Microposts

Great to be back at the Royalton! πŸ–

This was a really good episode of the Mindscape podcast all about the multi-worlds theory of quantum physics

Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking is a fun book. Clear and concise answers to some important questions, written with Hawking’s whimsy and fully demonstrating his impressive curiosity πŸ“š

Lots of fresh snow today

Although I’m disappointed the Counterpart wasn’t renewed for a third season, the second season ended really well. Definitely one of my favourite shows of the past few years.

Finished reading: Wool by Hugh Howey πŸ“š

I’ve been intrigued by Stoicism for a while now and How to Be a Stoic by Massimo Pigliucci is a great introduction to the ideas and practices of the Stoics. I particularly appreciated how Pigliucci made the practice applicable to modern day issues. πŸ“š

I find these attempts to generate quantum theory from simple postulates fascinating, even though I barely understand them

School ski trip 🎿

I committed to a 🚴 challenge before checking my results to see if it was reasonable. So, had to conduct some excessive #rstats to see if I was in trouble matt.routleynet.org/post/comm…

After just two episodes, I’m definitely enjoying season 2 of Star Trek Discovery more than season 1. There were good parts of season 1, but overall it didn’t hold together for me. Regardless, always great to have new Star Trek

After four great ski days, we rested our legs in the hot springs today

Another great ski day

The Nugget Squad

Another glorious day

A great first day on the mountain!

Warming up β›·

-20 degrees, but there are smiles under the scarves β›·

I’m keen to adopt an iPad first approach. This MacStories article is a good primer and motivator www.macstories.net/stories/t…

The long nightmare of the 24-hour internet outage is over…

For awhile now I’ve been meaning to get serious about automation on iOS. The Siri Shortcuts Field Guide from @macsparky is a great, comprehensive introduction. While taking the course, I built a good dozen useful shortcuts and have many ideas for more.

Ed Harcourt’s album Beyond the End has been great headphone music for at work 🎢 itunes.apple.com/ca/album/…

Fun to be back β›·

#CozyLife

Another Christmas dinner

Good advice from a philosopher on how to disagree constructively:

Many of my best friends think that some of my deeply held beliefs about important issues are obviously false or even nonsense. Sometimes, they tell me so to my face. How can we still be friends? Part of the answer is that these friends and I are philosophers, and philosophers learn how to deal with positions on the edge of sanity.

The Barchef project is delicious

Out for a Christmas stroll