Some days I can’t even muster the confidence of a mediocre white man. Woof.

If you have a YouTube channel, there’s a setting to check to allow third-party companies to train AI models using your channel’s content.

Screenshot showing YouTube setting in Channel Settings with a checkbox for If you select this option, YouTube may share your videos with a third-party company provided that you and all other applicable rights holders have chosen to allow that company. The training permission status of all videos will be available through a publicly accessible interface.

Not going to lie, WWE being on Netflix greatly increases the odds of me getting way back into wrestling in 2025 which would then increase the odds of me keeping a Netflix subscription for the entire year I suppose.

Currently reading: Yellowface by R. F. Kuang 📚

Checking in on America to see how they’re remembering the chaos of January 6th 4 years ago… Ah I see they’re making plans to reinstate the dude who helped incite the US Capitol attack. 😵‍💫

Detective Jake Peralta voice: Cool cool cool cool cool cool cool.

New (old) blog post📝: Movies Take Years

I realize there’s probably a world where this is a good thing, but all these AI appointment generator adverts sound like my nightmare.

A screenshot of an ad on Twitter reading “Josh booked 140 meetings in 6 weeks. He must be onto something…”

Finished reading: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 📚

Godspeed to parents, teachers, and anyone elder going back to regular routine tomorrow morning.

May your coffee be hot and your cream unspoiled. 🙏🏻

Me playing most of the Zelda or Metroid games on Switch: k wait - what am I supposed to be doing right now?? 🤔

It is difficult to admit that one is wrong. Particularly when one has been wrong for a very long time. - quote from A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

U2’s The Edge, also a happy Shure SM7B podcaster?

You’d think professional musicians would have better mic technique though. It looks pretty far away from him, but might just be perspective. 😆

A screenshot of a Zoom call showing U2’s The Edge smiling in a room with headphones on and a Shure SM7B microphone in front of him.A screenshot of a Zoom call showing U2’s The Edge smiling in a room with headphones on and a Shure SM7B microphone in front of him.

I assume these are related topics over on Elon’s amazing website.

Screenshot showing trending topics on Twitter in Canada listing Satan, Ozempic, and Don Cherry.

If you wanted to check out Micro.blog as just a blog, they’ve launched a new $1USD/month plan called Micro.one.

It’s Friday. Probably.

Yessss Canada finally ties this stupid game. 😂 World Junior Hockey Championship is always more stressful than it needs to be.

Pro tip: if you’re taking a vehicle in to get the remote starter looked at, it helps to bring the remote starter fobs with you.

Unless you’re like me and need more driving around town for an hour for no good reason.

Currently editing 35 minutes of video from our NYE family activities down to a watchable ~10m version which we then watch, along with the other 12 years of videos we’ve done which currently sits at almost 3 hours of videos?

I better stop posting and get back to editing.

Screenshot of video thumbnails in Photos in an album labelled New Year’s Eve Videos from Dec 2011 to Dec 2023.

The only downside to having a raclette supper, a NYE tradition around here thanks to my dad working in Germany for a year back in 2000, is now the whole house smells like fried food.

Happy 2025 y’all. 🎉