jQuery is 20 years old. That, Prototype, and Scriptaculous were probably my favourite JS tools to play with.

Ottawa is getting dumped on with 35cm of snow expected. I don’t miss shovelling. I didn’t mind shovelling. Maybe even enjoyed it. But I don’t miss it.

I don't want a “to do” list; I want a “to enjoy” list.

One thing I like about autumn: it's nice for driving around in. Sunroof open, windows down, cruising.

I used to have an app that auto-created contacts from IM, Email, and Social Media and hooboy that was a mistake. So many contacts of people I emailed 15-20 years ago. Cleaning up, I've gone from over 1000 down to 700 and I've only gone through half my contacts.

"theme-color" no longer works on OS26. It seems to style the address bar and tabs based on web site background color. www.reddit.com/r/webdev/com...

One of these is a heading. One is a list item. And one is actionable. I feel like there should be more affordability to make this clear.

I’m not minding iOS26 so far, although there’s some UI changes that I’ll need to get used to that I’ve stumbled on. Slowly updating all my devices to ‘26.

Go Irish! (My first ever tailgate experience)

Thankfully, had the smoothest border crossing ever. Took 10 seconds and I was on my way!

Took in two coffee shops today in Yorkville: Goldstruck (meh) and Coffee Lunar (okay).

"Every mature application contains within it some UI which is a living fossil of its past." When I was at Shopify and we were updating the UI, I tracked down every piece of interface to make sure nothing fell through the cracks. x.com/rauchg/statu...

Doing some digital gardening today. In particular, pruning accounts and passwords. Closing accounts where I can, resetting passwords where I should.

Intentional curation is important. Even with algorithms, I try to push the system towards providing higher quality content. notetoself.studio/post/inputs-...

Watching the Apple event, which I haven’t done in a long time. Was delighted by the Loaded Honey track early up.

Since Mr Black coffee liqueur isn’t available here in Ontario, I have 4 different bottles of coffee liqueurs as I tried to find something that hit the right spot. Now it’s taking forever to go through them all. Lots of espresso martinis and White Russians in my future. (Made with Ukrainian vodka)

Hello London! (No, the other one.)

Hello Toronto! 👋

I have a plethora of devices I've acquired over the years. Before I get rid of them, I need to make sure I've cleared off all my data and it's such a pain when the hardware is just on the edge of failure.

I am oddly okay with horrible ads because I know they are ads and I will never buy their products. I don’t want ad platforms to learn what I actually like and show me ads for things I might want to buy.

"The only thing you can mend is the future." — Kaliane Bradley scottboms.com/documenting/...

At coffee shop, guy asked me to watch his stuff while he stepped out to take a call. I’ve since finished my coffee and he’s still not back. Now what? Have I been bequeathed his stuff? Is there a reasonable timeout period like a parking spot?

I have a bunch of house projects to get done and waiting on other people for every single one of them. Somewhat frustrating.

“Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about Happiness, which is Smiles minus Frowns.” — Wozniak

"While the T-shape moniker did catch on, it comes with a major problem in the metaphor, we don't find such folks have only a single deeper skill." I am shocked, shocked I tell you, that a catchphrase couldn't sum up the complexity of human experience. martinfowler.com/articles/exp...

The joy of listening to bagpipes at 10am every morning.

I've probably posted this one already but worth posting again. It's okay to live an average life. nicenews.com/humanity/ok-...

Interesting. 🤔 simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/4/c...

I have “Select bidet” on my to-do list but I keep reading it as “Select Biden”. Either way, things are in the shitter now.

the ending of this explainer might surprise you

I always run into the same problem when writing. I can start them off, I can write the middle, but I always struggle to end them. They often feel like stories with no point or cohesive message and just ramble on aimlessly. Maybe I should start from the end and work backwards.

Didn't expect to run into Ilona Maher at my local coffee shop.

The more time I spend in the kitchen, the more knives I want to buy.

I have a childhood memory of setting up a ramp in the back alley and going off it with other kids in the neighborhood. flashbak.com/snapshots-of...

$FIG 📈

"With this innovation, the evolution of the wheel came full circle." The writer of this line must have been high-fiving themselves all day long. from: theconversation.com/how-was-the-...