It’s time for the annual re-read of Dave Rupert’s “The Mammoth” to see how close we are to our future where computers make life great again.

Guys who use “well you just remember stuff better than I do” as a reason not to do mental work around the house - please avail yourself of technology in your pocket that lets you keep a note for things that your brain can’t remember.

It took me far too long to start doing this and I still forget.

A note dated August 12, 2026, lists reminders about buying farmer sausage from a specific meat processor, choosing half and half over coffee cream, and storing pizza stones in the basement storage room.

It’s too nice outside to be smelling U18 hockey gear. 😆

You look parched! Go drink some water!

Selfie a day for a year, day 358, Aug 11, 2026 edition.

A man wearing glasses is holding and drinking from a glass of water.A close-up view of a person's face with glasses, partially obscured by water and bubbles.

Me: “We could set up a website with a scheduling app so people could book babysitting times with you.” My kid: “Dad I just want to be a normal kid and babysit sometimes.” Me: “Why don’t you want to be the modern Babysitter’s Club with your friends?” 😆

My nerd skills are being wasted!

Amazing voice note from Lin-Manuel Miranda with this “early” demo of I Am Moana. 😂

I meant to take a selfie earlier at the party celebrating my parent’s 75th bday. Now 11pm and so House of the Dragon finale will have to substitute.

Selfie a day for a year, day 356, Aug 9, 2026 edition.

A man with gray hair and a beard is wearing black-framed glasses and a gray t-shirt while looking directly at the camera.A person wearing red plaid pants is relaxing with a drink in hand while watching a scene from a television show featuring two characters with white hair.

Neville is always on the lookout for a good place to rest his head.

A curly-haired dog is resting its head on a person's lap, who is covered with a black, white, and gray striped blanket, near a door with glass panels.

Whoever came up with the feature that screens unknown callers on iPhones at Apple deserves a the same bonus that the person who came up with auto insert security codes from Messages / Mail. 👌🏾 🤩

The settings screen shows options for Live Voicemail, screening unknown callers with the selected choice Ask Reason for Calling, and call filtering for unknown callers turned off.A voicemail transcript shows someone named Manali thanking the caller for contacting Rogers and asking if they are speaking with Chris.

Gonna play a bit of #Fortnite on the ‘ole stream. If you saw me playing earlier with crap video, I apologize. It’s been fixed. (Maybe?) Twitch or YouTube