Cancelled the “news” package on my tv subscription last year which means no CNN, CNN Headline News, BBC News, FOX News or CNBC. I still have CBC News Network and CTV News plus the local CP24 news channel. On days like today, I’m glad to not have much exposure to US cable news.
F1 at Silverstone. Wow. Glad everyone is okay after lap one. The last 10 laps were simply epic with the drivers putting on an incredible show of courage and talent. Hearing the roar of the crowd over the screaming engines was wild. What a show.
Just like that, we no longer have kids in high school. One heads to up to work at a camp for the summer tomorrow and the other is a camp counsellor here in Toronto starting on Monday.
Couldn’t remember the last movie I saw in a theatre. Until today! We went to see Top Gun: Maverick. Predictable (in a good way) and entertaining. I’d agree with the 97% Rotten Tomatoes score on this one.
Drinking beer on the back deck and the fire table will be lit soon (it’s really cooled off as the sun goes down). Enjoyed an Absent Landlord from Cowbell Brewing (an Ontario craft brewer).
Pro-tip: if you use Adobe Lightroom, but HATE that resource-hogging Creative Cloud app on the Mac, then get Lightroom standalone from the Mac App Store. It runs without Creative Cloud, but you can still use your Adobe subscription to unlock it.
I’m neither a woman, nor an American so I don’t think I have a ton of standing on this one. But suffice to say, this is just a terrible, terrible day for that whole country and from what I’ve read Roe v. Wade is just the start.
Ugh.
A deck, some shade and a comfortable outdoor couch is all I really need in a home office these days. Well, that and a laptop with wifi. And some coffee. And sunscreen.
F1 Canadian Grand Prix was the race of the season. Super entertaining. Final ten laps were riveting and the first 60 had tons of twists, turns and on-track battles. Danica Patrick was a highlight on the Sky coverage. Great insights.
Stellar morning for a run in Toronto with the boys. Not too long today - just 16km. Fun times were had by all.
The new radar features in the latest Carrot Weather update are nice. I think I can finally delete RadarScope.
Finally Friday. Spent most of it outside, although the winds were particularly strong today which was both a nuisance and also occasionally concerning. Heard a tree loudly crack and fall in the schoolyard behind the house at one point this afternoon.
Every other host city selected had a celebrity or sports figure to welcome the world. Toronto? Our lame mayor. Sigh…
There it is! Officially official. Toronto will host 2026 World Cup games.
Edmonton didn’t get the nod in the Central or Western selections. I’d say Toronto is in!
Ready to find out if Toronto will get World Cup 2026 games. So far Vancouver has been selected.
macOS Ventura beta users: you can drag the Stage Manager icon out of Control Center and stick it on your menu bar. No keyboard shortcut to enable/disable, but that does make it easier to turn off and on. I really, really like Stage Manager compared to Mission Control and Spaces.
Prediction: ArriveCAN is here to stay. We’re going to have to use that app to cross into Canada forever.
Vaccination requirements for air travellers in Canada are going away. The COVID Alert app is going away. Mask mandates in most provinces (all?) are gone. I guess the only thing left is the mask mandate for planes and trains (VIA Rail)? Might as well ditch that too.
Totally forgot this ever existed until it was mentioned on a podcast the other day. The Apple iPhone Bluetooth Headset. Kinda like the OG AirPods, right? web.archive.org/web/20070…
The last of our mask mandates in Ontario will be gone on Saturday including transit. Probably for the best as especially on GO, more people have been acting like the mandate was already lifted. With no enforcement, there no point anymore. Federal mandates remain so I think travellers on planes and VIA Rail trains will still require masks.
Dear Apple. Stop adding stuff like “shared tab groups” to Safari until you make it usable by supporting extensions. Without stuff like Cookie Auto Delete, I can’t use it. Firefox has things like Container Tabs, while Safari (supposedly the most privacy-focused browser) doesn’t.
A lunch run in the pouring rain didn’t disappoint. As long as it isn’t cold, running in the rain is generally quite enjoyable. Today it’s 17ºC which isn’t super warm for a rain run, but more than comfortable.
The macOS Ventura beta is quite solid as well (like the iOS beta). I’m surprised at how many of the features work. Continuity Camera is pretty cool. Looks like the family photos sharing isn’t there yet. System Preferences…errr…Settings is going to take some getting used to (it’s not great). I’m not sure about Stage Manager yet. I think it’s really an iPadOS feature that is on the Mac as well.