2023-03-24: Used this Taylor on my folky song “Coy McCoy’s Devious Ploy”: song.link/i/1625535…
2023-03-21: New🎵– a collab with another artist. It’s a chill-rock cover of Pink Floyd’s “Wish …
2023-03-03: I call this short piece Ebb and Flow and it’s obviously inspired by Classical music.
2023-02-14: Something new that I discovered in macOS. Hovering over the green button will show a menu with …
2023-02-07: Sometimes App Store release notes have funny synchronicities. Like Twitter feeds used to have.
2023-02-01: I wonder what would happen if I posted some of my funny short music videos, like the one below, on …
2022-12-30: 🎵 Chorus and 🎸solo play-through for my latest song, The Perfect Band. Hear the whole song at: …
2022-12-27: If you have a cat and dog — a cat thinks that’s it’s a god. And it thinks the dog is opposite — a …
2022-12-18: The snow accumulated on the back of the chair with a perfect design. Rounded corners, great height. …
2022-12-15: 🎵 🎸 🐕 A short song from your pet - “A Proud Chow Chow”
2022-12-14: Plans for Apparent Software for when Apple allows sideloading of apps.
2022-12-14: Sadly, JetBrains is sunsetting AppCode. I’ve used this IDE on and off for many years. …
2022-12-13: Misread “Return to In-Person Work” in an article title as “Return to In-Prison …
2022-12-12: 🤖 In the future, we’ll all just want to live our lives as pets of AI robots, who will take …
2022-11-22: The view this evening. I barely know the basics of hockey rules. But my daughter sings the Canadian …
2022-11-22: Unexpectedly, I came up with some nice jazz lines yesterday. 🎵🎸
2022-11-05: 🎵 I released a new rock song yesterday. You might hear some Van Halen 🎸 influences in it. 80ies-rock …
2022-11-03: 🎵A new musical idea I had late last night. Feels kind of like classical piano étude to me but on a …
2022-10-29: I usually forget to record myself when I’m actually recording 🎸 parts for a song. In the case, at …
2022-10-28: When I come up with musical ideas, I would often make quick recordings of them, before I forget the …
2022-10-28: There are good mentors and there are meantors. < /joke>
2022-10-25: The Perfect Band My new single, “The Perfect Band”, is getting ready to be released on Spotify and other …
2022-10-20: You know ASICS shoes 👟 ? There are also FPGA shoes but they run slower.
2022-09-29: 🎵What a nice surprise! The pre-released songs were fantastic. But it’s too late to listen to the …
2022-09-07: I’m not watching the Apple event live today (I have an online course I have to attend) and it’ll be …
2022-09-03: Do you know any owners of dogs with separation anxiety? There’s a method to train the dogs and …
2022-09-01: One of these lucky days Wordle 440 2/6 ⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
2022-08-09: The new “Sticker shock” sticker pack for Socialite is a great way to express your social …
2022-07-31: Whoa, this was extremely lucky! Wordle 407 2/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
2022-07-27: This was rather lucky (yes I still like Wordle and it’s derivatives): Wordle 404 2/6 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
2022-07-18: I saw a beautiful and impressive cloud formation yesterday.
2022-06-04: Between the “Artists” apps (musician’s apps), Apple’s one is much worse than either Bandcamp, …
2022-06-03: The video for my new song (acoustic singer-songwriter/folk) will premiere on YouTube soon at …
2022-05-06: I’m trying out Fastmail, to replace legacy Google Apps that I use for some of my domains. If …
2022-05-01: Tonight I was recording vocals for a song that I started about a year and a half ago. I couldn’t …
2022-03-21: This kind of notification about Apple on LinkedIn cracks me up every time. Apple was mentioned in …
2022-02-11: 🎬 Over the last month or so, I was occasionally watching The Hobbit trilogy over the lunch break. …
2022-02-03: 🎵 You can now add yourself to the “Musicians on Micro.blog” list with an embedded form …
2022-01-30: monogamy -> polygamy polyglot -> monoglot polygon -> monogon monopoly -> polypoly
2022-01-10: I can vouch personally that TextExpander has a great team: micro.codecookread.com/2022/01/1…
2022-01-10: I’m still surprised and confused by how the black dot inside the red close button in the Mac …
2022-01-05: Basically, Ring Doorbell 3 is unusable (or only intermittently) in Winnipeg, MB for several months. …
2022-01-04: Frankly, I expected better math from a company that sells products to manage your finances. I can …
2021-12-16: Pink Floyd releases 12 live albums from the early 70ies on unsuspecting public. This is not a drill. …
2021-12-15: If your Apple Bluetooth keyboard or trackpad are laggy, this article may help. Helped me, at least …
2021-12-13: Bought a CD/DVD player, in part so that I could listen to the remixed version of Unfolded Like …
2021-12-09: I wonder if Apple is ever going to make a big change to macOS and call it “macOS Next …
2021-11-26: The new album by Nick Johnston, Young Language …
2021-11-22: I wrote a part for a new track. It’s quite unusual, I think. It’s planned to be an interlude or a …
2021-11-22: On Friday night, over a pint of cider, I was discussing the shortage of chips in the last year, …
2021-11-18: It looks that an album of a rather amateur quality by a “Dave Gilmour” is wrongly …
2021-11-15: Ooh. My Musicians on Micro.blog site appeared on @TIL. What a nice surprise. All musicians are …
2021-10-31: Sparky is a mummy this Halloween. Frames and stickers added in Socialite
2021-10-28: Mesa Boogies but Meta doesn’t
2021-10-25: Hello, Relocated Items, my old friend. #macOS
2021-10-25: I was hoping macOS Big Sur 11.6.1 update would bring proper Safari tabs back, like Apple did in …
2021-10-16: Are you sure, Apple Translate? Magzine?
2021-10-13: I should soon receive a remix of one of my favourite albums, “Unfolded like Staircase” …
2021-10-13: William Shatner going to space feels like a Galaxy Quest moment. www.youtube.com/watch
2021-10-04: I heard Facebook was having connectivity problems today. Here’s a parody cover song I recorded a …
2021-10-02: It’s bright and sunny outside. But the coffee, the coffee is dark.
2021-09-29: 🐕 Sparky: do I see an 🍎 there?
2021-09-26: 🎵Recorded a cover of the 🎸 solo for Ghosts, by the Canadian band Big Wreck. Had to learn all the …
2021-09-26: The new “text from image” in iOS 15 is so handy. Here, translating a comment on YouTube.
2021-09-25: Watched the first episode of Foundation with kids. We all loved it. I’ve never read the books, for …
2021-09-25: — Here’s an article on how to do X. Please share and subscribe to my RSS feed! — What’s RSS? — OK, …
2021-09-22: GUI framework priorities for Mac developer these days (according to Apple and the market): SwiftUI …
2021-09-14: Watching the Fitness+ segment during Apple Event, while sitting on the couch and drinking beer with …
2021-09-09: It just came out and I’m sure it’s a great video: What Makes This Song Great? Bohemian …
2021-08-19: Sparky, sunbathing after grooming. Stickers and frames added in Socialite - socialiteapp.com
2021-07-27: The most useless notification on LinkedIn. Apple was mentioned in the news? OMG, what a surprise.
2021-07-23: 🎵 I’ve recorded a rock cover of a famous soviet-era cartoon theme, Nu Pogodi, followed by some …
2021-06-29: You know what totally disappeared from my social media and news feed? Crazy stories about NFTs being …
2021-06-17: Hammock-Driven Coding. The weather is fantastic. The mosquitos are not here. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
2021-06-11: Wish me luck. Modding a guitar pedal. I haven’t done such soldering in a long time.
2021-06-07: With iCloud+, your iCloud data, like notes and files, go with you to the clouds, when you pass on, …
2021-06-07: It’s WWDC day. As always, could be exciting or frustrating. I just hope it doesn’t add a lot of …
2021-05-30: My daughter (13) wanted to watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Somehow she heard about it and …
2021-05-29: With the Pride Month coming in June, we’ve just released a new Messages app with 33 animated …
2021-05-28: I now have my first music YouTube video to reach 10K views. Granted it took it 5.5 years to get …
2021-05-22: People still live rock! #Eurovision
2021-05-21: I’ve come a long way music-wise since this video but the lyrics on Swift language in this Karma …
2021-05-07: My new track “Winterland”, a guitar instrumental, will be out on streaming platforms on …
2021-05-06: Hey Rahul, Yeah, it’s been a while… Remind me again…
2021-05-02: Yesterday we had warm weather and my friend pulled me out to record drone and headstock camera video …
2021-04-17: It’s such a strange feeling. It’s warm enough to be in a t-shirt on the sun (13°C according to the …
2021-03-11: ❓ A real question for which I don’t know the answer. Why is it ok (nothing bad happens) for my …
2021-03-06: Here's a short story on how one teacher can change the future of several kids In the 8th grade, our school had experimental music lessons. We listened to songs and then analyzed …
2021-03-05: Here is Sparky before and after grooming today. Stickers and frames were added in Socialite. There’s …
2021-03-05: 🎵 A monthly reminder that you can support your favourite musical artists more by buying their music …
2021-03-05: 🐶 Sparky went to the groomer today after being last groomed before the winter. This a photo I took …
2021-03-04: I’m not sure what song Biden and the team are studying but I’m 90% sure the next chord is C. Unless …
2021-02-05: 🎵 My latest song, Oh Dear World, will be aired tonight and tomorrow on Will Keenan’s show on …
2021-01-14: Would Yesterday become a famous song, if Paul McCartney released it in his new album and not 50 …
2021-01-04: 🎵My new 🎸 cover (Dream Theater’s Erotomania), with a short introduction of what it means to …
2021-01-03: 🚨New music video coming up. After 20 years, I can finally play the guitar parts in Dream …
2020-12-18: This British YouTuber released a new song, recorded in his home, in which he played all the …
2020-12-17: 🎵 The “Radio Edit” of my latest track, “Oh Dear World”, is now available …
2020-12-13: Sparky looked so cool with the Q-tip.
2020-12-07: Hell yeah!
2020-12-04: I’ve released a “radio edit” of my latest song, “Oh Dear World”. More …
2020-11-30: Why did we call our dog Sparky and not… Barky?
2020-11-29: A music track I won’t release, so take a listen I wrote and recorded this riff-based part a couple of months ago and thought of making it an …
2020-11-27: Is it some kind of an amazing SEO hack by Amazon? A lookup on a price (at least in Euros) presents …
2020-11-17: We finished watching “The Queen Gambit”. Enjoyed it a lot. As a former chess player, in my …
2020-11-16: Is there a way to disable the prompt to update to macOS Big Sur in Catalina System Preferences? I …
2020-11-14: I don’t know what the original source is but this is spot on.
2020-10-29: This morning’s coffee is in this fun Starr Phish mug.
2020-10-28: My daughter: Our wind band class will not be in the new schedule because of COVID restrictions. Me: …
2020-10-28: Got some test stickers with our Starr Phish character. This one is a rocker, so my favorite. These …
2020-10-26: Is there a directory of podcasts hosted on micro.blog? @help
2020-10-26: 🎵 Yay! My Axel F / Beverly Hills Cop theme guitar cover video has now reached 1000 views on YouTube. …
2020-10-20: Less than 15 minutes until the premiere of the video for my song “Oh Dear World”. …
2020-10-19: 🎵 The video for my latest song, Oh Dear World, is scheduled to premiere tomorrow morning at …
2020-10-17: Today, in the App Store: “Our Top 10 Strategy Games”. All 10 are “pay to win” kind of games with …
2020-10-17: TIL there’s Ontario, CA. No, it’s not the Ontario province in Canada. It’s a place in California. …
2020-10-13: Watching the Apple iPhone event. #adayinthelife
2020-10-10: Never too late to learn another classic solo and try achieving a new (for me) sound. GnR - November …
2020-10-04: There appears to be a change in macOS Big Sur betas related to the quarantine flags on files, and it …
2020-10-02: 🎵 Today is Bandcamp day. If you’re know what Bandcamp is, check out my music at …
2020-10-01: My new single, Oh Dear World, is out. Go on an emotional and introspective journey with this …
2020-09-23: New lyrics - "Spares" Working on lyrics for a new song. I don’t have music yet. Usually, for me, it’s the …
2020-09-09: Writing and recording the guitar and bass parts on this section was tricky. But not as tricky as …
2020-09-08: A spider with his catch. I took this photo from the house window. Creepy.
2020-09-01: TZ repost: I’ve published a performance video of my song “Seven Years and Seven Months”, which …
2020-08-31: I’ve published a performance video of my song “Seven Years and Seven Months”, which is …
2020-08-21: I took a look at the top songs chart on Spotify. It was depressing. And no, not because it was full …
2020-08-19: Hello, powerful.
2020-08-06: 🎸 How come Fender never released a guitar called Bender?
2020-08-05: Please consider supporting the “Dev Community Supports Black Girls Code” initiative started by …
2020-08-01: Today we went on a hike and it included real sand dunes, which I didn’t even know existed in our …
2020-08-01: OH: Kid 1: what’s Prime Video? Kid 2: it’s Amazon’s Netflix.
2020-07-28: My friend, with whom I wrote Dark Sun, went to the studio today to record drums for my new song, …
2020-07-26: A friend brought my attention to the solo of Dream Theater’s song “Breaking all illusions”. This is …
2020-07-17: 🎵Listening to the new album by Kansas, which was released last night. Very progressive yet melodic, …
2020-07-14: Sometimes the prairie skies are just magnificent. These evening colours are the best.
2020-07-14: Fixing incorrect Creation and Modification dates of PDFs downloaded in Big Sur beta I’ve found a bug (filed as FB7987637) in Safari in Bug Sur betas (1 and 2), which manifests …
2020-06-30: Here we go. Apple Silicon inside.
2020-06-30: Still stoked that my new song is now on Spotify and other music services. It’s positive and with …
2020-06-29: 🎵My latest song is now also available in Spotify and Apple Music. Listen, like and follow please, if …
2020-06-26: See me play the 🎸solo of Seven Years and Seven Months. The song will be out on music platforms on …
2020-06-23: UPS 9am: package will arrive tomorrow Canada Post 9am: Package will arrive today UPS 11am: Ding. …
2020-06-22: After installing, the beta of macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) decided to show me notifications. It showed …
2020-06-22: Apple Service Status page is… unavailable. Where’s the status page for the status page
2020-06-15: My new song’s video is premiering on YouTube now. Join in. www.youtube.com/watch
2020-06-05: The song will also be available on other platforms (like Spotify/Apple Music) on June 30th and I …
2020-06-05: 🎵 NEW MUSIC 🚨 My song “Seven Years and Seven Months” is out on Bandcamp now. The song is …
2020-06-05: 🐕 Sparky got groomed yesterday. I could barely recognize him as I was picking him up. Luckily, he …
2020-06-04: A new original song is coming soon. It’s quite different from my regular writing, and it’s dedicated …
2020-06-01: It’s 🏳️🌈 month. If you use an iPhone and want to add some pride-related spice to your photos, our …
2020-05-30: Pleasant weather in the backyard today.
2020-05-25: The new normal
2020-05-03: My parody cover of John Lennon’s Imagine, called “Imagine, there’s no Facebook” has just reached …
2020-04-17: Pink Floyd are now streaming their fantastic 1994 Pulse concert on YouTube. Don’t miss, if …
2020-04-01: My daughter made this minion out of a toilet paper roll by looking at her minion stuffy. It’s …
2020-03-31: I’m making real progress with studying Dream Theater’s Erotomania on 🎸. It’s crazy hard in some …
2020-03-20: Bandcamp helps supporting musicians today If you’re buying music, especially from less mainstream artists, Bandcamp (a site that allows …
2020-03-18: It’s cool to see all the updates from Apple to the smaller devices. Now, what about the iMac and …
2020-03-17: During setup of the 🎸 I brought the bridge lower, the neck relief and action lower as advised too …
2020-03-17: Oh, this was quick and easy, now that I had the right tool. Not, setting it up.
2020-03-17: Starting my attempt to replace the truss rod nut on my guitar. Wish me luck.
2020-03-13: 🎵 I have the first music release as a solo artist. It’s a guitar-based cover of Axel F, the …
2020-03-10: Here’s a short clip from the concert on Saturday, covering Beatle’s Birthday. @johnphilpin
2020-03-10: Ozzy Osborn’s today’s release sounds like a retrospective Swan Song. Also, an …
2020-03-07: Concert evening! It’s great to perform again.
2020-03-05: Soundcheck spot before the concert on Saturday. 🎸
2020-03-03: How to solve this stupid iCloud Drive syncing problem. It’s stuck in this state for days now. …
2020-02-25: Got a mail that my Amazon package was delivered. But the dog didn’t bark, so that was strange. …
2020-02-24: I introduced my son to some “Weird” Al Yankovic songs lately. He’s been going over Al’s …
2020-02-02: A fire breather in slo-motion.
2020-01-24: I’ve got a new member of the 🎸 extended family.
2020-01-23: With a 27” vertical monitor, the meaning of “above the fold” can stretch a long way.
2020-01-22: The bunny’s in the backyard again.
2020-01-21: With NSNorth also not planning another conference, I’m thinking what other events could be …
2020-01-21: Release Notes conferences were top-class events for indie developers, and I’m sad that @joec …
2020-01-11: Any mobile game whose in-app-purchase list contains various stashes/packs/handfuls etc of gems or …
2020-01-10: Published my latest cover of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall Pt2” solo on …
2020-01-08: I’ve uploaded the Winds of Change solo to my YouTube channel as well. Because, why not? …
2020-01-07: Wind of Change by Scorpions. I used to slow-dance to this one in my late teens. About 25 years later …
2020-01-01: I also don’t think that I need two of them. I’ll buy one Sonos One. Some reviews worry me but I …
2020-01-01: I bought a pair of Sonos speakers from Costco thinking they were Sonos 1 but they are Sonos Play:1 …
2019-12-31: I should’ve checked. It was the second video, actually. Three and a half years ago. This is the old …
2019-12-31: My first music video on YouTube and Facebook, several years ago, was playing the solo to Pink …
2019-12-31: In 2019, I released a song (co-written), which is a major achievement for me, and I’ve started …
2019-12-27: A gator basking in the sun. Almost cute.
2019-12-24: Today’s vacation destination. One of a kind place.
2019-12-20: This iPhone Trivia article on Cult of Mac is interesting but something’s wrong in this math here. I …
2019-12-17: My dog, Sparky, was barking at an unknown, to him, person, who came to the door. A minute later the …
2019-12-03: I have a philosophical question: is it better to forget what you wanted to talk about with someone …
2019-11-22: Tesla’s stock took a sharp turn this morning. Just like the “curves” on their new …
2019-11-21: My Downloads folder on the MacBook Pro has a file from 2010 and more files from 2011 and later. …
2019-11-21: Came back from my son’s high-school concert of the jazz bands. It’s great to see how …
2019-11-04: My son has passed driving knowledge test today and now I’ll need to teach him to drive 😱 I’ll …
2019-10-31: I’m on Treating duty this Halloween. Frames and stickers were added with Socialite.
2019-10-29: Why does a process named tccd take an almost 1GB of memory on macOS Catalina. Isn’t it the one …
2019-10-28: Today, by mistake, I prepared coffee ☕️with half of spoon of salt instead of sugar. Let me tell …
2019-10-26: I first read this as “and surviving many key changes”. That would be appropriate for Dream Theater’s …
2019-10-26: Dream Theater’s landmark album, Scenes from a Memory, came out 20 years ago today. Here’s my recent …
2019-10-25: It’s fiery sunset in Winnipeg tonight. 📷
2019-10-16: Following the heavy snowstorm last week in Winnipeg, two of our trees in the backyard broke. But …
2019-10-15: I created a playlist with my selection of recent Progressive Rock and Metal releases on Apple Music. …
2019-10-06: Mexico didn’t disappoint. I added the stickers in Socialite
2019-10-05: Jean @macgenie loves rock&roll at the Karaoke at Release Notes conference.
2019-10-02: First leg of my flight to the Release Notes conference.
2019-09-30: I’ve spent some time in the Rocky Mountains near Denver last week, including at the Red Rocks …
2019-09-19: Walking with the dog. Last days of summer.
2019-09-14: And a dream came true. Seeing King Crimson live. One of the bands that opened new musical …
2019-09-14: No photos during the show, the sign says. King Crimson is very strict about this. Even the washrooms …
2019-09-14: View on the way to the venue
2019-09-14: Followed some people in King Crimson T-shirts all the way from the Go train station in the opposite …
2019-09-14: Arriving in Toronto for King Crimson concert tonight. My first time ever traveling so far for a …
2019-09-11: 🎵 New music! It’s an original track with my soul mate from across the ocean in rock/metal …
2019-09-06: New 🎸 Video Alert: The Spirit Carries On by Dream Theater solo cover. I improvised over the chorus …
2019-09-05: Tonight I recorded a video covering the solo of Dream Theater’s “The Spirit Carries On” with some …
2019-08-31: Well, that’s s first for me: submitted a song single. Written by me and my friend Michael Starr, it …
2019-08-30: I’ve got enough new music added today to my music library to keep me busy for quite a while. …
2019-08-29: Releasing a song is not unlike releasing an app today. You upload the binary (music), add metadata, …
2019-08-28: I remember how hard it was to find a name for my software company. Now doing the same for a band / …
2019-08-20: Finally working on the video for the song “Dark Sun” which my friend and I finished a year ago and I …
2019-08-19: Today’s first time achievements: ☑️ changed strings on a bass guitar ☑️ cut my thumb changing …
2019-08-16: Tonight I watched the first Matrix movie with my son. He loved it. I loved it again. It’s been so …
2019-08-15: My first time coming to a football game. It’s loud in here. 🏈 Made with Socialite
2019-07-30: 10 years ago I left my well-paid job in a chip-design company to try making it as a full-time indie …
2019-07-26: Going to travel on a train 🚊 for 2.5 days. Haven’t done any overnight trains since I was 11.
2019-07-25: Used Socialite to reimagine this glittering girl apparel brand as an alternative cover for a …
2019-07-23: Found this Mac in Microsoft visitor center. Cool.
2019-07-23: Visited Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture today. For the guitarist in me it was a really fun place to …
2019-07-15: These trees seem to grow from a hanging root of another tree that grows on top that “Hole in the …
2019-07-14: We’re on a family vacation, currently on Vancouver Island. One of the things we visited today was an …
2019-07-12: Still working on that solo from Dream Theater’s “The Spirit carries on”. Here’s a new video. Each …
2019-07-11: Somebody got a hold of an old iBook and asked if they can download a version of our app Cashculator …
2019-07-09: An update to Logic Pro X is out and the release notes suggest that some of the annoying stuff …
2019-07-08: I restrung my Suhr 🎸 with 9.5 gauge strings instead of the 10s it came with. I want a softer guitar …
2019-07-08: With the cover band I’m in, I took on myself to record some songs that we cover. It’s a lot of work …
2019-07-05: The latest version of Logic Pro X has been quite buggy for me lately. Yes I’ve been doing with it …
2019-07-05: I’m studying the solo for Dream Theater’s “The Spirit Carries on”. A beautiful combination of …
2019-07-02: A ladder + sleeping bad = a cheap vocal booth. It’s not very comfortable (or pretty) but it does …
2019-07-01: Happy Canada Day! If you’re in 🇨🇦 and use an iPhone, my company’s app, Socialite, has a nice pack of …
2019-06-27: My Mac app, Trickster got featured in the US Mac App Store today. What an unexpected surprise! …
2019-06-24: It’s 23°C outside and the storm somehow produced hail for a minute. Count me surprised.
2019-06-23: 🎵 Earlier this week I started working on a new song - this hasn’t happened for a while. I like …
2019-06-19: It looks like Siri is friends with James Brown. 👌🎵
2019-06-18: I’ve created a site for a list of self-identified musicians on micro.blog, who replied to my …
2019-06-17: I noticed at least three different speeds that these goslings can walk at. At each movement or …
2019-06-13: I got an Apple News notification that Toronto Raptors won the NBA championship. Congrats! I’m …
2019-06-13: This is on YouTube since 2010 but I’ve just found this out with a help from my bandmate: …
2019-06-10: It’s never too late to learn how to play the solo to Stairway to Heaven. Not even at 11pm. 🎸🎵
2019-06-10: I’ve just published my first post for @JustGoodMusic, about the band The Main Squeeze and …
2019-06-04: This cup goes to 11!
2019-06-03: My test projects folder has subfolders going back to the summer of 2009, when I was working on …
2019-06-03: So all the AppKit developers who were concerned that Marzipan would herald the beginning of the end …
2019-06-03: With the new Mac Pro and Logic Pro soon to be released, I’m starting a new rock band called The Mac …
2019-06-03: Sparky is not impressed with the announcements from #WWDC so far. No Memojis for dogs.
2019-06-03: WWDC day. It’s like Christmas for Apple Developers. But you may end up hating some of the …
2019-05-30: My coworking space just held a small “graduation” party for their first member, Tutorbright, …
2019-05-30: Working from the coworking space today.
2019-05-29: Time Zone repost: Poll: if you’re a musician 🎵 (play an instrument 🎸🎷🥁🎹, sing 🎤, write 🎼, produce or …
2019-05-28: Out little cherry and apple trees are in full bloom now. Bees are abound.
2019-05-28: Poll: if you’re a musician 🎵 (play an instrument 🎸🎷🥁🎹, sing 🎤, write 🎼, produce or anything …
2019-05-28: Arrived at my gym just to find the location closed. Went to another, farther, location of this …
2019-05-28: So this happened yesterday. I got to see Geddy Lee (of the band Rush) and get his new book about …
2019-05-22: 🎵 This latest Dirty Loops music video starts on a pop side but then they blow the mind, especially …
2019-05-19: Pelicans down a small waterfall, waiting for fish.
2019-05-14: I love learning about human languages, especially etymology – where words come from. So I found this …
2019-05-12: Today’s band rehearsal lasted for about 5 hours. One of the longer ones.
2019-05-10: David Gilmour has just released the whole Live at Pompeii concert from 2016 on YouTube: …
2019-05-09: Not my best singing (and it’s impossible to top Greg Lake) but I still like this cover I did for …
2019-05-09: The cover of the CD that accompanies that latest Prog magazine issue fits precisely with photo on …
2019-05-07: I tried a Music Man Luke III guitar in the store and I must say it has the most comfortable neck for …
2019-05-06: One of the latest finds of great music for me on YouTube are The Main Squeeze. Here’s their …
2019-05-06: Every guitarist should know how to play the solo from Bohemian Rhapsody, right? So here’s my report. …
2019-05-05: Yesterday we watched Back to the Future with the kids. I can’t remember when I last saw this …
2019-05-03: Here’s something I learned by posting a cover of the guitar solo for Pink Floyd’s Money …
2019-04-30: Home is where guitars are. After fantastic several days in Montréal for NSNorth conference and …
2019-04-29: The obligatory selfie from the Chalet lookout on Mont Royal. NSNorth was taking place somewhere down …
2019-04-29: Made it to the summit of Mont Royal and the cross below it. Does it make me an alpine hiker now?
2019-04-29: First lookout stop. Image edited with Socialite for iPhone.
2019-04-29: On my way up to the Mont Royal lookout in… Montreal.
2019-04-26: The lighting at the venue at NSNorth conference is top-notch.
2019-04-26: On my way to Montreal for NSNorth conference. If you’re also gonna be there, say hi.
2019-03-27: I can no longer figure out how to split screen on the iPad to make two apps run side by side. Where …
2019-03-27: Working from my coworking space today. Image prepared with our app Socialite
2019-03-24: Do you like Electronic Music? Or guitars 🎸? Whichever you like, check out my guitar cover of “Axel …
2019-03-24: My guitar cover of “Axel F” Do you like Electronic Music 🎵? Or guitars 🎸? Whichever you like, check out my guitar cover of “Axel …
2019-03-20: I must say the online store from which I’ve just bought something doesn’t instil 100% confidence …
2019-02-22: People seem to favor the golden snowflake photo from this morning the most. I actually like the one …
2019-02-22: Huge Snowflakes this morning From clear skies, these huge snowflakes fell in Winnipeg this morning. Magical.
2019-02-12: From “I get emails” series: apparently apps are now fashion. Or health. Or perhaps …
2019-02-06: 🎵 If you like The Beatles and guitar-based instrumental music, Andy Timmons Band Plays Sgt. Pepper …
2019-02-04: A bit of Popcorn on guitar Playing around with muted notes and delay for the popcorn tune. It loops great on Instagram. View …
2019-02-03: Today we had the first band rehearsal since the concert in October. Good to be back.
2019-01-20: These eyes
2019-01-17: Christmas frames My application for adding frames and borders to a picture, ImageFramer, has a collection of …
2019-01-16: Beatles Blackbird cover The last couple of weeks I’ve been working on a special cover of Beatles’ song …
2019-01-15: Little Wing Intro on guitar Just me playing Little Wing Intro on the Stratocaster
2019-01-15: Thanks to Jeff Johnson who quickly replied on Twitter with the link to download it. But the link …
2019-01-15: My 2010 Mac Book Pro is running macOS 10.12 (Sierra) beta. I want to upgrade to latest 10.13. Mac …
2019-01-15: Perhaps it’s a stupid and basic question in biology, but when you put a bean (as a seed) in the …
2019-01-12: Playing chess. It’s been a while, frankly.
2019-01-09: Last evening: teaching kids the intro to Metallica’s Nothing Else Matters. Oh, the memories of …
2019-01-05: This is an interesting social project: A non-tracking search engine which uses income to plant trees …
2019-01-01: Took care of my Fender Stratocaster last evening and this morning. Shielded the insides, polished …
2018-12-30: Yesterday I learned that there’s an atmospheric effect of ice crystals that create so called Light …
2018-12-28: For the first time in my life I did a bit of downhill skiing. Starting at age 40 is not the best but …
2018-12-23: The whole city of Winnipeg is shovelling snow from their driveways today.
2018-12-23: My cover of the guitar solo on Money I’m quite proud of how my playing of David Gilmour’s solos on Money sounds. Somehow I …
2018-12-12: It’s beautiful outside. Hoar frosts create a magical atmosphere.
2018-11-13: 🎵 “Lingus” by Snarky Puppy is just phenomenal. Especially Cory Henry’s solo and the …
2018-11-12: One of the best songs of the 80ies and one of these guitar solos I didn’t think I would be one …
2018-11-05: Name the song
2018-11-02: My #labradoodle eating #ice and fresh #snow
2018-10-31: This Halloween we split: daughter (10yo) and I went around the neighbourhood. My wife and son (14) …
2018-10-21: Last night was my first time on a concert stage in 20 years, with our new band, BlizzArt. It was a …
2018-10-19: It’s going to be an exciting day tomorrow. Concert day. I haven’t performed on stage with a band for …
2018-10-16: Fantastic performance today by the Queen Extravaganza. Fantastic singers and musicians. Lots of fun …
2018-10-14: Rehearsing today
2018-10-10: Replaced strings and straightened the neck on my Suhr today, lowering the action on G and D too, and …
2018-10-09: Bought a stand for my amp. Should sound better instead of the sound going into the feet. Maybe I’ll …
2018-10-06: We watched “School of Rock” with the kids today. What a fun movie. I also think that kids got a …
2018-09-25: So I did get the new iPhone today, eventually.
2018-09-21: I should receive the iPhone XS today which will be my first Portrait mode capable phone. Expect …
2018-09-20: My currently favorite music to play and improvise on: Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers by Jeff Beck …
2018-09-10: Since I've been loving you intro cover One of my favourite blues songs, certainly among the minor blues. The intro is epic and a good use …
2018-09-07: First day in Montreal began with a private tour. We started by driving through one of the most …
2018-09-06: The fun part of Parc Omega visit was feeding deer or caribou with carrots. Bring a lot. But there …
2018-09-05: The first hotel we stayed in was Fairmont Le Chateau Montebello. It has style, history and …
2018-09-05: Happy to get reviews for Trickster like that.
2018-09-05: On the bright side: kids are back to school!
2018-09-05: UPS, last pm: your package will be delivered tomorrow. This am: we incorrectly sorted your package. …
2018-09-04: Here we go. Pretty exciting. The cover band I’m in is going to have our first concert on October …
2018-09-03: The hardest part of getting back after a long vacation The hardest part of getting back after a long vacation is sifting for days through all the photos, …
2018-08-31: This week, I finished my cover of Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s “From the beginning”, …
2018-08-31: Last week I recorded a parody cover song, based on John Lennon’s “Imagine”, with …
2018-08-30: My new music video is up! This time I cover ELP’s classic, “From the beginning”, with an …
2018-08-28: Exporting music from my band before 2001. Lucky I kept some of the software and it still can run. …
2018-08-27: Randy Bachman (of Guess Who and BTO fame) in an interview: “If you know how many guitars you have in …
2018-08-26: Back home from an amazing performance by @marbinmusic. So much talent on stage. Lots of fun, too. …
2018-08-26: Back home from an amazing performance by @marbinmusic at @thehandsomedaughter. So much talent on …
2018-08-26: They say: “The best camera is the one you have with you”. So are guitars: the best is the one you …
2018-08-26: They say “the best camera is the one you have with you”. So are guitars: the best is the one you can …
2018-08-24: Imagine There is no Facebook (parody cover) Yesterday I recorded a parody cover song, based on John Lennon’s “Imagine”, with …
2018-08-22: I finished reading Seth Godin’s “The Dip” 📚 yesterday. Not that it’s a new …
2018-08-19: This Sunday went from “no plans” to being out and socializing with family and friends so …
2018-08-10: As I’m on my way back from a 12 day vacation, it seems that many people of my community are getting …
2018-08-08: Last night we watched the light show on the parliament building. Really well done, specifically made …
2018-08-07: So this sushi place in Ottawa has something called “Deep fried ice cream”. We’re ordering one.
2018-08-07: Always green tea with sushi
2018-08-04: Near the bridge in the picturesque Île d’Orléans there is a blackcurrant farm and they have a …
2018-07-25: Listening to an audiobook checked out from the city library. Pretty neat. 📖
2018-07-12: Got this 📚 from the library. Thanks, @pgor, for showing that such books exist
2018-07-09: Recording drums in a studio Last night I went to a studio to record a drummer for my and my friend’s upcoming song. It was …
2018-07-07: My son pulled his desktop mic today and it stopped working. I opened it, one wire got pulled from …
2018-07-07: A short atmospheric guitar piece a wrote It was also a great piece to try out on the new Blackstar Artist 15 amp I’ve got this week and …
2018-07-01: Today we played Ticket to Ride for the first time. We played a Great Lakes map. Kids took first and …
2018-07-01: Happy Canada Day! Framed with free Canada Day frames for ImageFramer.
2018-06-29: I was watching the video of the free & open-source iPad synth and saw this guitar. The black and …
2018-06-23: Bought and installed NAS: Synology DS218+. Now thinking of the best ways to use it for business and …
2018-06-19: Today I had the pleasure to work with a professional drummer, rehearsing the drum part for one of my …
2018-06-13: Attending my third #TEDxWinnipeg. A full day of interesting presentations awaits.
2018-06-08: I never knew that Paul McCartney’s first name is not Paul. Paul is his middle name. Just saw his and …
2018-06-07: Finished reading “The Broken Earth” trilogy. What a masterpiece of modern fantasy! Now returning to …
2018-06-04: When you’re recording a take that finally sounds pretty good When you’re recording a take that finally sounds pretty good and get surprised.
2018-06-01: My coworking space was out of beer today. But I forgive everything because of the awesome sign.
2018-05-31: If you’re into Progressive Rock, there’s a free web radio playing it 24/7, no ads: …
2018-05-30: Tried myself at a quick recording of a cover song today. Acoustic guitar, voice and solo on …
2018-05-30: While Cashculator was under review for less than an hour, Trickster was “In Review” for 5 …
2018-05-25: An update to Cashculator went through Mac App Store review from “Waiting for Review” to …
2018-05-17: Grade 8th in the co-working space The coworking space is filled with 8-graders doing coding and robotics today. Very cool initiative. …
2018-05-13: I built a chickenwire fence around our small garden today to keep bunnies and, mostly, Sparky away. …
2018-05-10: Big Big News from Big Big Train: A 2-CD live album of their London shows last summer. 🎵 …
2018-05-10: Working from a co-working space today. I like it here.
2018-05-08: From time to time I answer on Quora.com, usually about 🎵, Progressive Rock in particular. Today was …
2018-05-08: One thing I appreciate about the long winters in Winnipeg is that I don’t need to take care of …
2018-04-29: Cover of Horizons by Genesis Here’s me playing one of my favourite compositions for the guitar, “Horizons” by …
2018-04-25: My dog chewed my TWSBI Eco pen! Luckily he spared the other two, although did grab them off the …
2018-04-19: My opinion on difficulty of playing of some musical instruments: 🎸 - two hand synchronization. …
2018-04-15: As I’m walking around in Las Vegas I’m surprised at how many random people wear an Apple Watch. It’s …
2018-04-10: Asked Siri in the car to “play something by The Beatles” and it actually played the song …
2018-04-06: Glad to see Twitter helping Micro.blog grow. Sad to see Twitter’s direction with regards to 3rd …
2018-03-22: Participating in #JustPlay I decided to make the effort to participate in the #JustPlay challenge – a 30-day challenge started …
2018-03-13: Can I just be fit instead?
2018-03-10: Sometimes Apple Music can be useful.
2018-03-05: Nothing’s like 20cm of fresh snow on the driveway to jump start my day with exercise.
2018-03-03: This was an unexpected find: Deep Purple covering their most known song (Smoke on the Water) as a …
2018-02-28: Greg Howe Jammin’ on Sunny. So ridiculously good, it hurts. 🎵 www.youtube.com/watch
2018-02-26: 10 points to Gryffindor if you find a way to play videos using the keyboard in Apple’s Photos …
2018-02-24: Just read this quote in an answer on Quora: “Never mock someone for mispronouncing a word, it means …
2018-02-22: Duh! I was using version 2.6 of Trickster even though I released version 2.7 a couple of weeks ago. …
2018-02-20: Working from Starbucks for a couple of hours, watching the white outside, waiting for my son to have …
2018-02-17: Received my AppCamp4Girls T-shirt in the mail. Really dig its simple and cute design. Keep up the …
2018-02-16: Big Wreck concert Last night’s Big Wreck concert was an interesting one. They did not play many hit songs (not even …
2018-02-16: So, more and more new Mac apps are Electron apps, Apple plans to bring iOS apps to Mac in one way or …
2018-02-14: My cute work companion. Right after taking this photo he fell asleep 💤 and started snoring gently. 🐶
2018-02-13: Attending a high school open house. My kids are growing! 😨
2018-02-13: Working from the coworking space today. It’s nice to change the scenery from time to time.
2018-02-12: Last night I finished The Room: Last Sin. It was fantastic. CAD$7 for almost six hours of mysterious …
2018-02-09: Today’s evening program is Winnipeg Symphonic Orchestra. With my mom. I don’t remember …
2018-02-08: The Girl from Ipanema Yesterday I learned that “Girl from Ipanema” was inspired by an actual girl. She’s in her …
2018-02-02: Excuse me, what are ice crystals? Never saw these before.
2018-02-02: The new moneyraising campaign by Vim is truly innovative and unheard of in the text editor world. …
2018-01-30: Buying the new The Room game on the iPad. Resistance is futile.
2018-01-28: Black Ice Yesterday morning, I slipped on thin ice, also called “Black Ice” here, outside the house and fell …
2018-01-24: Trickster Mac App Store woes Five days after submitting Trickster, it got rejected for two supposedly macOS Human Interface …
2018-01-22: I wonder who was the person who thought “Let’s make videos of how we (or others) react to …
2018-01-22: So, my song covers with software-development inspired lyrics, App Oddity and Cocoa Police appeared …
2018-01-21: App Store review process is still a mystery. Both Cashculator versions (Paid and Freemium) went …
2018-01-13: There’s a rule, don’t play “Stairway to Heaven” in the guitar store. That …
2018-01-12: I just realized that the last 3 fictional 📚 that I read were all written by software developers …
2018-01-12: Finished reading Artemis last week. Really liked it. I dig Weir’s conversational and humorous …
2018-01-09: Current fiction 📚 I’m reading is “Artemis” by Andy Weir. In the last several years I rarely …
2018-01-09: I’m working from my co-working space today. It’s the busiest I’ve ever seen it. …
2018-01-08: Yesterday was finally a good warm day (-2ºC) and it was a weekend, so we took kids out to the river …
2018-01-08: Yesterday I replaced a faulty Lutron dimmer with a new one because its control LEDs were suddenly …
2018-01-04: For a new musical piece I wrote, a bass player asked chords. I looked again for software to prepare …
2018-01-04: Got myself a Seinheiser E609 mic to record guitar amp. Today recorded (again) the heavy part for an …
2017-12-23: How to make sugar look healthy.
2017-12-20: Today’s news (rumour) of Apple planning to bring iOS apps to the Mac and combining Mac …
2017-12-13: Wow. VoodooPad was purchased once again and moved to Toronto. Let’s hope Primate Labs will keep it …
2017-11-26: Mac App Store is so horrible for customer support. A customer complains that she bought the app …
2017-11-26: Why does every apparel chain force us to pay for the “privilege” to advertise their brand on our …
2017-11-15: Sparky is looking outside, waiting for kids to return home from school (pretty on time).
2017-10-30: Today I learned you can restore deleted files from iCloud Drive Thanks to sixcolors.com for writing a guide about restoring files from iCloud Drive because I wrote …
2017-10-29: Just watched the Emoji movie with the family. It was Meh.
2017-10-25: The people who can unlock your iPhone X with their face will be henceforth known as your “X …
2017-10-23: My co-working space, @launch1460, has this nice touch on the floor as you enter it.
2017-10-23: Yesterday I flipped through and listened to vinyl records at a friend’s house, for the first time in …
2017-10-22: Every time I do something that concerns service businesses, I get bombarded with surveys. Traveled? …
2017-10-19: How app ideas are born Yesterday I returned from the third Release Notes conference. Like in the previous two years, I had …
2017-10-17: Apparently, I’m the only participant, except one of the speakers, who remembers MacYenta. “LinkedIn …
2017-10-17: Chicago
2017-10-16: Really impressed with how quickly @manton released a working version of micro.blog app for the Mac. …
2017-10-16: ☑️ The Bean
2017-09-25: Sparky, with an antler Framed with ImageFramer
2017-09-18: YinYang
2017-07-16: “The most fundamental principle of the organized mind, the one most critical to keeping us …
2017-07-14: Two years ago I published “TL;DR Programming” article. I still like it. Thoughts?
2017-07-03: Testing posting from the micro.blog application.
2017-06-28: I now have exactly 1000 followers on Twitter. Thank god for arbitrary, meaningless achievements we …
2017-06-22: [caption id=“attachment_211” align=“aligncenter” …
2017-05-26: Hi Stephen (@stefp). Misplaced Childhood should indeed be interesting to hear with a new remix. But …
2017-05-23: Today we released ImageFramer 4.0 into the wild This is a 1-minute video of ImageFramer to pique your interest. If you need to add frames to your …
2017-05-14: My app Trickster was posted to Product Hunt today. If you’re a member of PH and like Trickster …
2017-05-10: My first printed magazine experience As I opened my mailbox today, among the countless spam flyers there was an issue of the first …
2017-05-01: Going to Release Notes Conference This year I’m planning on going to Release Notes Conference again. After two fantastic years …
2017-04-28: Trickster got a positive review today Happy to see one of my Mac application, Trickster, receiving a positive and thorough review today at …
2017-04-27: Have too much educational videos, articles and books to read lately. Hard to balance time between …
2017-04-27: Testing Micro.blog crossposting from MarsEdit I just use a “microblog” category to feed micro.blog with my posts from here. …
2017-04-26: Really excited about micro.blog. Just got my username (@jacob) registered early, the perk of …
2017-01-11: Winnipeg winter weather guide ☀️ — Freaking cold. Stay inside 🌥 — Warmer, but still freezing cold 🌨 — Warmest
2017-01-10: While my code gently weeps It’s an observation and not a solid fact, but it surely looks like a significant part of software …
2016-06-08: Licensing changes and pricing Today Bohemian Coding, an indie Mac development company, who develop the fantastic design …
2016-04-08: Can you play something? [gallery columns=“1” link=“none” size=“full” …
2015-12-22: A spammer needs QA [gallery columns=“1” link=“none” size=“full” …
2015-10-20: Bug in OS X with Last Open Date in Spotlight and Quarantine flags I’ve just filed a bug with Apple that affects one of Trickster’s core features and also affects all …
2015-07-14: TL;DR Programming TL;DR, an abbreviation for “Too long; didn’t read”, is Internet slang used in reply to a lengthy …
2015-05-12: Benefits of providing customer support [gallery] Doing customer support can bring more benefits than just another happy customer. An …
2015-05-11: Tension vs Relaxation Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. Chinese proverb
2015-05-11: Song: App Oddity I made another musical video. This time I remade David Bowie’s excellent “Space Oddity” with lyrics …
2015-04-21: On Efficacy of Business Books These days I’m reading what appears to be a fantastic book by Daniel Kahneman, called “Thinking, …
2015-04-17: Introducing Big Red Button for Apple Watch Are you the president of a nuclear weapon wielding superpower? Congratulations! There’s an app for …
2015-04-07: My most successful client project Successfully completed a client project in record time and budget by convincing the client that …
2015-03-17: Song: Cocoa Police [embed]www.youtube.com/watch I covered Radiohead’s Karma Police with modified lyrics about some of …
2013-06-09: App Camp for Girls and an interview at AppStories I’ve been following the App Camp for Girls project since it started not a long time ago. App …
2013-05-09: Toggle hosts file for less distractions (in Haskell) I decided to edit the /etc/hosts file to block access to some domains that I compulsory visit when …
2013-05-07: Introducing ReactiveCoreData Lately I’ve became seriously interested in the fantastic projects that several bright guys at …
2012-11-06: Orange is the new Blue Ever since Microsoft Windows days the blue color was the dominant hue used in user interfaces. Blue …
2012-10-04: Software Architecture cheat sheet For the past several weeks I’ve been focusing my efforts on learning how to approach software …
2012-10-02: I think I have a million-dollar idea Late night two days ago, before retiring to bed, I went to the bathroom, as usual. Suddenly, right …
2012-07-18: Using multi-resolution TIFF files with WebKit on Mac for Retina support I’m working on Retina support for our Mac application Trickster. Most of the things are pretty …
2012-07-05: Using dictation software to study foreign languages There are many ways to study a foreign language. Books, private teachers, reading, listening, …
2012-01-23: Think it later I love the concept of “read it later” services. Whenever I hit something that is too long to read at …
2011-12-13: Thinking Time Being an indie software developer, developing products and running the business, takes lots of time. …
2011-10-19: Decision aid app idea As it often happens, I get a new idea for an application, get excited about it and start to …
2011-09-27: Standing desk experience and thoughts A rising trend There’s been a lot of positive press lately about the benefits of working with …
2011-09-20: How Apple badly messed up with in-app purchases on Lion and didn't tell anyone Background Since OS X 10.7 (Lion) Apple allows in-app purchase (IAP) of features or content in Mac …
2011-08-10: From Paid to Freemium on Mac App Store, how? The what Starting with Lion’s release Apple allows Mac apps on the Mac App Store to utilize …
2011-08-01: Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. Anonymous (oft …
2011-07-11: Usability is not just a matter of whether the users can find and press the button, it’s …