Robin Rendle on The Sandwich:

I really don’t care how well we know flexbox or how many beautiful typefaces we’ve made, because if we’re an asshole then that’s the ballgame.

Got a good one on this year’s “blind date with a book” from the library. 📚

photo of Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow.

This whole -40C in the morning with a high of 0 later which actually turns out to be 11pm is the worst.

weather forecast app showing saskatoon will be 0 tonight but is -40C now.

Anxiously counting down the hours until we eat some pizza for supper, and then I fall asleep on the couch while watching a movie as a family.

I have yet to find an accountant for my business that understands what Stripe is. I’m trying to support local, but all the local small business accounts seem to understand is “Saskatchewan PST related issues”.

Hank Green on the history of video monetization and why TikTok sucks at it.

I’m exporting an hour long 1080p video, transcoding a different 720p video, and editing a podcast all at the same time - and I’m still whining about why it isn’t going faster? :)

This is the first time this winter that the big snowfall / blowing snow didn’t end up on our driveway. I was all set for another -30C shovel time, but just had to dust off the front step a bit. One point for not having bought a snowblower I guess? ;)

Starting up new client projects is always way more overwhelming in my head than in reality. I wish I could trick my brain into skipping ahead 2-3 weeks when we’re locked in and it’s rolling along - but so far, I haven’t been able to fool myself. 😂

We took down our Xmas directions as our family seems to be coming out of COVID. Feels like a fresh start for 2022 - 2 weeks after everyone else.