Sometimes, as new users start to use an app previously dominated by early adopters, apps just have to explain the thing in the menu instead of using the technical term.

In this case “Ducking” becomes “Lower audio of other layers” in the newest version of Descript.

A digital audio editing interface displays options for audio and visual effects, including compressor, limiter, and studio sound dynamics with “lower sound of other tracks” highlighted.

New blog post: War Is Over, We Don’t Need Your Help. America’s Making War on Itself

New blog post: I’m Happy You’re Here

A reminder from a non-handyman to clean out your dryer lint catch and swap out your furnace filter. Not because anything bad happened. Just a reminder

When your dog lays on part of your body, you’re required to sit there until they move. It’s the law.

A golden doodle named Neville Dogbottom lays on a rug with his head on my foot.

32 years ago. Sitting in Midtown Plaza’s food court, unwrapping the CD while eating New York Fries.

U2’s Zooropa album cover. Released July 5, 1993.

A client recently revived a show that’s been on hiatus for 2.5 years and it’s nice how comforting it is to hear their familiar voices in my ear again. It will be interesting to see how many folks maintained their podcast subscription over that time period when the new episode goes out.

Oh now I’m convinced this couldn’t possibly be a spam bot since they’re warning me about spam. 😆

A message thanking someone for their support of Noah Kahan's career and warning about fake accounts is displayed.

The crazier and more stressful life gets, the funnier simple gags like this are to me.

Parenting win: Being told by my 12yo that I don’t understand how tanning works because I asked her to put her food on the table instead of on the grass where the dog will get to it. 😆

In a waiting room for 4hrs this morning to check on my kid’s leg that likely has a fracture from a bike fall. We’re 99% certain he needs an X-ray. How long do you think it will be until phones can do it like on Star Trek?

Found a tick? You can submit it to eTick.ca for analysis.

Back in the land of AC and flush toilets. Time to hit the showers and check for tics. ⛺️ ☀️ 🥱

Time for the annual “what do you call this meal?”

Slices of bread with circular holes cut out are stacked on a wooden board beside stacks of bread hole cut outs, a tub of spread, a knife, and a bag of bread, on a red and white checkered tablecloth.Slices of bread, one with an egg in the center, are cooking on a griddle alongside some toasted bread rounds.

I’ve been carrying a lot of watermelons under the same armpit.

A quick Riverside feature request: If Chris Coyier says the phrase “CSS tricks” in any form, automatically insert LeoWhistlingAndPointingAtTV.gif.

New blog post: Threads “Share as Image” Feature

The two apps that bring my $3,000 Mac Studio to a spinning beachball halt are not Final Cut Studio (4K+ multi-track editor) or Logic Pro (multi-track studio recording software), but Apple’s Passwords and Contacts app. 😆

Just a reminder to anyone registering their kid in Saskatoon minor hockey, registration fees go up at the end of June so save yourself a couple $$ and do it soon.

I just heard the phrase, describing a Trump economic advisor or something, as having “a thumbless grasp of economic trade” and that might just replace “he’s such a potato” as my favorite insult for idiot men who rise way above their pay grade.