“Progress” in consumer tech is when my phone becomes utterly unusable under even the lightest rain. That’s what we get for letting a Californian company set tech trends.

My 6-year-old iPad Pro became unusable for drawing (it was adding random lines all the time) so I got a new one and ho ho ho the volume buttons have moved and are flipped. I keep getting confused.

Every “genAI is great for coding, actually!” article I’ve seen is like “and so I spend my day talking to a chatbot, writing requirements in an MD doc, fixing build errors, and asking for unit tests”. Is that supposed to be “great”?! Are these people COMPLETELY DRUNK?! WTF!!

The weird thing about the Star Trek Motion Picture is seeing Star Trek for the first time with good VFX, sets, and costumes. Took a few scenes to get used to it 😅 The great thing however is how it shows the scale of the Enterprise and its crew. It’s a big ship!

Another nice-looking morning out there.

A little stroll to downtown Vancouver… looking good out there…

Judging from what my phone tells me, Apple thinks I was completely slacking off during my ski week…

We have a Japanese/Korean grocery store on our block and the youngest kid and I love grabbing some unfamiliar funny-looking drinks and snacks when we shop there! Here are today’s grabs!

A couple years ago when I reduced dependency on the US for my investment accounts, the bank lady was a bit surprised and asked questions. This week I removed as much US leftover as possible from my portfolios and she didn’t bat an eye. I guess I’m not the only one… 🍁💪🏽🇨🇦

Our RuneQuest game has lately been basically about the PCs staging a coup in the Far Place, overthrowing Harvar Ironfist, and taking control of the Alone city state. Tonight should feature political intrigue to see if they can hold it… and of course I designed a new rules subsystem for that 😂😝