The most productive thing I’ll do all week: Organized the giant box of cables by taking out anything we no longer need, had no idea what is was for, or already had at least three backups. The photo is of the discard pile
Microposts
Finished reading: I really enjoyed The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin. The Earthsea series is very good 📚
🏃♂️ Simultaneously ridiculous, inspiring, and intriguing
🔗 The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor // Bret Devereaux
I want to focus on rigid science fiction armors because they offer an interesting lens to consider their design: how to armor a human body in a rigid substance is an exceedingly solved problem: quite a few cultures have tackled this particular problem with a lot of energy and ingenuity, attempting to balance protection, mobility and weight. And the “problem with sci-fi body armor” begins with the fact that most of these futuristic ‘hardsuits’ utilize little of any of the design language of those efforts.
Finished reading: Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman is a great companion to Four Thousand Weeks (my favourite non-fiction book of 2022). I followed the author’s suggestion and read a chapter a day to help the ideas percolate 📚
🏃♂️ New running shoe day!
Finished reading: Fire Exit: A Novel by Morgan Talty is a good book about the importance of knowing your family’s stories 📚
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 →
My son and I enjoyed listening to Ryan Holiday elaborate on the importance of stoicism for everyday life.
A fun Mindscape episode with Brandon Ogbunu on Fitness Seascapes and the Course of Evolution
🔗 My Experiment to Eliminate Read-It-Later Backlog Stress
Every so often, I audit every information source I’m subscribed to. I ask three simple questions I picked up from the late Jim Rohn:
- Who am I allowing to speak into my life?
- What effect is that having on me?
- Is that ok?
There are a lot of things I subscribed to a long time ago that I just never bothered to unsubscribe to. And every once in a while, I get annoyed and ask myself, “Why am I still consuming this?”
Good advice. Obvious? Perhaps, though we often need reminders to do what’s good for us.
🎧 Having switched back to Albums (again) for music, I’m discovering what a mess my Apple Music library has become. I’ve got duplicate tracks within albums, duplicate albums, incorrect metadata, and all sorts of nonsense. Really tempting to just delete my entire music library and start over!
🪓 We had great fun at last night’s Axe Pancreatic Cancer event. We started the event ten years ago to raise awareness and funds, after my Mom’s short battle with the disease. So gratifying and amazing to see what the event has become, especially under the stewardship of Pancreatic Cancer Canada.
Finished reading: In The Antidote, Oliver Burkeman makes a lot of sense to me about how to live sensibly and genuinely 📚
🏃♂️ Thinking about my grandmother on today’s run. She was a bright spark and warm hug for 100 years 😢
Finished reading: For You by Patrick Rhone is full of wisdom in short chapters. I read one every couple of days to let the ideas percolate before rushing to the next chapter📚
Finished reading: Superintelligence: Is Canada Ready for AI? by The Logic is a nice overview of the state of AI in Canada 📚
🍁 Some good red trees on the street this year
🏃♂️ Lovely weather for a run
I’m posting 20 album covers (one per day) that have shaped my music preferences. No explanations or commentary, just the cover image.
20/20
🏊♂️ 🚴 🏃♂️ Here we go again!
George the rufferree 👻
I’m posting 20 album covers (one per day) that have shaped my music preferences. No explanations or commentary, just the cover image.
19/20
Finished reading: Fleeced by Andrew Spence will make you mad at the Canadian banks, though he also offers suggestions for fixing the sector📚
I’m posting 20 album covers (one per day) that have shaped my music preferences. No explanations or commentary, just the cover image.
18/20
I’m posting 20 album covers (one per day) that have shaped my music preferences. No explanations or commentary, just the cover image.
17/20
We are being given a runaround. When a party wins an election, its victory excuses every mistake or excess for years before the election. We won, didn’t we? Any new criticism is interpreted as sour grapes or denial of the result: the purest illustration of one day dominating every other. Every idea that pops into a new PM’s head is beyond reproach, because he just won an election. Later, as the next election approaches, criticism becomes a luxury the party can’t afford, because the leader must be given latitude to win the next election. Rinse and repeat.
I’m posting 20 album covers (one per day) that have shaped my music preferences. No explanations or commentary, just the cover image.
16/20
Finished reading: As a Gen X, I unironically enjoyed Chuck Klosterman’s entertaining and nostalgic analysis of The Nineties 📚
I’m posting 20 album covers (one per day) that have shaped my music preferences. No explanations or commentary, just the cover image.
15/20
I’m posting 20 album covers (one per day) that have shaped my music preferences. No explanations or commentary, just the cover image.
14/20