Hazy Summer Days

I remember extremely hazy days back in the 90s during the summer and no one giving it a second thought. I always assumed it was something to do with heat and humidity and that it was just a regular part of summer. Incredible how we constantly hear about Canadian wildfires…
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Debugging My Life

I need a shirt that reads “debugging my life”. 😂 Current Mood: laughing
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Vape Power Bank

When life gives you disposable vapes, make USB power banks. Current Mood: nerdy
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LOL Doll As Brawl Stars

My daughter thinks it would be awesome if Brawl Stars did a collab with LOL Surprise. We asked Google Gemini to show us what that might look like and it made us this photo.
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A Happy Unicorn Story

The Girl had this kick where she absolutely HATED sad parts of stories. I tried to explain how it’s a common plot device called the “darkest hour” or “low point” and that it’s basically used in all storytelling, but she was not at a point of caring about what I…
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“Girlie Posters”

Some of my coworkers are 70s kids and we got talking about how teen boys back in those days would have “girlie posters” in their bedroom of stars like Farrah Fawcett. By now, you likely know that I really enjoy ironic and weird AI art, so I was able to…
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A Trail of Manuals

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My resume has a line saying, “leaves a trail of manuals in his wake”. It’s there to show some personality, but it’s also a unique professional quirk of mine. Throughout my career, I’ve made these ‘Work Bibles’ to help keep notes organized and keep myself efficient. I’ve been told they’re…
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Copilot Helping Me IT

I took on a networking project and had to expand my IT knowledge base. I’ve set up and worked on simple networks a lot over the years, but nothing that required five ‘hops’ through managed switches to connect a server and a workstation. One of the things that trips me…
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”Back in my Day”

I hate to be the “back in my day” guy, but I remember when every product at the grocery store had a price tag on it so you knew exactly how much it would cost. I just grabbed a box of cereal from an end cap that said, “select varieties…
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Cold Day Outside

We went up to see my in-laws this weekend (after having been too sick to see them last weekend). There was still a lot of snow up near The Bridge even though we drove through rain to get here on Friday. Kids got me outside after breakfast against my better…
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