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Technical Director in video games, software developer, entrepreneur, writer, music fan, DJ.
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There's a personality type that interprets a self-deprecating sense of humour as a license to dogpile the deprecation.

Shoutout to the dude who set up his entire desktop PC on a table at the foodcourt so he could play Fortnight. Don't sleep on that free WiFi.

How long am I allowed to talk about what my Substack is going to be before I have to actualize it?

Ceasefire. Nice. If it's true. 🤞

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

Gotta figure out how to get immunized. There were weird notifications about a single highschool in a single neaighbourhood in the middle of a weekday for one day only about a month ago. Really effective, Health Nova Scotia.

Looking at for something to do tonight, Nova Scotia? I'm dropping some fresh new halftime and Drum 'n' Bass at 8pm.

New democratic slogan suggestion: Blue MADA hats -- Make America Dignified Again.

My favourite pub is playing The Stone Roses debut end to end. Those two facts are not coincidence.

Netanyahu referring to Iran as a "murderous regime", while not wrong, is a little rich coming from the country that's been indiscriminately murdering innocent civilians as collateral damage for almost a year now.

Same same.

Alternate take: Google Demonstrates to the World the Importsnce of Distributed and Decentralized Systems www.independent.co.uk/tech/spotify...

I'll be spinning some #dnb on the South Shore next Saturday night. Its gonna be a mixed genre evening. I can't imagine a better venue.

Me learning how to use a tiled window manager.

There are some folks at CNIB that are looking for tandem bike pilots. I've been volunteering there with their vision mate program for a while now and it's a great organization. #BikeHFX #Halisky

But wait... There's a Canadian alternative Bluesky-compatible social network coming CCC called Gander. halifax.citynews.ca/2025/06/12/h...

Just so you know... If my bike hadn't have been stolen, I'd be all over this too. What the mayor is pulling here is some whimisically nefarious shit.

Which Death Grips album should I start with?

We appreciate you, Australian Fire Fighters. 🇦🇺 🇨🇦

This is the sort of thing that I would once have posted on social media in the hope that someone would answer. Sometimes people would, and if they did, I'd feel connected. Now I ask AI, I get an answer 💯 but no connections. So now I'm sending it out there after the fact.

Finally Canada is investing in frontier technologies and its got the most epic acronym one could hope for: BOREALIS.

"Middle powers must compete for interest and attention knowing that if they are not at table, they are on the menu." - PM Mark Carney, during his statement on Canadian Defense.

Is this the beginning of a civil war in the US? Is America Great Again yet?

If you remove even one Kim Mitchell song from your BBQ or patio brew paylists and replace it with this classic Canadian summer anthem, you've made the world a slighrly better place. #hiphop youtu.be/aX4plhYEkR4...

Have we found out yet who gave Elon the black eye? My money is on Marco Rubio and it was because Elon insulted Melanie Jolie.

Though I'm not surprised that Trump eventually dumped Elon, I still find it kind of staggering how accurate the Left's predictions were about how dramatic and how quick it would be.

Audioheads... Any recommendations for outdoor weatherproof patio speakers that sync but aren't Sonos? #audio

I asked Gemini for some title suggestions for my Substack and it made some really good ones. I used one. I then discovered ... https://g.co/gemini/share/b71f944f8538

Dating apps use #AI to ask men "Are you sure you want to send this?" when they send a piggish or off colour message. While this helps men, so-to-speak, I can't help but think that it's hiding who they are from women. Ultimately a woman is going on a date with an AI edited perception of her suitor.

Should I do it?

Despite Heinz misleading new "Canadian" ad, aired during the Screen Awards on the CBC, they are owned by an American Company -- Kraft. Profts flow to the US. Do with that as you will, Canadians.

Watching the Canadian Screen Awards makes me really glad there are no tarrifs on American TV (yet).

Me, every time "Sometimes" by My Bloody Valentine starts in Sophia Coppola's "Lost in Translation".

WFH productivity issues.

The more the US eats itself, the more the other nations tend to gain. I look forward to (hopefully) welcoming those Chinese students into the Canadian #AI academy. open.substack.com/pub/thealgor...

One of the most notable signals of great power is ones willingness to refrain from using it.

This is evidence of altruistic behaviour in nature and also evidence that there is no god because of there was, he'd have done a better job designing the tortoise. youtu.be/nhScpa_fGZw...

I have mixed feelings about Turnstile. I love the hardcore riffage but those 80s guitar sounds they're trying to bring back were arguably the worst thing about 80s music.

If you can't use AI to generate funny Rat Fink-style comics of yourself driving crazy hotrods, what is it even for?

An interesting thing occurred to me recently. As a technical manager we often look at candidates' Git repos to get an idea of their code approach, projects and work style. It's never 100% reliable but it's a factor. Now, much of that could be completely "vibe-coding".