I haven’t had time to parse through these new rules, but my inclination is that like most legislation it will have a net negative effect. I get the feeling that podcasting as an industry in C… | Continue reading
I started my day today with an email from a parent cursing at me because we disappointed his child by promising a birthday shoutout and not delivering. Every Monday evening on our paid subscriptions and … | Continue reading
I’ve been struggling lately with a new schedule and the reality that my early mornings spent drinking coffee and running through the trails near Cardigan are coming to a close. I knew it would be a… | Continue reading
It was great to connect again with Guy, and meet Yan Yan and Jing when they visited from Brooklyn this week. Guy and I went to Grad school together in Taiwan and haven’t really been in touch,… | Continue reading
I sometimes think there are ghosts that inhabit the space between receiving an email and entering that data in a Google Spreadsheet: there are so many errors and missing info. Not a week goes by wi… | Continue reading
我的好友非常懂得欣賞生活中一些美好的事物 (食物、藝術和文學)。更令人值得敬佩的是，他天生有種讓身邊的人感覺溫暖、備受愛護的感覺。 他展現的智慧和仁慈寬厚，對我的人生影響很大。 因為他的緣故，讓職場有家的感覺，且同事關係如家人一般。 若當初沒有遇見他，我在臺灣的生活絕不會如此充實。... | Continue reading
Catriona has been in Taiwan this past week or so, living her best life. She has always considered Taiwan her home, so this is a homecoming for her, with lots of time spent with friends, shopping an… | Continue reading
The last time I went to the post office, I thought I just met an employee that was having a bad day and had a penchant for exaggeration. It turns out that that is her normal demeanour. It also turn… | Continue reading
We bought our first lawnmower recently. Another indication that I must be putting down roots. Our house came with a ride-on lawnmower, but I am determined never to sit my ass on one of those things… | Continue reading
I don’t know if this is the norm for every home across the Island, but where we moved, you must get a community mailbox before receiving mail. So shortly after closing on our house, I went to the n… | Continue reading
It’s interesting to be confronted with something different, like values and interests. I’m thinking this as I sit in an otherwise peaceful location as motorcycle after motorcycle thunders by, breaking the peace and disturbing all … | Continue reading
We are moving. I’ve written a number of different versions of this over the past month, but due to time and procrastination, they were never finished and now reside in my day-one diary. At the end … | Continue reading
Catriona and Camren have been talking about specific goals for a couple of years, and it’s wonderful to see that they have achieved them. For Catriona, this means embarking on her first solo trip to … | Continue reading
This chart indicates my weight gain since 2016, with the big jump representing when we moved to Canada. In total it represents about 12kg. Unfortunately I don’t have as convenient a chart for activity level … | Continue reading
I should stand and look at this scene more often or scenes like it. Spending as much time inside in front of a computer screen as I do is anything but healthy. | Continue reading
March felt like a difficult month. Perhaps because I was out of my groove due to all kinds of distractions, it may have also had to do with the lousy virus I suffered through and the then lack of a… | Continue reading
In trying to create a living out of our creative efforts, there are few things that annoy me more than credit card charge disputes in Stripe. Yes, subscriptions are hard to manage, and some companies … | Continue reading
Airwave Media, the leading edutainment podcast network, announces a major expansion into the Kids & Family category with the acquisition of popular children’s podcasts What If World, Tumble Science Podcast for Kids, Sleep Tight Stories, … | Continue reading
We certainly miss the assortment of green vegetables that we used to cook and eat in Taiwan. We’ve tried to find some here, but it just isn’t as good. Greens used to be a major part of … | Continue reading
The Maritimes are recovering from the freezing cold we experienced last Friday into Saturday – lots of frozen pipes. Against common sense I decided to run to CrossFit Friday night across the Hillsborough bridge. I … | Continue reading
I had no idea who the person behind this phrase, “no one is coming … to help you,” that the Instagram algorithm kept serving me for some time. Her interesting sound drew me to find … | Continue reading
Taken this morning when it was a relatively balmy -10 or so. I’ve got multiple layers for the run home, but with the windchill threatening to bring the temps down to the -40 range, running ac… | Continue reading
I was stuck on a paragraph so I asked ChatGPT for help: Write a paragraph detailing what two characters experience while walking through the forest. As the two characters, Alice and Bob, walked through the … | Continue reading
Taken during yesterdays running commute to the office. The weather has made running an adventure. The day before (?) I was wading through ice cold water that was up past my ankles, yesterday I was … | Continue reading
One of the many reasons we left Taiwan, specifically and life abroad generally, was the desire to have a sense of permanence that we didn’t feel we had where we were living. We wanted a home. A phy… | Continue reading
It’s great to be relying on my feet again to get places. We drove to Halifax on Friday in the midst of a snowstorm which added an extra 90 minutes to an already long drive. It must be 20 year… | Continue reading
It’s a strange world we now live in. Sheryl is suffering from a nasty respiratory infection, which, while not life-threatening, makes sleep difficult, prolonging the whole getting well process. Attempts to find medicine to provide … | Continue reading
“Again our apologies on behalf of our shipping partner.” This is a quote from Detour Coffee who I have a coffee subscription with. My order was picked up on the 19th of December but has … | Continue reading
Much of the Island is closed today due to weather. The run across the bridge to the office wasn’t so bad, but the poor visibility meant running on Water street was not a risk I thought I shou… | Continue reading
I’m in the beginning stages of updating our media kit for Sleep Tight Stories and am compiling some data for the last year. We’ve had this data on the web for some time but it seems that our partne… | Continue reading
January is my least favourite month. I’m at my most pessimistic, usually a bit glum, and generally feel like sitting by a wood stove and reading until the weather warms. This dislike of January has … | Continue reading
This was taken yesterday as we experienced what I consider the first real winter day of the season. Today crossing the bridge into Charlottetown Siri stated that the windchill was a chilly -16˙C. The run … | Continue reading
It’s unseasonably warm today. Weather like this might be unusual but I prefer these warm temperatures to the freezing temperatures of years past. | Continue reading
6 years ago, I ran the Xiamen marathon. 5 years ago, we all went for a fun run in Jhubei, and in years past, we either spent an afternoon drinking coffee at our favourite coffee shop or hiking in t… | Continue reading
It’s getting difficult running to work as the temperature gets colder, what with the windchill when I cross the bridge and my general aversion to cold. The views remain as nice as ever. My goal … | Continue reading
A wonderful Christmas was had, but there were no other plans for the holiday other than trying different pour-over recipes, running and reading. I had hoped to finish a couple books. We may have a … | Continue reading
I’ve made it a point to follow voices online that come from a wide range of experiences and perspectives. To use labels I despise, many of these might be considered more conservative or on the righ… | Continue reading
I flew with Camren to Montreal last week so that he could arrive in time to participate in a 1500m race at Point-Claire. We had hoped that the swim team would go up together. Team building exercise… | Continue reading
From Peter’s blog: Humanity vs. Efficiency I don’t understand the role of this Bridging humanity and efficiency video from Health PEI — is it marketing? celebration? politics? education? — but it’s well-produced, and uncommonly clear … | Continue reading
Kathleen T. Pelley sets an incredibly high bar when it comes to children’s story writing if you wish to include these three points: … I think good stories are a lot like journeys: They involve … | Continue reading
Not for me, at least. The first photo was taken a few hours earlier, a week ago, when the weather looked far more seasonal than it is today. Tonight high winds and rain are in the forecast, which a… | Continue reading
Just when I thought all fundamental problems with designing for the web had been solved, I come across a significant misstep on the part of the Charlottetown Police. Last week Sheryl and I were working … | Continue reading
This view is the start to my work day. Its getting cold and once the snow starts it’s not always possible to find traversable sidewalks in Charlottetown, especially across the bridge, so I am enjoying … | Continue reading
When I was in grade school the teachers used to report that I complained too much, a habit that hasn’t really abated now that I am older. In fact, it’s likely increased since we moved back to… | Continue reading
We have had a tremendous run with our niche podcasting journey. I’ve been a part of a lot of projects over the years and helped create a lot of different products. What we have created here lacks t… | Continue reading
I’ve been attending a writing workshop held by Doug Malcolm at the Charlottetown Learning Centre these past weeks. I had no real goal in attending other than getting help with the fact that “I write … | Continue reading
I admit that I never entirely understood housing as an investment, preferring perhaps the idea that you buy a house because you want a home. One of the many reasons we left Canada so many years ago… | Continue reading
I’ve lamented on many occasions the reliance on surveys, especially poorly formed ones, to gather data to guide public policy or to direct business strategy. Their use is not always misplaced, but they have become … | Continue reading