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2020 (8)
- Wednesday, May 27 | A give away? No seriously – you could win a cool R. Delgado dino poster! (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Friday, April 17 | Designing a logo for Bitter Grounds – it’s not that easy (typography, typos & design)
- Wednesday, March 4 | Dropping out of social media for a breather (I'm getting too old for this shit)
2019 (40)
- Wednesday, September 25 | Tech Gifts for Women – not the usual pinkification (apps | software | stuff)
- Tuesday, September 17 | Open letter to James the would be phishing scammer (apps | software | stuff)
- Wednesday, July 10 | WHOA! BLACK MERMAIDS? Must be Apocalypse (again) (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Wednesday, May 29 | “Dear CEO” scam is still hanging around (apps | software | stuff, I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Thursday, March 7 | Junk mail solution – if I buy your product, will it delete you? (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Tuesday, March 5 | I have to stay off r/ChoosingBeggars – Reddit strikes again (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Thursday, February 28 | An unfortunate incident with the microwave (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Tuesday, February 26 | Reddit humour can’t be unseen – r/mildlyinteresting (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Friday, February 22 | I know I’ll regret this -> Lifehacks | fail hacks (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Saturday, February 16 | WeatherCan – Environment Canada’s weather app now available (apps | software | stuff)
- Thursday, January 10 | Wow I needed this – awesome Urban Geographer art (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Monday, January 7 | Sticky Notes from Microsoft – a nifty little app to tidy up fiddly bits of paper (apps | software | stuff)
- Wednesday, January 2 | Video gaming – I figured out what I’ve been doing wrong! (apps | software | stuff)
2018 (60)
- Tuesday, December 11 | Laid low by a virus and a Christmas village on the go (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Thursday, September 20 | Booted down a corporate rabbit hole of nonsense (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Friday, September 14 | How about some more fun with this day in history – Wolfe & Montcalm (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Thursday, September 13 | Mildly disappointing reading list for Sept so far (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Wednesday, August 22 | A bit of fun with This Day in History – Richard III (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Monday, July 16 | PT 2 – I sacrificed my espresso on the altar of Left Field’s oatmeal ale (photos & digital art)
- Tuesday, July 10 | Design to die for – Saha’s ad makes my heart palpitate (typography, typos & design)
- Sunday, July 8 | PT 1 – I sacrificed my espresso on the altar of Left Field’s oatmeal ale (photos & digital art)
- Tuesday, June 12 | Harbourfront visit – all my ducks in a row … and a goose and gull too. (photos & digital art)
- Sunday, May 27 | Still learning the basics of photography – streets of Toronto (photos & digital art)
- Sunday, May 13 | Help keep links up to date in WordPress with Broken Link checker (apps | software | stuff)
- Monday, May 7 | Must have app for designers – correct values from “colours in the wild” (apps | software | stuff)
- Wednesday, March 28 | Lurking around Toronto with my camera & misc thoughts (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Monday, February 12 | Tired of winter yet? How about just a few more photos of snow? (photos & digital art)
- Friday, February 9 | Shifting foot to foot in the cold, just to photograph a bunch of ducks (photos & digital art)
- Thursday, February 1 | I’m back baby & excuses, excuses, excuses (I'm getting too old for this shit)
2017 (88)
- Thursday, December 7 | An interesting view of concrete and light – a little night photography (photos & digital art)
- Thursday, November 9 | WOO HOOO – guess what I have? Here’s a hint – it’s initials are DSLR (photos & digital art)
- Saturday, October 21 | Fall colours in the Toronto ravine – plus a bit of editing (photos & digital art)
- Thursday, October 5 | It was a brilliant idea – now if only I could remember what it was (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Friday, September 29 | I have a plan involving a map, a Presto Card & a camera (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Wednesday, September 27 | Delivers us from idlers – more signage errors (typography, typos & design)
- Sunday, September 24 | Managing my stamp collection in a computer age – not what you expect (Stamps)
- Saturday, September 23 | Taking time to frame shots – upping my photography skills (photos & digital art)
- Tuesday, September 19 | Went down to TIFF & took more photos of buildings – 150 King W (photos & digital art)
- Monday, September 11 | Went down to TIFF for people photos & ended up w/ architecture (photos & digital art)
- Friday, September 8 | For want of a good proofreader – layout tunnel vision (typography, typos & design)
- Monday, August 21 | Another Monday – made it out alive and a bit of street art (photos & digital art)
- Monday, August 21 | Do I see mammoth burgers buried under that ice? (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Sunday, August 13 | LOOK! I found a unicorn – hunting mythical creatures in Toronto (photos & digital art)
- Saturday, August 5 | An afternoon in the ravine – David Balfour Park bugs ‘n stuff (photos & digital art)
- Thursday, August 3 | Video email signatures – next fad in pissing off customers (apps | software | stuff)
- Friday, July 28 | The unmitigated terror of lawn darts – we have a patent for that! (history of tech)
- Monday, July 24 | My perpetual whine about extensions for MS Edge at an end – Web Developer Checklist (apps | software | stuff)
- Friday, July 14 | Behold, the terrifying creature Castor canadensis: A very brief look at the Canadian beaver in design. (typography, typos & design)
- Thursday, July 6 | Dear Business Insider – can you spot what’s wrong with this photo? (typography, typos & design)
- Friday, June 30 | Gaming 101 – don’t kill off your colonists in the first 15 min (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Saturday, June 24 | Photographing clouds east on Dundas at the foot of Old City Hall (photos & digital art)
- Wednesday, June 21 | Shout out to an author/designer who has unknowingly helped (typography, typos & design)
- Thursday, June 15 | Guess what I found? … oh and a random photo from my archives (photos & digital art)
- Tuesday, June 13 | A little unboxing therapy – a ghost pepper sauce? (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Tuesday, May 9 | Humger Free Font by Graphic Pear – looking at new fonts (typography, typos & design)
- Sunday, May 7 | A Canadian stamp that collectors dream of having – rare stamp emerged for auction (Stamps)
- Friday, April 28 | A nerd, a bunch of earth magnets & time to kill (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Wednesday, April 26 | Still sulking but here’s another pencil sketch anyway (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Tuesday, April 25 | Too lazy to get muddy? Just buy pre-soiled jeans (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Monday, April 24 | If I can’t use my Wacom, I’ll show you pencil drawings instead (photos & digital art)
- Friday, February 24 | Food … oh glorious, wonderful food! – trip to the local baklawa place (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Saturday, February 18 | St Clair/Yonge St fire aftermath – nothing but the wreckage (photos & digital art)
- Wednesday, February 15 | Photos of massive fire @ Yonge & St Clair in Toronto – over 100 fire fighters on scene (photos & digital art)
- Saturday, January 28 | Ontario’s new logo for the 150th bash – wow … just … wow (typography, typos & design)
- Thursday, January 26 | Big rocks, mud ‘n more mud – Construction Still Life Scenes (photos & digital art)
- Tuesday, January 24 | Well, there’s your problem Sun – more headline mixups (typography, typos & design)
- Wednesday, January 18 | They’re going to need someone to take care of that! – wasp nest (photos & digital art)
- Friday, January 13 | Another trip to penisland – without the snickering (typography, typos & design)
2016 (221)
- Saturday, December 31 | My New Year’s resolutions -> insert appropriate profanities here (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Saturday, December 31 | Online editors must think proofreading is a mysterious land (typography, typos & design)
- Friday, December 30 | Read & Write literacy extension for MS Edge – help for vision impaired & learning disabilities (apps | software | stuff)
- Wednesday, December 28 | Spammer – can’t even figure out their own audience (typography, typos & design)
- Wednesday, December 28 | A little something for my construction fans – VIDEO of an auger in action (photos & digital art)
- Thursday, December 22 | A man walks into a room holding his head – oh for a proof reader (typography, typos & design)
- Thursday, December 22 | Never know what you’ll see when you look up – a little winter tree pruning (photos & digital art)
- Monday, December 12 | Not sure how this is even possible – drunk editing at work (typography, typos & design)
- Sunday, December 11 | Update on the construction site across road – AUGERS OH MY! (photos & digital art)
- Tuesday, December 6 | This is why proofing was invented – more gibberish headlines (typography, typos & design)
- Tuesday, November 29 | More Photoshop art – buildings & a Beswick wren done with Wacom – first try (photos & digital art)
- Friday, November 18 | This made my day – invasion Toronto all set (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Thursday, November 17 | Having fun w/ my Wacom – Line art and water colour bridge in Kyoto (photos & digital art)
- Tuesday, November 15 | Starbucks red cup designs – has everyone settled down yet? (typography, typos & design)
- Monday, November 7 | I dunno, it still looks like a penis being waved at me (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Sunday, November 6 | Digital art – construction sites, diggers & big ass trucks (photos & digital art)
- Friday, November 4 | Can we calculate the pressure of the average Godzilla foot stomp? (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Friday, November 4 | A little whale humour – more fun w/ headlines (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Thursday, November 3 | Starbucks tempest in a coffee cup – the green cup design (typography, typos & design)
- Wednesday, November 2 | Digital art Motion Project #6 – waiting for the subway (photos & digital art)
- Monday, October 31 | MS Edge extension – turn off the lights & watch a movie (apps | software | stuff)
- Monday, October 31 | A little more Google maps fun – finding the Doctor (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Monday, October 31 | Inventions: Your Halloween Fright, and it’s not the jack-o’-lantern helmet that’s scary (history of tech)
- Friday, October 28 | mmm no I don’t think this is Clinton or Trump – Headline disconnect (typography, typos & design)
- Wednesday, October 26 | Life is conspiring against me … and an update on the building demo across the road (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Tuesday, October 25 | Mother Nature’s wall art – light bouncing off buildings (photos & digital art)
- Wednesday, October 12 | Sometimes you just have to watch the clouds go by (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Monday, October 10 | Google Maps protects the privacy of posters too – Stamford Bridge amusement (typography, typos & design)
- Tuesday, October 4 | The damned bastards! Where was my wakeup call? (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Saturday, October 1 | Look potatoes! I actually grew potatoes on my balcony! (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Saturday, October 1 | Digital art Motion Project #4 – pedestrian path on Yonge (photos & digital art)
- Wednesday, September 28 | Ponder the TV dinner cranberry sauce – yes, there is a patent for that. (history of tech)
- Tuesday, September 27 | A little blast from the past complete with a natty little mustache (typography, typos & design)
- Saturday, September 24 | All hail our Ant Overlords … or maybe Cat Overlords (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Thursday, September 22 | Digital art Motion Project #2- Pleasant Blvd St. Clair subway (photos & digital art)
- Tuesday, September 20 | Digital art #1 – Berczy Pk renovations Toronto, Ontario (photos & digital art)
- Friday, September 16 | Ok … now I’m impressed. Ants, ants, glorious ants (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Thursday, September 15 | @ Bay & Grosvenor St. Toronto – a little photoshop art (photos & digital art)
- Saturday, September 10 | Finally, an Edge browser extension worth a look – flick that mouse (apps | software | stuff)
- Saturday, September 10 | Extensions for Microsoft Edge at last …. whoops not so fast (apps | software | stuff)
- Thursday, September 8 | In honour of Exploding Battery Week – a little history on the development of batteries (history of tech)
- Wednesday, September 7 | Call me when they manage to create real mutant ants (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Tuesday, September 6 | A look at Guinness’ recent logo redesign – a nod to tradition & craftsmanship (typography, typos & design)
- Thursday, September 1 | A beetle, some Black Bear espresso & everything is right with the world (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Tuesday, August 30 | Pissy little rant on misconceptions about old printing styles (typography, typos & design)
- Monday, August 29 | Little Portugal, French cooking & a lazy Monday afternoon in Toronto (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Sunday, August 28 | Technological marvels – lowly & underappreciated pencil sharpener (history of tech)
- Friday, August 26 | The obligatory update on my Acer phone – next time I’ll polish my crystal ball (apps | software | stuff)
- Thursday, August 18 | Win App review – a little something to block out the gawd awful noise (apps | software | stuff)
- Wednesday, August 17 | Heartbreak on Tomato Ridge – more tales from my balcony garden (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Monday, August 15 | Filters on Flatiron building – Classic Toronto architecture (typography, typos & design)
- Saturday, August 13 | Toronto weather – wanna be funnel cloud & relief from the heat (photos & digital art)
- Sunday, August 7 | Finally! One of my balcony roses (I'm getting too old for this shit, photos & digital art)
- Sunday, August 7 | My giggles are now your giggles – the Rio Olympic logo (typography, typos & design)
- Friday, August 5 | What’s old is new again – 1902 called & wants its B-2 Stealth back (history of tech)
- Thursday, August 4 | Of aphid wars, mutant lettuce and balcony potatoes (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Friday, July 29 | Do it yourself smart phone kits – an idea ahead of it’s time. #humour (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Friday, July 29 | A brainstorming session that went off the rails yesterday (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Tuesday, July 26 | Canada’s 1969 sad little stamp commemorating first nonstop transAtlantic flight (Stamps)
- Monday, July 25 | Twitter humour win – you mean hackers don’t really look like this? (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Saturday, July 23 | Was going to show you the roses on my balcony … but how about a potato instead (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Monday, July 18 | Oh FFS! Our itty bitty women hands can’t hold a phone now (apps | software | stuff)
- Sunday, July 17 | The Aphid Wars: The Battle of Chili Pepper Pass has begun (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Sunday, July 17 | They had 1 job: who knew cucumbers were red ‘n round? (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Thursday, July 14 | Where’s our roof, dude? Bad photoshopping & questionable marketing (typography, typos & design)
- Thursday, July 14 | Dispatches from the Aphid Front – balcony garden war continues (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Monday, July 11 | Dispatches from the urban garden front – the great aphid battle of 2016 (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Friday, July 8 | Oh the horror, the horror – typography battles for your affection (typography, typos & design)
- Sunday, July 3 | A little home DIY that didn’t end in tears – removing old wood glue from furniture (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Thursday, June 30 | Unidentified plant mimicking a kickass mutant monster in the making (photos & digital art)
- Thursday, June 23 | Avast Win10 app review – still trying to find it’s purpose (apps | software | stuff)
- Wednesday, June 22 | 1929 apartment building in Toronto – abandoned & unloved (photos & digital art)
- Wednesday, June 22 | Rings of hell – of kittens, fedoras & frying pans (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Monday, June 13 | Something new – A forum to explore design, art and typography (typography, typos & design)
- Monday, June 13 | Slideshow confusion – another candidate for Web Ring of Hell (typography, typos & design)
- Thursday, June 9 | Poster design 2 – pushing myself out of the same old rut (typography, typos & design)
- Wednesday, June 8 | First ring of web hell – the never ending slide show (typography, typos & design)
- Wednesday, June 8 | App Reviews – defining the good, the bad and the downright unuseable (apps | software | stuff)
- Friday, June 3 | Finishing off a roadkill kind of week – Win10 installs & glitches (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Tuesday, May 31 | Last shot of May – Ivy covered building in downtown Toronto (photos & digital art)
- Friday, May 27 | Last chance lilacs – balcony lilacs in full bloom (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Thursday, May 26 | Win10 app review – Fedora newsreader …. but will it ever synch? (apps | software | stuff)
- Monday, May 23 | Canadian philately – 1859 5c beaver stamp & some not so tortured Canadian history (Stamps)
- Wednesday, May 18 | Win 10 Tips ‘n hints – a little fun with the calculator app VIDEO (apps | software | stuff)
- Tuesday, May 17 | Of ice and cold and undead trees – balcony garden (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Saturday, May 14 | Spring flowers on St. Clair Ave Toronto – Timothy Eaton Church (photos & digital art)
- Friday, May 6 | Balcony surprise – lilacs in the city 20 floor up (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Thursday, May 5 | App Review – LeadStory – fast, nimble and no frills news #app (apps | software | stuff)
- Tuesday, May 3 | Bitter Grounds brain farts – site design failures (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Tuesday, April 26 | App Review – Scanning documents on the go – Vanaia ScanWritr mobile page scanner (apps | software | stuff)
- Friday, April 22 | Your week is a true success when you end it by rescuing a #toad (photos & digital art)
- Wednesday, April 20 | Yonge Eglinton Centre – concrete aGoGo flare & nowhere to sit (photos & digital art)
- Thursday, April 14 | Not quite right – when headers don’t match the photo (typography, typos & design)
- Wednesday, April 13 | App Review NotePlus – utilitarian #app that deserves it’s solid rating (apps | software | stuff)
- Saturday, April 9 | Word salad day – musings on mundane headline failures (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Thursday, April 7 | More #TTC subway horrors – anxiety driven artwork at track level (photos & digital art)
- Friday, April 1 | Google’s staggeringly ill thought out April’s Fool prank (apps | software | stuff)
- Friday, March 25 | Spell check isn’t your friend – Toronto Star fail …again (typography, typos & design)
- Wednesday, March 23 | Whoever is without sin can cast the first snake – Twitter humour win (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Wednesday, March 9 | It’s official – proof spring has arrived in Canada (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Tuesday, March 8 | Retirement bingo – yea it’s cheap … but would you want to live there (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Friday, March 4 | No More Voicemail – the latest app to promote obnoxious net behaviour (apps | software | stuff)
- Wednesday, February 24 | MS Office Themes – increase your workspace contrast (apps | software | stuff)
- Wednesday, February 17 | North Borneo State – where I torture a bit of history & show a few stamps (Stamps)
- Saturday, February 13 | Toronto in the summer – trees as far as the eye can see (photos & digital art)
- Friday, February 12 | App reviews for Windows – V-Browser for Surface Tablets (apps | software | stuff)
- Tuesday, February 9 | Rocket mail – the attempt to ship postage via an explosive packed tube with mixed results (Stamps)
- Tuesday, February 9 | Arriving late to the dance – Twitter finally takes harassment seriously (apps | software | stuff)
- Monday, February 8 | Truely bad social marketing idea – advertising your criminal acts (apps | software | stuff)
- Monday, February 8 | How to be passive aggressive and still get that seat on the subway (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Thursday, February 4 | Memoirs of an analogue broadcaster – digital broadcasting & streamed radio (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Wednesday, February 3 | No, I didn’t mean that … but thanks for asking (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Sunday, January 31 | Pioneer Aviation – Alcock and Brown’s 1919 flight across the Atlantic (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Monday, January 25 | Squirrel + camera + tree = a hell of a ride (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Friday, January 22 | Cold evening in downtown Toronto – midnight blue at it’s best (photos & digital art)
- Monday, January 11 | WUAUSERV – Windows Update Service won’t stop – Solved (apps | software | stuff)
2015 (68)
- Sunday, December 6 | Pencil sketches, feathers and a nanoshit kind of week (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Thursday, December 3 | Jet fuel, passing of a friend and fond memories (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Tuesday, October 20 | Musings on last night’s election in Canada (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Monday, October 5 | Stumbling through the day w/ as much dignity as possible (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Tuesday, September 15 | Cabinet of computer curiosities – where old computer parts go (history of tech)
- Thursday, July 9 | First selfiestick encounter – fads that should die (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Tuesday, June 23 | Word It smartphone game – The 1950’s are calling & want their stereotypes back. (apps | software | stuff)
- Wednesday, June 3 | Meandering through an afternoon at the Istanbul Café (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Saturday, May 2 | Lurking on McCaul Street where even the graffiti is cool (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Tuesday, April 14 | Brutal modernity at Eglinton and Yonge Toronto (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Friday, February 27 | Tech news roundup – OneDrive pins, iOS updates and more (apps | software | stuff)
- Wednesday, February 25 | NFB’s Norman McLaren – La Poulette Grise (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Wednesday, February 18 | Just about now even a dandelion would be a welcome site. (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Wednesday, February 18 | Microsoft’s OneDrive has a recycle bin – who knew! (apps | software | stuff)
- Wednesday, January 28 | Further offerings from the National Film Board of Canada (I'm getting too old for this shit)
2014 (20)
- Wednesday, December 31 | The Interview – now available to XBox & Google play customers (I'm getting too old for this shit)
- Monday, December 8 | Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes – National Film Board (I'm getting too old for this shit)
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