Life goes by too quickly. One day you wake up and now you’re the parents The Tragically Hip were singing about.

A music player interface displays the song Wheat Kings by The Tragically Hip with visible lyrics on the screen.

Just heard about another cool #music web app (via the ShopTalk Show D-d-d-d-d-discord) called Melt that collects your 25 most listened to tracks each month and builds a playlist for you. https://melt.fm/profile/ichris

More fun on the web like this please!

If all you’ve ever experienced is Spotify’s interface for uploading #podcast episodes, I hope some day you get to experience a proper podcast hosting company’s user interface and realize how much nicer it can be to prep your show each week.

Hairdid needed.

Selfie a day for a year, day 162, Jan 27, 2026 edition.

A person with glasses and a gray beard is looking at the camera with a curious expression, set against a softly blurred background.

New blog post: Shrinking Season 3 Trailer

Apple needs find the courage to remove the p0rn app formerly known as Twitter.

Somehow I’m just learning about Crucial Tracks now. It’s a social site where you get one post per day about a song you love or that’s impacted you. That’s the kind of social site I can get behind: I’m iChris over there.

Sending out my newsletter tomorrow like I do most Tuesdays. Subscribe here if you’d like a Canadian in your inbox, or you can subscribe via RSS in your favorite feed reader.

Trying out the latest alternative to waves hand at all the things over on Upscrolled. I’m too much of a nerd not to try out new apps, but we really don’t need more social apps imho. Anyway, find me over there here: share.upscrolled.com/en/user/a…

Spotify is so committed to #podcast hosting that 6 years after buying Anchor for $340 million, they still use it for your official RSS feed if you host your podcast on Spotify.

A web interface shows an RSS feed URL for distribution with a Copy button below.

New blog post: A Brief Review of Narco Mennonites

Despite what you may hear, there are plenty of software developers who aren’t embracing AI tools for their work at all.

It’s Sunday and I’m streaming some Fortnite, badly: www.chrisenns.com/live

Shopping at DollarStore/Tree/Rama(?) for bday presents. Yes - Canadian teens wear a hoodie when it’s -45C.

#Selfie a day for a year, day 157, Jan 23, 2026 edition.

Two people are shopping in a store aisle filled with socks and accessories, with one person's face replaced by an emoji.

That’s a feels like of -52F for those of you living under a dicktator down south.

Saskatoon, Canada is experiencing a mostly clear morning with a temperature of -37°C, feeling like -47°C, and light wind at 7 km/h.

If you’re running low on storage, don’t forget to check how many projects #Descript might have on your hard drive. You can clear local cache if you’re not working on them anymore. The files are still backed up on Descript’s servers unless you delete the projects.

A list shows the storage usage of various applications, with Descript using the most at 170.9 GB.A dropdown menu highlighted by a yellow arrow and numbered annotations offers options such as clearing local cache and deleting a project.

School bus service cancelled for K-8 in Saskatoon, but schools are still open.

I get why they don’t want to run buses in these temps, but now all those parents are likely driving them to school instead which increases cars on roads in school areas. Which feels more dangerous? Why not cancel school?

A weather forecast for Saskatoon, Canada, shows a temperature of -31°C with a feels like temperature of -44°C under clear skies.

Kid getting a hair did. I should’ve got my hair did but there weren’t any openings despite the sign. 😆

Selfie a day for a year, day 155, Jan 21, 2026 edition.

A person wearing glasses and a beanie is sitting in front of a window with a sign for MVP Modern Barbers.

“I hope you settle down, I hope you marry rich I hope you’re scared of only ordinary shit Like murderers and ghosts and cancer on your skin And not your soul and what He might do with it”

Dang Noah Kahan. Not going light on us on the new album, eh? 🤗

Is there a worse feeling than pouring a bowl of your favorite cereal for a bedtime snack only to realize your kids used up all the milk and didn’t tell you? 😞