There’s a petition asking Saskatoon city officials to reconsider the approval and hosting of the upcoming Sean Feucht concert in our community planned for August 21, 2025 at Diefenbaker Park. #yxe
The best time to get off Substack was yesterday. But you can still do it today.
My son’s 2TB SSD card for his PC build arrived and I’m still in shock over how small 2TB of data storage is in 2025. Back in my day…
Spotted a new menu item in Riverside’s menu: “Hosting”. At the end of the day, I don’t really care that much what company does what as long as they do it well, but there’s something about “we’re going to be the everything app” that rubs me wrong in the indie + creative space.

Finished reading: Catalyst (Star Wars) by James Luceno 📚 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The BBQ grilled salsa was amazing. Sorry you can’t taste it through the screen. Leftovers available if you hurry. 😆
Do you ever think about how wild it is that boats work? If we could actually see to the bottom of the lake when we’re out on the boat, everyone would be way more freaked out at how “high” up we are. It’s kind of wild.
If you think the web is boring, I both encourage and challenge you to approach it differently.
Get yourself a colleague + friend who stands up for you when your boss is a turd the way Jon Stewart stood up for Stephen Colbert.
Tuesday afternoon is for naps by the firepit. (Briefly interrupted by someone drilling their trailer level.)

Finished reading: Babel by R. F. Kuang 📚 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Is it smart, lazy, or something else to go around picking up leftover firewood when people checkout?
I’ve posted about this before, but I did a quick video version of how easy it is to enable Bluesky comment replies on your podcast episode pages with Transistor podcast hosting.
I haven’t been lied to this confidently since my kid told me they had fully cleaned the bathroom this week. Descript’s AI vibe editor has got a bit of room for improvement. 😆

For those of us who hear about these things weeks or months after the fact: here’s the sketch where “Do it lady” came from when you suddenly hear random people saying it. 😆
I’m sure there’s a way I could do this better, but lately all my requests to Claude AI begin with “Don’t ask questions, make this into a markdown linked list”.
I feel like I’m trying to convince it to do crimes.
Can a human live on cinnamon toast crunch cereal alone? We’ll check back with my kid in late August and see how he’s surviving.