWorkWear (and other Friday fashion items)original ↗
15 Dec 2023
Cool devices with e-ink displayoriginal ↗
13 Dec 2023
If you are having a difficult time, you need to listen to Michael Caineoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2023
The rise and fall of Beaujolais Nouveau Day in Canadaoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2023
The benefits you get running Ubuntu/Linux on an old computer and why you should get oneoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2023
What are the deadlines for mailing Christmas presents in Canada?original ↗
6 Dec 2023
What is happening with running shoes these days? Thicccckkkkkness.original ↗
6 Dec 2023
It may be time to ditch Evernote. I went with Joplin and it’s been greatoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2023
What do you get when you combine Christmas with a fireplace and the music of Sufjan Stevens?original ↗
3 Dec 2023
November! A month of cooling off in many ways. Of endings. Here’s what’s happening plus the usual ramblings (i.e. the November 2023 edition of my not-a-newsletter newsletter)original ↗
30 Nov 2023
You can’t have it all (a poem and a remembrance)original ↗
29 Nov 2023
Here’s 10 fun things to check out on a Mondayoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2023
If you are going for an eye exam in Ontario, ask some questions before you gooriginal ↗
25 Nov 2023
A magic table you can use for Thanksgiving and other holidaysoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2023
Cook Out is coming. Get ready!original ↗
20 Nov 2023
Raiding the Beaton Institute archives for my pastoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2023
Let’s get sauced! (Friday food links for food lovers, November 2023)original ↗
17 Nov 2023
We need more eco-friendly designoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2023
Race to the moon! (What I find interesting in math and science, November 2023)original ↗
13 Nov 2023
A dozen or so good pieces on good artists, from Michelangelo to Tracey Eminoriginal ↗
12 Nov 2023
Starck + Perrier: two good things that go together welloriginal ↗
10 Nov 2023
Family meals are a good thing, but they are not the only good thingoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2023
On bullshit jobs and how to overcome themoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2023
On there being two types of freedomoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2023
Friday Night Music: One Week – Barenaked Ladies (Vintage ‘40s Jazz Cover) feat. Emma Smith and PostmodernJukeboxoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2023
If you can’t write to your USB drive on your Mac and you want to fix that, read thisoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2023
It’s crabwalk time! Here’s some thoughts on how things are going sideways in many ways as well as the usual ramblings (i.e. the October 2023 edition of my not-a-newsletter newsletter)original ↗
31 Oct 2023
Want to improve your vocabulary? The New York Times can helporiginal ↗
30 Oct 2023
A wonderful place in the woodsoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2023
What’s it like to be an instacart shopperoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2023
How to cast your Chrome tab to your TV in October 2023original ↗
25 Oct 2023
Toronto: city with a future (random updates on Hogtown, October 2023)original ↗
24 Oct 2023
How to work with Java on your Mac, including having multiple versions of Java on your Macoriginal ↗
23 Oct 2023
If you are thinking of possibly running a 5K (or just using the Couch to 5K program)original ↗
21 Oct 2023
In praise of short books AND the comments section of the Guardianoriginal ↗
21 Oct 2023
It’s Thursday: let’s go rucking. (Here’s some fitness links on exercise, dieting, gear and more for ya)original ↗
19 Oct 2023
New York City is full of stories. Here’s 15 of them.original ↗
17 Oct 2023
What actually is worth buying at Dollarama? Here’s my two cents.original ↗
16 Oct 2023
The problems of poverty are solvable and simple. But instead….original ↗
15 Oct 2023
Instacart users: is Instacart changing the default tip percentage from 5% to 10%?original ↗
14 Oct 2023
You don’t owe anyone anything on social media….original ↗
13 Oct 2023
Using AI in art making, from David Salle to Kevin Kelly (and how Walter Benjamin can help)original ↗
13 Oct 2023
Contemporary / conceptual art can be difficult to understand. This can help you.original ↗
12 Oct 2023
AI scales up and out. Here’s some pieces that shows that.original ↗
10 Oct 2023
Remnants from the 80s stick out my feed that lead to other good things.original ↗
8 Oct 2023
Friday Night Music: Doctor, My Eyes (now and then)original ↗
7 Oct 2023
Two great pieces about Legooriginal ↗
4 Oct 2023
Forty things that have changed in IT and IBM in the last forty years (from 1983 to 2023)original ↗
3 Oct 2023
Minimalist desks to meet your minimalist needsoriginal ↗
2 Oct 2023
Happy Pumpkin Spice Latte Season to you! Here’s some thoughts and ramblings on the month (i.e. the September 2023 edition of my not-a-newsletter newsletter)original ↗
30 Sept 2023
You should set up two-factor authentication (2FA) on Instagram. And you should use an authenticator apporiginal ↗
27 Sept 2023
IBM Cloud tip: use Multifactor authentication (MFA) also called 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) with your accountoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2023
If you use two/multifactor authentication, make sure you have a backuporiginal ↗
25 Sept 2023
What I am reading about lately, from Naomi Klein to Jenny Odelloriginal ↗
24 Sept 2023
I switched from grocery shopping at Metro (and Loblaws) to Walmart in 2022. In 2023 I am switching to a combination of Walmart and Food Basics. Here’s why.original ↗
23 Sept 2023
Let’s have some fish! And fun! And French! (Friday food links for food lovers, September 2023)original ↗
22 Sept 2023
The New York Times whips down to Charleston, S.C. again for 36 hoursoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2023
Revisiting Toronto’s Festival of Festivals (what TIFF was before it became the thing it is now)original ↗
18 Sept 2023
Before there was “Stop Making Sense”, there was Talking Heads on Lettermanoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2023
Stop Making Sense! (Some thoughts on the newly released classic)original ↗
15 Sept 2023
The wheels of Justice in America are turning forwardoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2023
A checklist keeps you grounded and up to date. Do you have one?original ↗
11 Sept 2023
Ten pieces on climate change (not all bad)original ↗
10 Sept 2023
My IT Beach Reads this summer :) (What I find interesting in tech September 2023)original ↗
8 Sept 2023
Two fun food posts that might surprise youoriginal ↗
6 Sept 2023
Why do we have only one phone?original ↗
4 Sept 2023
How cooking and other things can achieve mindfulness benefitsoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2023
It’s the end of year! Here’s some very good thoughts (especially at the end) and the usual ramblings on a new year (i.e. the August 2023 edition of my not-a-newsletter newsletter)original ↗
31 Aug 2023
The WFH wars and other work related ideasoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2023
Whatever happened to Marechal Foch wines in Ontario?original ↗
26 Aug 2023
If you have to buy one chef’s knife…original ↗
25 Aug 2023
Beware the cost of self help appsoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2023
Some thoughts on using an accomplishment journal at workoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2023
A beautiful and minimal coffee tableoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2023
Hindenburg Research eviscerates the billionairesoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2023
You are going to Paris. You’re going to be thirsty. This can helporiginal ↗
16 Aug 2023
Twitter is dead, and the rest of text-based social media ain’t greatoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2023
On the pointlessness of comparing geniuses like Hawking and Einsteinoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2023
The difficult of staying controversial as an artistoriginal ↗
9 Aug 2023
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