Federal Election Day here in Canada 🗳 🇨🇦. As a public servant, I have no public opinion about the parties. I do think, though, that we have a civic obligation to vote and, so, encourage any Canadians out there to make an informed choice and cast your ballot.
We celebrated 21 wonderful years of marriage with an extended weekend at the Sir Sam’s Inn near Haliburton.
We had gorgeous weather and lots of relaxation.
To burn off some of the delicious food, we hiked up to the top of the ski hill through a twisted, 5K path to get a great view over the lake.
Along with some canoeing on a quiet Eagle Lake.
More importantly, we had a chance to reconnect, celebrate our adventures together, and plan for what’s next.
A good reminder to experiment with my coffee setup: How to enjoy coffee | Psyche Guides
Found some tranquility
Nice view from a hike to the top of a hill
Currently reading: Fathoms: the world in the whale by 📚
I’ll be hanging out here for the next few days
Surprising no one here, I’ve realized that I spend far more time thinking about systems for my notes than in actually taking notes.
To add some public accountability, I’m declaring that for the next 3 months I’m only using Apple Notes. This will help me develop a good note taking habit, while also identifying my use cases for later optimization.
Although I’ve been thinking about this for a while, the recent Tools for Thought interview with @AndySylvester and @Chrisaldrich really crystalized the idea.
Advanced voting 🇨🇦
A happy 97th birthday to my wonderful grandmother! Such an inspiration to us all
Back to school with a mixture of excitement and nervousness
I certainly wasn’t expecting Nils Frahm’s next album to be a dub record!
Ball hockey fans
I’m enjoying Watch the Sound With Mark Ronson, a series on music production with episodes on topics like reverb, synthesizers, and sampling
Restocking some essentials 🥃
Currently reading: A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, 2) by Arkady Martine 📚
I really enjoyed Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton (book 1 of the Salvation Sequence trilogy). A fun blend of sci-fi, detective novel, and alien invasion with a cliffhanger ending📚
A new game on the iPad: try to guess what term Photos is searching for in Spotlight. Here’s an example where I’m launching Overcast and Photos has used “ov” to find pictures of ovens. This has actually been a great way to uncover how much more sophisticated Photos has become.
My Micro Camp sticker has arrived and looks great! Thanks @burk!
Black Lab Brewery has some great beers, plus I enjoy the branding
