Civilization VII is on Apple Arcade. On my iPhone 13 Pro it says it’s not compatible, but on the Mac App Store it says it supports Mac, iPad, iPhone so I guess my iPhone is too old for mobile Civilization’ing. It reads like it’s the full game? But we’ll see.

In this house we #slurpee when it’s above 0C in February. And we look grumpy while doing it.

Selfie a day for a year, day 170, Feb 4, 2026 edition.

A person holding a drink with a striped straw stands in a store, while another person in the background appears to be checking their phone near a display of yellow snacks.

New blog post: Everything is Awful And Why Isn’t Anybody Doing Anything About It?

This post from Dave Rupert on writing the future you want seems like a good (but more difficult) way forward than my lament at nothing happening.

Am I right in understanding that the US Justice department / government has had access to the Epstein files for a while, and no charges or investigations happened. And now that some of the files are released to the public, still nothing is going to happen?

Whoever is picking the soundtrack for Fallout season two is doing amazing work.

New blog post: Wading into the comments on The Great Divide by Noah Kahan #music

From 1Password’s blog: Don’t use OpenClaw on a work computer.

Tomorrow is Tuesday which means it’s time for a new newsletter from me to your inbox. Sign up here if you’d like a message from me most Tuesdays. 💌

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!