Happy Apple Intelligence Day to Canada (and 5 other countries outside the US).

Riverside, a tool I and many other podcasters use to record remote conversations, just raised another $30 million dollars but what stood out to me was this quote at the end:

“The company is not currently profitable but aims to achieve that goal by the end of 2026.”

At first it was difficult to watch Matt Mullenweg burn through decades of goodwill so quickly, now I just want the fire to go out and the WordPress community to be able to move on from all this: WordPress CEO Rage Quits Community Slack After Court Injunction

Bad Sisters season 2 is so good. Currently pricing out an oceanfront property in Malahide or Wicklow. I’m sure they’re not that expensive once I convert the Canadian $ to the Euro.

Currently reading: Foster by Claire Keegan 📚

Maybe you’ve heard of “software as a service” or SAAS businesses. While editing a client’s podcast I heard the term “cybercrime as a service” business. Because of course there is. And I’m sure CAAS is a booming industry to get into.

Noah Kahan’s Homesick is the winter anthem for Saskatoon, 2024:

“The weather ain’t been bad, If you’re into masochistic bullshit”

Die Hard is a sequel to Love Actually where Emma Thompson hired Bruce Willis to hunt down Alan Rickman but make it look like Rickman is part of a terrorist plot… is a thing I learned via TikTok.

Somebody is upset that I won’t let him bark at people who have the audacity to go out their own front doors and get in and out of their vehicles.

A fluffy puppy (Neville Dogbottom) is sleeping on a beige chair beneath a framed cartoon illustration of Ted Lasso on the wall.

Growing Sideways by Noah Kahan is absolutely a Christmas song:

“And I divvied up my anger into thirty separate parts Keep the bad shit in my liver and the rest around my heart I’m still angry at my parents for what their parents did to them But it’s a start.” - Let’s open the stockings!

Finished reading: Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman 📚

Unlike Hozier, I like a little ice with my whiskey.

A glass with ice and whisky sits on a shelf next to a merry Christmas sign.

Just as our shovelling muscles were starting to relax, here comes more snow Saskatoon.

A winter storm warning from Environment and Climate Change Canada predicts hazardous conditions with snow, freezing rain, and strong winds for eastern regions in Saskatchewan.

Very rude of the washing machine to beep at me just as I finally sat down.

While searching for Xmas gift ideas, I stumbled on this Reddit thread with the best reviews of the Nintendo Switch Pro controller.

Anker speaker recall.

It should be illegal to schedule a U15 hockey practice for 9:15pm on a Friday night. Who is personally out to get me at Saskatoon Minor Hockey? 😆

It’s wild talking to my dad about how he got clients for financial services over his career vs how I get clients for my podcast editing business. “I met this guy from BC, Justin Jackson, because he listened to a podcast I did 10 years ago… he recommended me to a fitness guru in Utah.”

It’s so funny how a dog is basically speed running having a kid. Neville Dogbottom is ~5 months but now going through the puberty stage where his bark has dropped from a yippy tiny puppy to a deeper dog growl at times. And occasionally it cracks back to yips.

This is my must hear during the holidays song. The Edge’s jingle jangley outro makes me feel like I’m heading to the shops in Dublin for Xmas shopping and then meeting some friends at a pub for a pint.