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Feb 3, 2025: This “I’m a Canadian” song by Tom Green is by far not the dumbest thing he’s ever done. www.youtube.com/watch

Feb 3, 2025: Blog Migration a qualified success fingers crossed, I think I have got all the DNS bits worked out so that my old wordpress blog is, for now, oldblog.hayman.net (but I’ll be …

Feb 3, 2025: cheaters everywhere Musk cheating at video games - shouldn’t surprise anybody seeing as how he’s pals with Trump, who cheats at golf.

Feb 2, 2025: let’s make a collection

Feb 2, 2025: testing galleries

Feb 2, 2025: please forgive the noise. Migrating my blog over to microblog.hayman.net - soon to be “blog.hayman.net” - and I’m testing this …

Feb 2, 2025: Posting from phone. With photo.

Jan 30, 2025: Blog migration time, crossing my fingers I signed up for a blog in micro.blog years ago but let it lapse and started doing things via a hosted WordPress install on blog.hayman.net - but I …

Jan 30, 2025: er, what? is this thing on?

Nov 19, 2024: Huzzah, I can blog again Thanks to Red Sweater Software forwhatever they fixed in MarsEdit 5.2.6, it appears I can blog again. (Assuming this post works, of course.)

Sep 20, 2024: I'd write more here but something is broken. I usually use MarsEdit to post from my Mac to this blog, which is a hosted WordPress server from EasyDNS and it used to work great, but something …

Aug 13, 2024: Remembering former Argos owner Sherwood Schwarz I was curious whatever happened to Sherwood Schwarz, the New York businessman who owned the Argos during the tumultuous 1999-2003 era, and who we …

Jul 18, 2024: My simple six step process for fixing a water heater. Say “Oh no, not this again, didn’t I just fix the other water heater at the cottage?"; Turn everything off and on again; Wait 24 …

Feb 7, 2024: Travel Poetry, or My Trip to Boulder My Trip to Boulder in which I travel to Boulder and write a poem along the way. The sunrise view from YYZ was pretty nice this morning. That must have …

Jan 24, 2024: Travel Poetry I haven’t blogged in a while but since my New Year’s Resolution is blog once in a while, here is a Travel Poem for posterity. I …

Dec 20, 2023: A different story about Apple and NeXT Today’s the 27th anniversary of the Apple/NeXT merger, and instead of my annual rehashing of what that was like, you can just read what I wrote …

Nov 15, 2023: A CFL Atmosphere Award The 110th Grey Cup is this weekend in Hamilton, featuring the Winnipeg Blue Bombers against the Montreal Alouettes, and we Argo fans are still reeling …

Nov 14, 2023: I had a blog in 2002? What? Got an email from Google today that my old blog at xhayman.blogspot.com has had no activity since 2007, and the data will be permanently deleted soon. …

Oct 15, 2023: The story of Go Argos Go - the Toronto Argonauts Fight Song Sing along with the bouncing ball! (The lyrics start 30 seconds in to the above video.) Words and music by Johnny Burt From the 1968 album CFL Songs, …

Oct 4, 2023: 10 Toronto Argonauts Memorable Pregame or Halftime Shows In honour of today’s 150th Birthday of the Toronto Argonauts Football Club, and inspired by their amazing list of the Top 150 Moments in …

Oct 2, 2023: Standard CFL Arguments The league announced that Green Day would be the halftime show for the 110th Grey Cup next month in Hamilton, and although the response was generally …

Sep 26, 2023: Paris, 2009. Automating the Eiffel Tower Here is something dumb and silly but I’m glad we did it. See video below. In September, 2009 I was just finishing up a bit of a business …

Sep 18, 2023: Half my life at Apple and NeXT Well, I just turned 64. So half my life ago, I was 32, in September of 1991. And in September of 1991, I started work at NeXT, which then merged into …

Aug 16, 2023: Toronto Argos Game Day Off-the-Field Action Report for Game 4: Argos vs Ottawa Here’s another in the irregular connection of Off the Field Reports. You can read the details of the football action anywhere, but what if you …

Aug 16, 2023: Handling a QR Code on your iPhone Pro Tip: Your iPhone can decode a QR code if you point the camera at it, that’s easy - but what if instead you are looking at a QR Code on the …

Aug 2, 2023: Toronto Argos Game Day Off-the-Field Action Report for Game 3: Touchdown Atlantic We’ve previously analyzed the Off the Field action for Home Game 1 and Home Game 2 - both, oddly enough, played in Toronto. But, once again, the …

Jul 9, 2023: the Barra MacNeils, Stan Rogers, and exit row airplane seats Cathy and I really enjoyed the show by the Barra MacNeils last night at the Alqonquin Theatre in Huntsville. We’ve seen them perform a dozen or …

Jul 4, 2023: Toronto Argos Game Day Off-the-Field Action Report for Game 2 Argos 45, BC Lions 24 in a thrilling battle for first place between the league’s only unbeaten teams. But you can read about the action on the …

Jun 19, 2023: Toronto Argos Game Day Off-the-Field Action Report for Game 1 Argos 32, Ticats 14 in the home opener. But more importantly, what was going on OTHER than the football game? Here’s a report. Anthem The usual. …

May 31, 2023: Early Augmented Reality There’s lots of chatter about Augmented Reality these days. Here’s a Sports Illustrated article from 10 years ago, talking about an AR innovation from …

May 24, 2023: May 23 2023 - 30 Years At Apple My Apple badge says that my start date at Apple was May 20, 1993, so yesterday was officially my 30th anniversary here. Apple sends you a beautiful …

Feb 13, 2023: the World Championship of (gridiron) Football Every year after the US football season concludes, I make some variant on the same joke on social media Congratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs! …

Jan 12, 2023: wrong answer Somehow we were discussing life insurance. Spouse says “Well, if you died, I’d sell the house and move into a smaller place. What would …

Jan 11, 2023: Raptors 905! We had a moderately fun time at the Raptors 905 vs Capital City Go-Go game last night (won by Raptors 905, 122-119.) Thanks to the Argos for the …

Dec 7, 2022: checking out MarsEdit 5 So, I just bought MarsEdit 5, which is a swell blog editor for the Mac, and it has this hot key to create a quick post…. so that’s what …

Sep 16, 2022: Memories of Cableshare and Videopress - 40 years of touch screens I’ve been writing software for touch screens for a long time. iPhone and iPad today, of course - but 40 years ago, I helped build Videopress - a …

Sep 4, 2022: Canada 4, USSR 1, September 4, 1972. Hey, I was there! fifty years ago today The older I get, the more nostalgic I get about things that happened on This Day In The Past. Especially if I can remember them! …

Aug 14, 2022: Taking neat photos of moving water with your iPhone We’re in Alaska and were near a lovely babbling creek in Ketchican today. One of my favourite iPhone tricks is using long exposures when …

Jul 8, 2022: Sending off Dad I promise I’m going to blog about something positive and happy soon - our son’s wedding is coming up next month. That will be great! …

Jun 17, 2022: Remembering Uncle George reminds me: we should PRINT more pictures Here’s a wonderful picture of Uncle George (my dad’s brother) from 1950, that was on display at his funeral/celebration yesterday. This is …

May 26, 2022: Saying goodbye to Mom (note: July, 2021, but just posted now.) It’s been a tough year or two, saying goodbye to Dad, and Mom, and mother-in-law Eleanor, and Aunt …

May 26, 2022: Presentation Tips you Might Not Want To Use I’ve been fortunate to deliver sessions at Apple’s WorldWide Developer Conference (WWDC) in California on many occasions, and have learned …

Mar 13, 2022: Saying goodbye to Dad My father passed away last week and we had a lovely, but unfortunately capacity-limited, funeral for him on Saturday at our family church, the Church …

Mar 8, 2022: Dad, and technology I really want to thank everybody for the kind words about Dad. One of my favourite things to do was to show him everybody who’d commented on a …

Mar 7, 2022: Howard Robert (Bob) Hayman, 1928-2022 My brother Michael, my sister Susan and I are very sad to report that our wonderful Dad died on Saturday. He slipped away peacefully, listening to his …

Mar 4, 2022: Young people, a tech tip for you. Listen up! I had a great chat with some students in Michigan yesterday, who for some reason were interested in my career - the level of feigning interest was …

Dec 22, 2021: Teaching Math in Ontario Ontario has - well, “had”, because it was just ruled unconstitutional - a Math Proficiency Test for new teachers. Which has been quite a …

Dec 20, 2021: Apple + NeXT, 25 years ago today. 25 years ago today, I was a field systems engineer for NeXT, one of three NeXT employees in Canada - and our family was in Scranton, Pennsylvania, …

Dec 7, 2021: Orchestra Wee Wee In 1999 the Hamilton Tiger-Cats managed, somehow, to win the Grey Cup, a feat they have not accomplished since but they’re going to try again …

Nov 26, 2021: Tuning Up in Victory Formation at the 100th Grey Cup. And the best picture ever. Yesterday was the 9th anniversary of the 100th Grey Cup, when Canada’s most loved team, the Toronto Argonauts, defeated the Calgary Stampeders. …

Nov 26, 2021: Remembering Linda Carson, and the Varsity Briefcase Drill Team Update: Linda, pre-organized as always, set up a bequest at the University of Waterloo to establish two new student awards. Learn more or join me in …

Nov 24, 2021: On Getting Corrected by Ken Jennings Yesterday: achievement unlocked. I was personally corrected (on Twitter) by Ken Jennings. What an incredible honour! Well, I’d always hoped to …

Sep 13, 2021: Sing the Phone Number! Here’s a collection of some of my favourite commercials where they sing the phone number. Have been meaning to collect this for a while. Enjoy. …

Aug 23, 2021: Bobby Orr and me Bobby Orr and me. An incomplete story. 50 years ago I - seen here, green striped shirt - got Bobby Orr to autograph his O-Pee-Chee hockey card. 49 …

Jun 17, 2021: The John Davidson Show 40 years ago today, I was on The John Davidson Show. Yes, me. Yes, THAT John Davidson. “That’s incredible”, you’re thinking. Yes I suppose it was, but …

Jun 8, 2021: What to do about the name "Ryerson Public School"? How about "Roger Penrose Elementary"? update January 26 2022 The board decided to go with “Old North Public School.” Here’s the London Free Press article. original post …

Jun 4, 2021: People of Edmonton, I've got your back. Even if you don't notice. You might have heard that the Edmonton Football Team - until recently, the Edmonton Eskimos - has changed its name to the Edmonton Elks, and I like …

Jun 3, 2021: Canada/USA Border Trivia The border between Ontario and the USA is 2,760 km long, from the Ontario/Quebec/New York end in the east to the Ontario/Manitoba/Minnesota end in the …

May 28, 2021: Every 4 Years. but not this year. I’m sad today. But happy. In a nostalgic-sad-happy kind of hybrid way. This is in my calendar right now. An event that repeats every 4 years, …

Feb 11, 2021: You NEED to watch "For All Mankind". What's real? What wasn't? I was a kid during the glory days of the Apollo space program and as you’ve probably heard me say a million times, Dad took us to Florida to see …

Feb 7, 2021: business cards I have known "business cards"? what are you talking about? Kids, back in the day, you used to “travel” sometimes and “meet people” …

Feb 7, 2021: Remembering NeXT's Black Monday. Or possibly Sunday. NeXT's Black Monday Today’s the 28th anniversary of the day in 1993 that NeXT decided to stop making its iconic black computers abandon work on …

Jan 23, 2021: Audio Ping at 30 Thirty years ago today I achieved my first mild dose of Internet fame, with this post to the old comp.sys.next Usenet newsgroup. Here’s the …

Jan 18, 2021: A National Anthem Update: Some bugs fixed. One year ago today I broke the news that the National Anthem of Canada contained some bugs. I’m grateful to report that at least one of the …

Dec 27, 2020: The Christmas Potato Masher here, for the record, is how what will probably be a future family running gag was born. A completely true story of the events of the evening of …

Dec 27, 2020: Sleigh Ride? Blogging this for posterity. Anybody who’s ever played in a band or orchestra has probably done the Leroy Anderson classic Sleigh Ride a bunch …

Dec 3, 2020: Grey Cup 2001 (Montreal; Calgary 27, Winnipeg 19) Ah, Montreal. The band's first overnight grey cup trip. In 1998 we'd come down for a regular season game at Molson Stadium - worthy of a blog post of …

Dec 1, 2020: Grey Cup 2017 (Ottawa; Argos 27, Calgary 24) Part of our Ongoing Series of Argonotes Grey Cup Memories. Wait, what? Argonotes at the 2017 Grey Cup? Didn’t the band fold in 2017? Well, yeah, …

Nov 25, 2020: Grey Cup 1996 (Hamilton; Argos 43, Edmonton 37) 1995 was the band’s first year and at the end of the season, I think we were just too addled to even think about going to that year’s Grey …

Nov 25, 2020: Grey Cup 2007 (Toronto; Saskatchewan 23, Winnipeg 19) Part of our Ongoing Series of Argonotes Grey Cup Memories. The 2007 Grey Cup was the first one in Toronto since 1992 (and, thus, the first home grey …

Nov 25, 2020: Remembering Grey Cups past Part of the reason for this post is that I haven’t blogged anything in a while, but mostly it’s because the 2020 Grey Cup should have been …

Jul 14, 2020: Hijinks on the Welland Canal A couple of ships collided on the Welland Canal last weekend - the waterway that bypasses Niagara Falls, not far from here. The video is definitely …

Jul 14, 2020: Apparently I haven't blogged in a while It’s not like I’ve been busy travelling or anything. Hmm. This isn’t much of a post but I have a new desktop and want to make sure …

Feb 6, 2020: Axe not the cheerleaders The news broke today that the Montreal Alouettes have disbanded their cheerleading / dance group. Citing financial concerns, the Montreal Alouettes …

Jan 17, 2020: Bugs in the National Anthem. tl;dr There is a problem with the National Anthem as presented by Canadian Heritage, and also theNational Anthem Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. N-2, and …

Dec 19, 2019: Mileage Runs I Have Known A mileage run is this ridiculous idea that you buy a plane ticket near the end of the year and fly somewhere for no good reason, all so you can move …

Dec 15, 2019: Tempo! Check out this showstopper performance by one of the world’s greatest brass bands, Wales’s The Cory Band. wow I tried but failed to get …

Dec 4, 2019: On the ninth Date of Christmas, my true love saw with me: "Frozen II" Two movies in two nights in the Twelve Dates of Christmas project! And we’re going to see Frozen’s 11, which I assume is a heist movie …

Nov 30, 2019: On the eighth Date of Christmas, my true love saw with me: "A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood" Time for the latest instalment of the amazing Christmas 2018 gift in which Cathy promises to go to one movie a month with me, and we are almost caught …

Oct 27, 2019: Should you move down to a better seat? It’s a question that theatre goers and sports fans have asked themselves for years. There’s a better seat over there. Why don’t we …

Oct 24, 2019: Seeing the unusual sights of New Mexico Business took me to Albuquerque this week and I made great use of one of my favourite apps - Roadside America. This app shows you various strange and …

Oct 21, 2019: On the seventh Date of Christmas, my true love saw with me: Judy We’ve got some catching up to do on this amazing Christmas 2018 gift where Cathy promises to see one movie every month with me with “no …

Oct 10, 2019: Stupid interview puzzles My high school friend Gary pointed out an interesting article – Elon Musk asks this tricky interview question that most people can’t …

Aug 27, 2019: It wasn't a Triple Reverse. Not even a "double reverse." Maybe a 1.5 Here at blog.hayman.net, we are not afraid to discuss the big issues, the topics that matter, the truly important questions that unite us all. Be that …

Aug 20, 2019: #SongsInCode #songsInCode This was a really silly meme circulating on Twitter exactly 10 years ago. The idea is to write song lyrics in pseudocode. I seem to have …

Aug 2, 2019: On selling football Selling Football (Some thoughts condensed from a series of tweets you might have already read.) Last night Nick and I greatly enjoyed seeing the Argos …

Jun 17, 2019: On the sixth Date of Christmas, my true love - and a few others - saw with me: Rocketman Happy Father’s Day to me! My three sons were persuaded that if we all went to see Rocketman, that that would be a great Father’s Day gift, so off we …

Jun 7, 2019: Rejoining the Breakpoints after 17 years So I played in a band at the legendary Ritz in San Jose, California last night. (below are some of the many great photos of the event by Adam Tow) The …

May 27, 2019: On the fifth Date of Christmas, my true love saw with me: "Aladdin" [Recap: My wonderful spouse gave me an awesome Christmas gift of agreeing to go to one movie every month. Those of you following along might wonder …

May 14, 2019: Quest for the Holy Autograph In which I try to get John Cleese’s autograph. flashback, waterloo, 1985 In 1985 or so, I went with some friends to a lecture in the Humanities …

Mar 29, 2019: Fond memories of Joe Badali's Restaurant Joe Badali’s restaurant - sadly, now closed - was a great friend of Argonotes. It was the closest thing to a sponsor we ever had. Nick and I …

Mar 16, 2019: On the fourth Date of Christmas, my true love saw with me: "Apollo 11" Cathy and I saw Apollo 11 last night as part of the ongoing 12 Dates of Christmas gift, wherein she agrees to see a movie with me once a month. It …

Mar 14, 2019: Pi Day It’s Pi Day. March 14. 14th day of the third month. And if - for some reason - you insist on writing the date as “3/14”, it kind of …

Mar 13, 2019: bilateral laser retinopexy Let me start by saying it is amazing what they can do with lasers these days, including shooting them into your eyes on purpose to fix things, and if …

Feb 26, 2019: To check or not to check Should you check your bag? Here’s the thing, you can never be sure ahead of time if it’s a good idea. I’m in the middle of a travel …

Feb 14, 2019: My Erdős-Bacon-Sabbath Number: 11 Paul Erdős received an honourary degree at my University of Waterloo B.Math. convocation ceremony. Don’t know the name? You should; he was one …

Feb 10, 2019: On the third Date of Christmas, my true love saw with me: "Stan & Ollie" Yesterday, after a brief outpouring of angst about how complex it is - for me anyway, apparently not for anybody else - to search for a movie, Cathy …

Feb 9, 2019: Searching for Movies Cathy and I want to go to a movie tonight as part of the #12DatesOfChristmas and I can’t believe that in 2019, the process of searching for …

Feb 8, 2019: My emails with Jeff Bezos One of today’s headlines reminded me that I too once had an interesting email conversation with Jeff Bezos. Back in 2001, Amazon had rolled out …

Feb 6, 2019: "I have heard your band" You probably know that I used to be the Chief Centurion of the University of Waterloo Warriors Band (“One of the Bands in Canada”.) We …

Jan 24, 2019: Remembering Alfie Kunz - U of Waterloo music director Alfie Kunz I was sorry to learn that Alfred “Alfie” Kunz, noted composer and conductor, passed away last week at 87. Here’s a bit …

Jan 6, 2019: On the second date of Christmas, my true love saw with me: "Green Book" You’ll recall that my adorable wife gave me the greatest Christmas gift of all, and last night, we saw Green Book in #12DatesOfChristmas #1. …

Jan 2, 2019: Clamdy Canes. Mmmmm. Here’s a holiday treat. I ordered some of these unusual candy canes for Christmas. https://mcphee.com/collections/candy-canes Unfortunately, my …

Jan 1, 2019: Quest for Hayman's Gin I suppose if my last name was Beefeater, Bombay or Tanqueray I’d drink something else, but ever since some random Google ego-search turned up …

Dec 30, 2018: On the first date of Christmas, my true love saw with me ... I like going to the movies. My wife doesn’t like going to the movies. So we have always compromised: we don’t go to the movies. But she …

Dec 30, 2018: New shirts for the Moon Shot 1969 50th Anniversary fifty years ago July 16, 1969. Mom and Dad took my brother and me to Florida to see the Apollo XI launch. I will be grateful to them forever for …

Dec 10, 2018: a Twitter CFL experiment So this is kind of interesting, isn’t it? twitter.com/CFLPredic… Wow, isn’t that wild. A twitter account called @CFLPredictor that …

Sep 13, 2018: My name's on your iPhone Really. Go find it. I’ll wait. Couldn’t find it? Settings > General > About > Legal > Legal Notices. Scroll waaaaaaaay down. Eventually …

Sep 13, 2018: old experiments The other day my son informed me that the basement family room light turned on at the exact moment someone rang the doorbell. Now, we have some …

Sep 13, 2018: You should get a custom domain. You really should get a custom domain. I like having “hayman.net” for my domain name. (I registered that one over twenty years ago - I …

Sep 13, 2018: No Offence Intended - A 1986 History of Waterloo Warrior Football In 1986 UW Courier Alumni Magazine editor Chris Redmond, knowing of my irrational support of the apparent lost cause of Waterloo football, asked me to …

Sep 13, 2018: Even More Argonauts-As-Emoji Charades In Part 1, we got carried away rendering the names of current and former members of the Toronto Argonauts as emoji (to recap, it all started with …

Sep 13, 2018: Toronto Argonauts in Emoji I feel the need to save these gems that were getting tossed around on Twitter and Facebook yesterday. Can you identify these current and former …

Sep 13, 2018: Instead of the "Kiss Cam", how about helping people learn about football? I shared my thoughts the other day on why it’s time to retire the Kiss Cam, an outdated and inappropriate game day video board presentation. …

Sep 13, 2018: Time to retire the "Kiss Cam" Speaking of football game day traditions - retiring the Kiss Cam is long overdue. If you haven’t seen it - this is a stunt found during timeouts …

Sep 13, 2018: On football crowd noise "People with a real love for the symphony, when other people react and clap after a first movement, they should be saying “Wonderful – there are new …

Sep 7, 2018: My name's on your iPhone Really. Go find it. I’ll wait. Couldn’t find it? Settings > General > About > Legal > Legal Notices. Scroll waaaaaaaay down. …

Sep 7, 2018: My name's on your iPhone Really. Go find it. I’ll wait. Couldn’t find it? Settings > General > About > Legal > Legal Notices. Scroll waaaaaaaay down. …

Sep 6, 2018: old experiments The other day my son informed me that the basement family room light turned on at the exact moment someone rang the doorbell. Now, we have some …

Sep 6, 2018: old experiments The other day my son informed me that the basement family room light turned on at the exact moment someone rang the doorbell. Now, we have some …

Sep 5, 2018: Come From Even Further Away - A New Musical Tyler is enrolled in a musical theatre program at Sheridan College, where the show Come From Away was …

Sep 5, 2018: Come From Even Further Away - A New Musical Tyler is enrolled in a musical theatre program at Sheridan College, where the show Come From Away was …

Sep 5, 2018: You should get a custom domain. You really should get a custom domain. I like having “hayman.net” for my domain name. (I registered that one over twenty years ago - I …

Sep 5, 2018: You should get a custom domain. You really should get a custom domain. I like having “hayman.net” for my domain name. (I registered that one over twenty years ago - I …

Sep 5, 2018: No Offence Intended - A 1986 History of Waterloo Warrior Football In 1986 UW Courier Alumni Magazine editor Chris Redmond, knowing of my irrational support of the apparent lost cause of Waterloo football, asked me to …

Sep 5, 2018: No Offence Intended - A 1986 History of Waterloo Warrior Football In 1986 UW Courier Alumni Magazine editor Chris Redmond, knowing of my irrational support of the apparent lost cause of Waterloo football, asked me to …

Aug 26, 2018: Even More Argonauts-As-Emoji Charades In Part 1, we got carried away rendering the names of current and former members of the Toronto Argonauts as emoji (to recap, it all started with …

Aug 26, 2018: Even More Argonauts-As-Emoji Charades In Part 1, we got carried away rendering the names of current and former members of the Toronto Argonauts as emoji (to recap, it all started with …

Aug 24, 2018: Toronto Argonauts in Emoji I feel the need to save these gems that were getting tossed around on Twitter and Facebook yesterday. Can you identify these current and former …

Aug 24, 2018: Toronto Argonauts in Emoji I feel the need to save these gems that were getting tossed around on Twitter and Facebook yesterday. Can you identify these current and former …

Aug 22, 2018: Instead of the "Kiss Cam", how about helping people learn about football? I shared my thoughts the other day on why it’s time to retire the Kiss Cam, an outdated and inappropriate game day video board presentation. …

Aug 22, 2018: Instead of the "Kiss Cam", how about helping people learn about football? I shared my thoughts the other day on why it’s time to retire the Kiss Cam, an outdated and inappropriate game day video board presentation. …

Aug 21, 2018: Time to retire the "Kiss Cam" Speaking of football game day traditions - retiring the Kiss Cam is long overdue. If you haven’t seen it - this is a stunt found during timeouts …

Aug 21, 2018: Time to retire the "Kiss Cam" Speaking of football game day traditions - retiring the Kiss Cam is long overdue. If you haven’t seen it - this is a stunt found during timeouts …

Aug 19, 2018: On football crowd noise "People with a real love for the symphony, when other people react and clap after a first movement, they should be saying “Wonderful – there are new …

Aug 19, 2018: On football crowd noise "People with a real love for the symphony, when other people react and clap after a first movement, they should be saying “Wonderful – there are new …

Aug 16, 2018: So, did any politician take the Basic Questions quiz? So, did any politician take the Basic Questions quiz? Well, no. Just following up many weeks later - I had the map ready at my door and everything but …

Aug 16, 2018: So, did any politician take the Basic Questions quiz? So, did any politician take the Basic Questions quiz? Well, no. Just following up many weeks later - I had the map ready at my door and everything but …

Apr 29, 2018: Basic Questions for Ontario Politicians We have a provincial election coming up in Ontario and I am worried that some politicians do not know enough basic facts about Ontario. If you want …

Apr 29, 2018: Basic Questions for Ontario Politicians We have a provincial election coming up in Ontario and I am worried that some politicians do not know enough basic facts about Ontario. If you want …

Mar 31, 2018: Ernest Cosmos Quigley Bruce Arthur’s great Toronto Star article on Steve Nash’s induction in the Basketball Hall of Fame got me digging around to see how many …

Mar 31, 2018: Ernest Cosmos Quigley Bruce Arthur’s great Toronto Star article on Steve Nash’s induction in the Basketball Hall of Fame got me digging around to see how many …

Jan 27, 2018: Using your Mac as a HomeKit Camera Want to try using your Mac as a HomeKit camera? Got access to Apple’s developer tools? Go to Apple's developer tools download site and download …

Jan 27, 2018: Using your Mac as a HomeKit Camera Want to try using your Mac as a HomeKit camera? Got access to Apple’s developer tools? Go to Apple’s developer tools download site and …

Jan 17, 2018: Hayman's Laws of Air Travel Hayman’s First Law of Air Travel All problems in air travel stem from information being communicated poorly. Hayman’s Second Law of Air Travel For all …

Jan 17, 2018: Hayman's Laws of Air Travel Hayman’s First Law of Air Travel All problems in air travel stem from information being communicated poorly. Hayman’s Second Law of Air Travel For all …

Jan 17, 2018: Email from famous people You might be wondering, “Why did you, Steve, send Jeff Bezos some jumper cables for his birthday in 2001?” Amazon has a wish-list feature where you …

Jan 17, 2018: Email from famous people You might be wondering, “Why did you, Steve, send Jeff Bezos some jumper cables for his birthday in 2001?” Amazon has a wish-list feature where you …

Jan 2, 2018: Top 10 Argonotes at Skydome Memories This is an experiment to see if I can convert this Storify article to a blog post. Originally posted 2 years ago. Top 10 Argonotes at Skydome Memories …

Jan 2, 2018: Top 10 Argonotes at Skydome Memories This is an experiment to see if I can convert this Storify article to a blog post. Originally posted 2 years ago. Top 10 Argonotes at Skydome Memories …

Jan 1, 2018: A better way to do year-end Mileage Runs Mileage runs - end of the year travel to get enough points to hit some fancy airline status level for the following year - are common amongst frequent …

Jan 1, 2018: A better way to do year-end Mileage Runs Mileage runs - end of the year travel to get enough points to hit some fancy airline status level for the following year - are common amongst frequent …

Dec 20, 2017: 21 years ago today, Apple acquired NeXT. I was a systems engineer for NeXT at the time and we were in Scranton, Pennsylvania, introducing new baby …

Dec 20, 2017: 21 years ago today, Apple acquired NeXT. I was a systems engineer for NeXT at the time and we were in Scranton, Pennsylvania, introducing new baby …

Dec 19, 2017: Topping the tree Cathy’s away this week so I get to decorate the tree and this year, there’s one thing that definitely belongs at the top. And hey, this …

Dec 19, 2017: Topping the tree Cathy’s away this week so I get to decorate the tree and this year, there’s one thing that definitely belongs at the top. And hey, this …

Dec 19, 2017: Happy to see that [Micro.blog] is up and running for everyone. I’ve been hoping for a way to post things slightly longer than Twitter allows for …

Dec 19, 2017: Happy to see that [Micro.blog] is up and running for everyone. I’ve been hoping for a way to post things slightly longer than Twitter allows for …