Love people, use things. The opposite never works. - Joshua Fields Millburn

And maybe I am in a better area for architecture than England, but I find Toronto's newest buildings have the best architecture, whereas they seem to see modern architecture as the worst ever.

I don't necessarily agree that beautiful places rely on a heavy hand in planning to maintain aesthetic theme/design language and symmetry. I find the planned, uniform, stamped out modern housing developments oppressive and depersonalizing.

I really enjoyed this conversation between philosophers Alain de Botton and Alex O'Connor on the built environment getting uglier:

I know I am old now because while watching Christmas classics like Home Alone and The Simpsons Christmas specials, I identify more with the parent storylines than the kid storylines.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

I don't know who needs to hear this, but: if you're a business that gets exposed by a journalist or YouTuber, the fallout isn't the result of the exposure; it's a result of your business's shady policies and behaviors. You just delayed it through secrecy.

2026 Prediction: AI appliances will be marketed B2B for businesses whose policies, client contracts, and regulations make cloud-based AI impossible. Edge AI with lightweight models will be most of the AI computing in the end.

2026 Prediction: Hype around AI will transition from replacing white-collar work to monitoring (security cameras, IT systems, sales data, etc.), report writing, and human-in-the-loop intervention.

Few word review of Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man. Very enjoyable. Storytelling through lighting and color was extraordinary. The surrounding light and color changed what the characters meant. Very watchable. Clearly presented visuals and dialogue. Likable characters. 5/5

I wish I had the means to buy an Olares One off of their Kickstarter. This does everything I have struggled to get a home server to do, plus local, private AI.

Could every search engine stop blocking content to promote their browser? And every browser pushing their search engine? Microsoft, Google, and DuckDuckGo, I'm talking to you.

Seeing that man sneak up, tackle, and grab the gun from one of the Bondi gunmen is an inspiring act of heroism. There are heroes in the world!

My artistic interpretation of the Gymkhana 2025 seawall ride @TravisPastrana @BrianScotto @TheHoonigans @subaru_usa

As I get older, I appreciate a genuine conversation more and more. A lot of the time, I talk to someone and get their NPC dialogue tree.

Whoa. Frank Gehry is dead at 96. Definitely a boundary-pushing designer and a star Canadian.

The way things are going, by the time this AI investment bubble pops, the world is going to be covered in data centers and look like the techno-hellscape of the Matrix.

Micron to flush its Crucial consumer DRAM brand and its 19.6% market share down the toilet to free up capacity for the data center / AI market. Unbelievable.

As a father of a 10-year-old, the schools need to do better, and we'll have to provide extra support in math in particular. My kid, our kids, can't be left behind.

In Ontario schools: In Grade 6, 51 percent met the standard in math (up one point), 86 percent in reading (up four points), and 85 percent in writing (up five points).