jameskoole

jameskoole, 13 days ago to random

Oh goodie. Campfire season is back for the neighbours. Never you mind open fires in your backyard in Toronto is illegal. I guess we're back to not being able to leave the bedroom windows open at night.

jameskoole, 14 days ago to random

I try very hard not to do politics here or anywhere on social but sometimes things need to be said.

Fuck you Donald J. Trump.
And fuck you if you support him.

Feel free to block and unsubscribe if you disagree. Save me the trouble.

jameskoole, 24 days ago to random

Memorial Day sales are tacky at best, offensive at worst. Let’s “celebrate” war and death and PTSD with savings! Do better marketers. There are plenty of other reasons and days to run promotions. You don’t need to take Memorial Day (or Remembrance Day) and use it as an excuse to sell stuff.

jameskoole, 28 days ago to random

Ah yes...the open-plan office. It's where lots of people from one team talk very loudly over in one area and the rest of us look over with a scowl periodically.

jameskoole, 1 month ago to vancouver

Herr's a pair of videos from yesterday's flight from Vancouver Harbour over to Victoria Harbour on Harbour Air. Mac and I flew a DHC-6 Twin Otter across and I had the front row aisle seat which was right behind the cockpit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI7OuBc4NZY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQceOlY0b0U

#Vancouver #Aviation

Ciantic, 1 month ago to firefox

Trying to switch to Firefox, making solid progress. I made a theme, that is pretty close to Chrome, the address bar is white, tab is white (no borders). One thing still bugs me: Why is the Firefox tab not connected to the address bar?

I really would like it to be connected. It's such a minor thing though, that it's not a dealbreaker.

#firefox #chrome

jameskoole, 1 month ago to random

I had a window to run not in the rain and missed it. Do I wait for a bit or just suck it up and get wet?

WTL, 1 month ago to movies

Here’s an easy half-billion dollar #movie idea:

The Brunch Club: the sequel to The Breakfast Club.

I accept cash, certified cheques, and shiny rocks of a certain type.

#movies

jameskoole, 1 month ago to random

Hey Instagram,

Maybe I don't want an AI chatbot in my photo sharing app? Then again, I also didn't want short viral videos, DMs and group chat either.

jameskoole, 1 month ago to random

@moelholm Did you watch the Gary Robbins movie the other day?

jameskoole, 2 months ago to running

The fitness score metric on Strava is completely bogus and useless. Seriously, it is garbage. It means absolutely nothing and they should just get rid of it.

#strava #running

jameskoole, 2 months ago to running

This is such a refreshingly honest look at what a 35km training run for a marathon is really like. Self-doubt, pain, loneliness, fear...and then a reward at the end when you look at what you did and realize you are stronger than you ever thought you could be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgve_KOTjro

#Running #TheRunningChannel

jameskoole, 2 months ago to running

Rain, wind, etc. Not the nicest running weather. https://www.strava.com/activities/11158401611

#Running #Strava #RunTO

jameskoole, 2 months ago to random

Found a micro-USB and pulled a few shots. Not bad considering I have no experience with this stuff and had no idea what settings to use.

Taken near Niagara Falls, Ontario.

#eclipse #eclipse2024

jameskoole, 2 months ago to random

One part of me is like, "Yep, let's go to Niagara late tomorrow and stay with the in-laws to hopefully see the eclipse on Monday" and another part of me is like, "This is going to be such a complete shit show maybe we should just forget it and stay home."

WTL, 2 months ago to threads

I admit, I’m hesitant about federation with #Threads - mainly because I'm uncertain what this will do with my data.

Will Meta be sucking up all my data if I follow/interact with anyone on Threads?

jameskoole, 2 months ago to random

This is pretty well done, if I'm honest. Well played. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBbnh3WVveM

moelholm, 2 months ago to running

✅ Energy etc purchased (to be delivered) for the backyard ultra:

Stroopwafels, chews, gels, salt tablets.

Was running low on all these … so even the backyard should leave something for future races 🤌🏻

Foods are served at the event too. Additionally I’ll need to bring water, electrolyte tabs etc.

Still details TBD 🙂

#running #trailrunning #BackyardUltra

jameskoole, 2 months ago to random

Marking 27 years of marriage to my lovely wife today. The weather that day in 1997 was about as crappy as it is today. Time flies.

jameskoole, 2 months ago to random

If you need to get in the mood for the Barkley Marathons (or if you've never heard of it and want to see what its all about), this is one of the best films out there about the race. https://youtu.be/NDZdsqbcGTU?si=HcoxUFckssBB8ntu

#BM100

jameskoole, 2 months ago to mastodon

With that initial flurry of users 18 months to two years ago, hashtags were used a lot and helped surface great people to follow. It seems that has waned and now I barely see hashtags used at all. Perhaps it's something that could be solved with AI? Like suggested "topics" to add three hashtags at the bottom or even automatically add them (with an appropriate opt-in preference at the user account level).

#hashtags #mastodon