Faraway, So Micro

In case no one has told you, I think the Olympics start tomorrow?

Some sort of bug in #Fortnite where skins aren’t loading so everyone’s running around in default skin and emotes. Locker error message on screen in game.

Playing a quick game of #Fortnite to check out the 💙 update: www.chrisenns.com/live

Happy “gotta clean the dog from head to tail every time he’s outside” season to all who bother to do it. 😆

New blog post: Google Ad Scam on Foreca (and other apps using Google advertisements)

Civilization VII is on Apple Arcade. On my iPhone 13 Pro it says it’s not compatible, but on the Mac App Store it says it supports Mac, iPad, iPhone so I guess my iPhone is too old for mobile Civilization’ing. It reads like it’s the full game? But we’ll see.

In this house we #slurpee when it’s above 0C in February. And we look grumpy while doing it.

Selfie a day for a year, day 170, Feb 4, 2026 edition.

New blog post: Everything is Awful And Why Isn’t Anybody Doing Anything About It?

This post from Dave Rupert on writing the future you want seems like a good (but more difficult) way forward than my lament at nothing happening.

Am I right in understanding that the US Justice department / government has had access to the Epstein files for a while, and no charges or investigations happened. And now that some of the files are released to the public, still nothing is going to happen?

Whoever is picking the soundtrack for Fallout season two is doing amazing work.

New blog post: Wading into the comments on The Great Divide by Noah Kahan #music

From 1Password’s blog: Don’t use OpenClaw on a work computer.

Tomorrow is Tuesday which means it’s time for a new newsletter from me to your inbox. Sign up here if you’d like a message from me most Tuesdays. 💌

Trying out StoryGraph for a book reading journal. Thank you to whoever recommended The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.

Proud / anxious parenting moment as my oldest flies solo across the country to hang with friends for a few weeks. I like to think Neville is trying to see the plane go overhead. 😊

Post hair-did. Trying my best to match #TedLasso.

Selfie a day for a year, day 166, Jan 31, 2026 edition.

Check engine oil light came on in my vehicle and it’s like: read the room truck!? There’s a lot going on right now. You’re going to have to power through with old oil for a bit. 😝