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2022

Cameras aren’t dead yet. Here are four fun ones.original ↗
22 Oct 2022
What’s the best way to deal with inflation? Are we in a recession? Here’s some pieces that address these good questions.original ↗
21 Oct 2022
What Mark Cuban can teach you about motivation is simple and powerfuloriginal ↗
20 Oct 2022
Save the Jack o’ Lanterns from the rats with nice tailsoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2022
Gawker existentialism (some thoughts on the piece titled, Failure to Cope “Under Capitalism”)original ↗
18 Oct 2022
The suit is dead! Long live the suit!original ↗
17 Oct 2022
Not to be overlooked: five great women of the 20th century you should know aboutoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2022
The PO-80 Record Factory Kit from Teenage Engineering is very cooloriginal ↗
15 Oct 2022
Friday Night Cocktails: some very good ones and a few not so muchoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2022
PlantUML: not just for UML. Also good for Gantt Charts, Mindmaps, etcoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2022
On Mark Zuckerberg’s Legs and other stupid things we have to try and ignoreoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2022
Wordle is fun again. Here’s why that is for me….original ↗
12 Oct 2022
What do Brad Pitt, David Salle, Steve Keene and Diane Arbus have in common?original ↗
11 Oct 2022
Happy Thanksgiving, Canada! Here’s a really good guide to roasting a turkey, planning the meal, and keeping it simpleoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2022
It’s Sunday. You could use a nap. You need a nap machine!original ↗
9 Oct 2022
Selling your house and want to make it look more appealing without spending a ton of money? Do thisoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2022
On Fred Franzia, the creator of Two Buck Chuck winesoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2022
The pandemic hit NYC in so many ways, including an unusual oneoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2022
An election, a new hotel, and more. What’s new in Toronto, October 2022 editionoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2022
Should we give up streaming and go back to CDs and DVDs?original ↗
4 Oct 2022
Want to make employees more productive. Do this, not the other thing…original ↗
3 Oct 2022
On the Maritimes, Hurricane Fiona, Kate Beaton and Ann Terry, etcoriginal ↗
2 Oct 2022
On sleeping spiders, Marie Curie’s scandalous affairs, and other things I find interesting in math and science, Oct. 2022original ↗
1 Oct 2022
What was new in the world, September 2022 editionoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2022
What did I do today? And how do I know?original ↗
30 Sept 2022
From Michelin to Peter Oliver: thinking about how Toronto has changed in the last 40 yearsoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2022
Andy Warhol, or thinking about when an artist is influential and young vs when they are olderoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2022
On the 50th Anniversary of M*A*S*H and rewatching some of itoriginal ↗
28 Sept 2022
You need a new coffee machine. Here’s some options: old and very very neworiginal ↗
27 Sept 2022
How to say “no” at work, why boundaries are important, and a very special mute buttonoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2022
Do you not have fun any more? Well, here’s how to have more fun as an adultoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2022
How to decorate your space: use large leafy plantsoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2022
Want to be healthier? You need to be more socialoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2022
Like Basquiat, Keith Haring painted on walls. Now those walls are highly valued.original ↗
22 Sept 2022
Paper Macs! Doom on Doom! Build a Voight-Kampff machine! And more (What I find interesting in tech, Sept. 2022)original ↗
21 Sept 2022
On the Emmys and the end of TV as we knew itoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2022
Up and at ’em! Here’s some good stuff on remote work, office work, quiet firing and moreoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2022
What’s new in space? Lots!original ↗
18 Sept 2022
What is good food? What is fine dining? These are things I considered while thinking about Michelin stars and eating pasta in Montrealoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2022
When Alex Colville appeared on Canadian coin, or what should replace the Queen?original ↗
17 Sept 2022
Got to get this into your life! The new special edition of Revolveroriginal ↗
16 Sept 2022
On the new Apple watches, from SE to Ultraoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2022
On fear of art: thinking about Lum, Gaston, Schutzoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2022
How the Obama paintings differ (Six or so minor thoughts on the Obama portraits)original ↗
13 Sept 2022
Are you bad at taking vacations? If you are American, chances are you areoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2022
Five good short essays from Austin Kleonoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2022
On the Pope’s visit to Canada in 2022, and moreoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2022
Why won’t Toronto build great public buildings? Because Torontooriginal ↗
9 Sept 2022
On the passing of Queen Elizabeth II todayoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2022
What you should think about when you think about The Feelings Wheeloriginal ↗
8 Sept 2022
Historians going wild! (What I find interesting in history, September 2022)original ↗
8 Sept 2022
Happy New Year! (Why yes, the new year starts the day after Labour Day :))original ↗
6 Sept 2022
It’s Labour Day. Put away that computer and make something creativeoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2022
Jeff Koons is going to the moon! Also Katz, Bacon, Guston and Taueber-Arporiginal ↗
4 Sept 2022
How to cook in a tiny kitchenoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2022
Friday (French) Food for You in September 2022original ↗
2 Sept 2022
On ageism: or is 80 is the new 60?original ↗
1 Sept 2022
It’s the end of August. This looks like a newsletter, and reads like a newsletter, but it isn’t a newsletteroriginal ↗
31 Aug 2022
Why polio? Why now?original ↗
30 Aug 2022
How’s work?original ↗
29 Aug 2022
Sunday reads: on how to deal with racist art, Critical Race Theory, and moreoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2022
On the exciting White Album exhibit at the AGOoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2022
On Bades Bake Shop and the Chip Wagon of Glace Bayoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2022
Is Kanye West a good clothing designer? And other fashion thoughtsoriginal ↗
25 Aug 2022
On art, being rescued, and George Westrenoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2022
A list of 10 resources to help you get through hard timesoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2022
It’s Monday. Do you dream of labor? Not if you are this group or Beyoncéoriginal ↗
22 Aug 2022
It’s time to retire the “Sunday Routine” (at least the one at the New York Times)original ↗
21 Aug 2022
This “cloud” shredder will make you want to shred paper!original ↗
20 Aug 2022
On the great Billy Munnelly and what he can still teach us about buying wine at the LCBO in 2022original ↗
19 Aug 2022
There are three good suits you can wear in the summer, and linen is the best (ignore The Guardian)original ↗
18 Aug 2022
Italy is a reminder not to be cheap if you want to tackle climate changeoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2022
One way to be an artist is to add extra to the the ordinaryoriginal ↗
17 Aug 2022
The seasons of the quiet houseoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2022
On the good and bad aspects of Dark Brandonoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2022
No, not everyone is not winging it all the time, even if that gives you comfortoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2022
(Sunday) Night Music (one of the best music shows you never saw)original ↗
15 Aug 2022
In defence of the 80s against current day philistinesoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2022
On the Basquiat work at the AGO in 2022original ↗
13 Aug 2022
How to find more joy in your lifeoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2022
On the wonder of Big Glace Bay Lakeoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2022
The badness of Americaoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2022
Issey Miyake was more than a designer of turtlenecks for Steve Jobsoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2022
On art and artists being bad. From Gormley, to Hirst and moreoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2022
On Countingoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2022
Homelessness and how it is being dealt with in some placesoriginal ↗
9 Aug 2022
It’s Monday. Let’s look at how work is changing in the summer of 2022original ↗
8 Aug 2022
And how should we live our days?original ↗
7 Aug 2022
The Marvel Juggernautoriginal ↗
6 Aug 2022
Friday Night Music with the Psychedelic Furs and….Maroon 5?original ↗
5 Aug 2022
A very fine travel guide to Charleston, SC…original ↗
4 Aug 2022
Ian Brown catches COVID again and why that’s goodoriginal ↗
3 Aug 2022
Some advice on visiting Toronto, from the New York Times and meoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2022
You should be writing better emails. Here’s howoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2022
On the late great Claes Oldenburgoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2022
On modular walls, indoor and outoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2022
Friday Night Cocktail: forget (Dirty) Shirley, go with Tom (Collins)original ↗
29 Jul 2022
On the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in Londonoriginal ↗
28 Jul 2022
Two more signs of the ongoing crypto winter, from Minecraft and Teslaoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2022
The New York Times says you should replace your baseball hat with a bucket hat. They are wrong :)original ↗
26 Jul 2022
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