He/Him | Paid Worker. Unremarkable Hobbyist. Occasional Friend. Full-time Dad. Great-great-great-grandnephew of Angus “Giant” MacAskill. Worked skateboard check at 1994 Gobblefest in #CapeBreton. Based in #Dartmouth, #NovaScotia, #Canada. :ohnobubble:
On this day in history, Taylor Alison Swift opened for this Paisley Chocolate truck at the Halifax Metro Centre during the 2007 Bonfires & Amplifiers Tour. The young singer began her set with a cover of the Eminem song "Lose Yourself", which would later end up in the 2011 Chrysler “Born of Fire” Super Bowl commercial. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/taylor-swift/2007/halifax-metro-centre-halifax-ns-canada-13c3892d.html
Bummed I didn't get tickets to XOXO. Related, one top regret* is not supporting the original 2012 Kickstarter.
I applied with my eldest and looked forward to Portland and all aspects of the conference (went in 2016 and 2018). On the bright side, is this the last time I'll have this feeling? I’m just waiting for the day I have too much money and attempt my own kind of conference here in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
[insert "I wouldn't tell anyone I won the lottery but there would be hints" meme here]
Maybe if you have a central heat pump you should also have a wet/dry vac as well because it’s a super useful tool in the never-ending campaign against moisture 🚱 https://youtu.be/y4sOfO8Ei1g
"...thing about computers, they’re really dumb. They’re exceptionally simple, but they’re really fast." https://stevejobsarchive.com/exhibits/objects-of-our-life
A little blue birdie told me Tesla started advertising because they were terrified Meta might sue them.
Weird that debate moderators would be allowed to ask the presidential candidates for so many random types of gift cards to allegedly pay legal fees of their mysteriously incarcerated grandchildren.
Called “Lain” twice in a last few days. Out loud and in writing. I get it. Iain and lain look exactly the same sans-serifs. Thinking of going by e.e. iain cummings from now on.
Quite a time for the underdogs…
• 🥤 Dr Pepper
• 📺 TUBI
• 🎤 Chappell Roan
• 🎬 A24
• 🦫 that Hundreds of Beavers movie
Maybe next time I’m thinking about switching ISPs I remember that I’m the defacto network admin for 46 fiddly systems and devices scattered throughout the place.