Early access on the Patreon! My old work laptop is too old to get an update to Windows 11. Funnily enough, my daughter's school laptop runs Ubuntu, and it's a LOT less powerful than my old work machine. Looks like it's time to swap the operating system and […] [Original post on techhub.social]

OMG, I caught up on podcasts. Hot tip: Wanna clear a 6 month podcast backlog? Just paint an entire 5000 sqft house having never attempted such a feat before. Easy!

Dr. Freud would like a word with this accident. #weirdcarmastodon

I just finished watching Kirikou et la Sorcière. What a gorgeous work of art. A French 90s cartoon by Michael Ocelot paying tribute to West African folklore. Never got that much traction outside the francosphere. Full movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khECrm915P0 (1:11) Via […]

The 1977 #toronto #bluejays theme song. Beautiful and terrible at the same time. https://archive.org/details/tvtunes_25536

Health Canada has released new guidelines for air quality professionals that clearly state Covid can linger in the air & respirator masks should be considered IN ADDITION to improving ventilation 🔗 www.canada.ca/content/dam/...

Keanu Reeves Almost Changed His Name to 'Chuck Spadina' - Nerdist https://nerdist.com/article/keanu-reeves-almost-changed-name-to-chuck-spadina/

About syntax highlighting https://tonsky.me/blog/syntax-highlighting/

I'm trying to get the little guy to find something to do other than watching TV, so I ask him if there's something else he'd like to do that's not TV. Three-year-old: "No, because there's nothing in my brain, actually." Me: "Nothing?" 3yo: "No. So I want to watch the TV." Me: "I think there are […]

I wasn't totally unaware of the work being done on Parliament Hill, but there's still stuff in here that surprised me.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxFcNOmND00 #ottawa

Next year in November, the Voyager 1 spacecraft will be ONE full light day away from the Earth! Launched in 1977, it took almost 50 Earth years to reach "just" distance of 1 light day Space is so big and we are so tiny :blobcatgiggle:

Canadian COVID Forecast: Oct 11 - Oct 24, 2025 SEVERE: NL, NS, SK VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, PEI HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, ON, QC MODERATE: none About 1 in 95 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

The neighbourhood turkeys blessed us this Thanksgiving.

#buycanadian #covid19 the first HOME COVID + FLU rapid tests, approved by Health Canada. Detect COVID, FLU A, and FLU B with just one swab. Well Life COVID-19 and Flu Home Combo Rapid Antigen Test (5 pcs) […]

How BIG a Battery Do You Need for Your Fridge? The DUMBEST Way To Figure It Out (That Still Works)! https://somegadgetguy.com/2025/10/10/how-big-a-battery-do-i-need-for-my-fridge-the-dumbest-way-to-figure-it-out-that-still-works/ If it's dumb, but it works […] [Original post on techhub.social]

Lo-fi beats aren't really my thing, but this is fabulous. Plato's Stepchildren (LOFI Trekwave Remix) from Auralnauts https://auralnauts.bandcamp.com/track/platos-stepchildren-lofi-trekwave-remix

I think Mastodon's proposal for starter packs is a significant positive evolution of the way Bluesky rolled them out. I wound up on a bunch of packs there and it was…not a great thing for my specific brain and purpose. I do hope the people in Masto's comments saying […] [Original post on mas.to]

Four All ice cream has a Sausage and Sauerkraut flavour this month for Oktoberfest, in addition to some that feel a little more typical like Black Forest Cake and Apple Strudel. #Waterloo #watreg

Doctor Who in the dark. #pinball #acrade #doctorwho

There’s a Harvey’s on Finch West that appears to have some rough evenings.

Yay @chaslinux! #TheWorkingCentre's #ComputerRecycling is working with the City of #Kitchener to refurbish low-cost computers! ----- Kitchener looks to better connect community with recycled devices […] [Original post on mastodon.sdf.org]

A lovely song about pigeons. #b3ta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0rEmyldMGs

"That was my life. But … they reject my life with their soy sauce." B.C. sushi chef refuses to provide extra soy sauce — even for $1K | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kitimat-bc-sushi-j-no-soy-sauce-1.7640761

Give us a share and come join the chat! The show is LIVE! https://www.twitch.tv/somegadgetguy #SGGQA 413: NVIDIA's Stake in Intel, Samsung Fridge Ads, MediaTek's NEW DIMENSITY 9500 PLUS Google faces more Antitrust Issues, and TikTok's algorithm will be handed […] [Original post on techhub.social]

"Our government is being run by aggrieved elites who were thrown onto social platforms with everyone else in the 2010s, where they could finally read what we all think about them. And it caused them so much psychic damage that they have decided to destroy both the internet and democracy to make […]

Fediverse! I need some help! I have a fellowship to go to Aotearoa New Zealand for a few weeks, and also an offer of an additional fellowship to give lectures around NZ. This is INCREDIBLY EXCITING!! ...but I have a lot of animals! And it's going to be […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Worth watching: Maria Ressa with Jon Stewart on the parallels between Duerte's Phillipines and the current state of the US. 17:22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsb1I7hqaJ4

Aw man! Went the whole show this week and forgot to show off the new shirt my Mom sent me!

Give us a share and come join the chat! The show is LIVE! https://www.twitch.tv/somegadgetguy SGGQA 412: iPhone Repair Costs, XPERIA 10 Looks Like a Pixel, Korea Halts US Investments Amazon and Google face another FTC probe! Korea is halting investment in […] [Original post on techhub.social]

I'm painting the house, which means I've been speedrunning the last four months of my podcast queue. I'm almost caught up now. Of particular note is how @npr program announcements have gone from "wow, isn't it wild how much things are changing! We're here to help you understand it all!" to "We […]

Well, that was, beginning to end, an extremely disappointing season of Strange New Worlds. Some fun moments here and there, but utterly nonsensical writing.

I'm painting the house, which means I've been speedrunning the last four months of my podcast queue. I'm almost caught up now. Of particular note is how @npr program announcements have gone from "wow, isn't it wild how much things are changing! We're here to help you understand it all!" to "We […]

Mastodon rolls out quote posts with protections to prevent ‘dunking’ https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/12/mastodon-rolls-out-quote-posts-with-protections-to-prevent-dunking/

Solar made the fastest energy leap in history. 🌞⚡ 8 yrs to reach 1,000 TWh, then just 3 to surge past 2,000. Wind’s not far behind. What coal & hydro needed decades, solar did in a decade. Exponential change ignores politics & ideology — once it starts, it doesn’t stop. #EnergyTransition #Disruption

Oh no... not again! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXLN_w6CpGw #doctorwho #duggadoo

Dimensional Lumber Tape Measure: the perfect gift for the #woodworking enthusiasts in your life! https://xkcd.com/3138/

@RadioFreeSkaro I'm a couple months behind, but as I'm listening to Chris' rant on Doctor Who Blu-Ray in Canada, I just wanted to point out that Quebec retailer Archambault sells Doctor Who. But the prices aren't going to beat Amazon. I will say they're probably more reliable than the BBC shop […]

This is lovely. Agnes is a rockstar. https://www.engagewr.ca/victoriaparkmp/weaving-story-victoria-park #kitchener #willowriverpark #victoriapark #kwawesome

In other news, I have Kobo Sync working from Calibre-Web! https://jccpalmer.com/posts/setting-up-kobo-sync-with-calibre-web/

My unkind take is that startups should refrain from posting thought leadership on any sort of business success subject because respectfully you havenae actually built a successful business yet, you've raised money... If we had a higher standard of economic knowhow this shit would raise more […]

We're looking for lighting fixtures for the house and holy shit. I love LEDs. Like a lot. But if you're spending thousands of dollars on a light fixture with integrated LEDs, I can't help but feel you're making a mistake. You don't know what cut-rate Chinese supplier is providing the LEDs and […]

Positive tipping points for climate, like the UK phasing out coal, show how big steps toward a low-carbon future can suddenly become unstoppable. Can we identify where the next tipping points could happen, and figure out how to help trigger them? These researchers say YES. Read more:

I approve.

Lindsay Ellis is back on Youtube to talk about Ms Rachel and genocide. https://youtu.be/QwpanShgOp4

Beautiful brickwork bench in Shiraz, Iran. 🌿

My spare Dalek from Doctor Who. The one installed in my pin has the moving head mechanism, this spare one usually hangs out on top of our fridge. #pinball #doctorwho

So the boss says you devs have to use "AI" now? I have a question: who gets the blame when something doesn't work? Do you think "The AI did it" is gonna fly?