Apple Vision Pro is a Disaster
I don’t think it’s too over-the-top to suggest that Apple has jumped the shark. I am actually, genuinely disappointed that they’ve attempted to dive into the same murky waters of VR that sank Meta a few …
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My Language
I recently attended the annual Writer’s Guide of Alberta: Origins conference, wherein I attended a number of sessions that taught me things. One of them was a workshop about language, specifically in how we use it. …
Asia, departed
The shadow of her glows in the morning light Her place warm and soft yearns for her presence mourns her absence wonders of a return But she is gone Time marched through her bones spirit leaving a hollow a void of her …
Goodbye Asia, 2004-2023
Today we had to say goodbye to our beloved cat, Asia, aged about 19 years … and probably 11 of her 9 lives. I’ve never been comfortable with euthanasia, not even the concept of it. The idea that we can take …
Photo Sharing, Version 4
Tired of these yet? So I ran into a weird problem with my V3 site. I decided I had too many pages with no introductory text and it was proving to be awkward to use. Because of the way I had set up the Hugo site, I also …
Mother's Day with my Mom
I’ve been struggling with this memory all day. I think the last time I celebrated Mother’s Day in the presence of my mother, I think I was 18, still in high school. There might have been one, maybe two years …
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Adobe Lightroom's Denoise is Magic
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke Holy cow, Artie couldn’t have been more right. So last night, whilst gathering together more pictures to populate my new and …
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Another Site, Another Hugo
You might recall that I tried to make a simple photo sharing site. It worked, but … it wasn’t enough. When you’ve built as many websites as I have, you recognize features almost at a genetic level and …
Mom Moves to Calgary
A couple of years ago, just as COVID hit, my mom decided it was time to move into a “home”. She’d lived on her own for nearly 20 years at that point and her condo was no longer as fun as when she moved …
Starship goes BOOM!
The news today was pretty full of SpaceX getting Starship off the ground, finally, after years of hard work. The news seems to be somewhat split, however – while most seem to be pretty up about the whole thing, …
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