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  • We all need a change at some point in our lives… for the better for sure!

  • Sharing some info about Apple Watch Ultra 3’s battery life: it dropped by 50% over 34 hours (from Wed 5:36 pm to Fri 3:36 am), by 40% in 24 hours with AOD on (from Tue 4:03 am to Wed 4:27 am) and by 30% in 24 hours with AOD off (from Wed 5:36 pm to Thu 5:55 pm). It’s quite the powerhouse!

    By the way, it took about an hour and 14 minutes to charge from 50% to full on a 5-watt charger, and 50% to 80% was significantly faster.

  • You can definitely browse the Internet on your Apple Watch!

  • How Would You Prove That All Naturally Occurring Elements Have Been Discovered?

    You can’t prove it in the mathematical sense — because the claim “there are no undiscovered naturally occurring elements” is a universal negative. In science, you can only make it extremely unlikely by combining (1) theory about what could exist and persist in nature, and (2) very broad, very … read more

  • My first-ever Temu product — a gift from a friend. Let’s find out which will last longer, the pitcher or Donald Trump’s presidency.

  • René made deluxe gingerbread cookies for us today. It’s not that hard to figure out which one is me, but I guess she just ran out of black icing to give me a beard. :-) Thanks for giving me a whiff of Christmas weeks early before you head off to Asia for the holidays. Bon voyage!

    Three decorated gingerbread cookies with icing and candy are displayed on a festive background.A row of gingerbread cookies is decorated with colorful icing and candies on a festive tray.

  • Apple Music Replay ‘25 is out. Men I Trust remains my favourite artist/band this year. I’m the Problem kind of took me by surprise because I’ve hardly been pegged as a country music fan since I was born. This album is just right. 53,794 minutes is approximately 900 hours, which appears to be a lot.

    The graphic shows an Apple Music Replay summary stating you listened to 53,794 minutes this year.

  • I opened Apple Music and typed into the search bar “McDonalds” instead of “Madonna.” That’s when you know you’re really hungry.

    🎧 Survival (Quiet Storm Demo Remix)
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    Madonna
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    Bedtime Stories – The Untold Chapter (1994)
  • ✅ Witnessing the first snowfall of the year
    ✅ Feeling winter closing in
    ✅ Sipping green tea
    ✅ Looking forward to camping next July

    A large green cup from Tim Hortons, labeled Camp Day with the date July 16, sits on a table.

  • Vancouver Sleep Clinic hails from Brisbane, Australia.

    of Montreal is from Georgia, USA.

    Secretly Canadian is based in Indiana, USA.

    CANADA is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.

    Yukon Gold is indeed Canadian, but it’s not from Yukon but Guelph, Ontario.

    Bottom line: Canada needs rules of nomenclature.

  • Six years in, and I still get her pricey accessories from time to time, so I have no problem sleeping with her every single night.

  • Full Moon

    I was lucky to see scenery straight out of a Ghibli movie in real life. What comes to mind when you see the full moon? For me, it’s always this passage from The Sheltering Sky: Because we don’t know when we will die We get to think of life as an inexhaustible well Yet everything happens only … read more

  • From the moment we are born, our names become the sounds that connect us to the world. They shape first impressions, carry family history, and potentially reflect cultural ties. They are hardly just words.

  • As my iPhone was being serviced at the Genius Bar, I got to spend some quality time with my iPod classic again. There’s a thrill in spinning 2025 tracks on a gadget from 2007. At this point, it’s actually old enough to vote.

    A hand holds a classic iPod in front of a sign that says GENIUS BAR,
  • A Little Thought on "Bad Habits"

    When a person cannot satisfy their deeper emotional needs, like love, security, belonging, or purpose, they often redirect that emptiness into various substitute desires / compensatory behaviours that afford immediate pleasures or comforts. These substitutes can become excessive, inappropriate, or … read more

  • For my new program at Western University, I’ll be working with this gigantic textbook, elegantly arranged into 13 sections. Special thanks to my friend WS!

  • I’ve got a weird soft spot for high-quality lime-green / yellow-green silicone products. That might explain my fascination with Joseph Joseph.

  • Turns out I’ve kept every macOS installer ever since Apple made the first one downloadable in the App Store.

    A collection of macOS installer icons from OS X Lion to macOS Sequoia is displayed in a grid format.
  • I trust a raccoon with my lunch more than I trust a suction cup on a wall.

  • AI might design a dog with five legs. Life’s challenges left Milo with three. Yet he brightens our day every time he visits.