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. 😊

A flight path is shown on a map traveling to Toronto, Canada, east across North America.A dog sits on a snowy wooden deck at night, surrounded by outdoor furniture and illuminated by ambient lighting.

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

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

A man with glasses is looking at the camera while standing next to a framed cartoonish illustration of Ted Lasso.

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. 😝

Wonder Man, 2026 - ★★★½

Watched on Friday January 30, 2026.

I published a new YouTube video on my channel for anyone who wants to convert Logic Pro markers to a Markdown linked list for a #podcast website. Pretty small niche I realize. 😆 youtu.be/SDgd_MJ0z…

The wind is still gross out there even though technically it’s warmed up. The eternal winter glasses dilemma: Cold nose, but glasses don’t fog up. Or warm nose with foggy glasses and can’t see anything. #winter

Selfie a day for a year, day 165, Jan 30, 2026 edition.

A person bundled up in winter clothing is walking a dog on a snowy path.

Meh.

Selfie a day for a year, day 164, Jan 29, 2026 edition.

A bearded man wearing glasses and a t-shirt with text is taking a selfie indoors.

Why do these launch screens for Pages, Numbers, Keynote, etc. make me feel like I’m on a Windows computer?

A grayscale image of a person using a laptop displaying colorful graphs and data analytics is overlaid on a forest background, with a message about data collection and an option to continue.

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