Jeff Milner

Recently the New York Times asked actors, show runners, insiders, and other TV enthusiasts to rank the best tv shows of the 21st century.

The Whisper Man: “A thriller that’s as generic as its title, The Whisper Man is a tremendous waste of talent in front of and behind the camera in service of an idiotic story that only grows more frustrating with every ludicrous, but predictable twist.” —…

On my last day in Japan, I ate a strudel based breakfast fit for a champion at the local konbini1.

Dave and I skipped breakfast and walked about 40 minutes to the Kiyomizu-dera temple.

Dave and I went for an early Saturday morning walk.

For my first full day back on Honshu, we set out for a quick convenience store breakfast and then headed to the train station.

We headed out early, with all our luggage in tow, to get to the airport in time for our flight from Sapporo to Osaka.

I ended up walking quite a bit on day nine of my trip.

On the eighth day of my trip to Japan, I ventured out to the Hoheikyo Onsen located about an hour-and-45-minute ride south of my homestay.

Dave works out daily.

My sixth day in Japan started with a walk to the Sapporo Jazz Festival.

Our first item on the agenda today was to replenish our foodstuffs.

Today, I made my way to Sapporo to see my friends Dave and April and their kids.

Today, I endeavoured to travel to a Japanese volcano and visit a traditional Japanese onsen.

The day started with some trepidation: should I really pull the trigger and do a day at Tokyo DisneySea or listen to the voice in my head telling me it would be weird to go to a Disney park alone and that I should do something more worthwhile with my time?

Before I even arrived at the airport in Saskatoon, good fortune already fell upon me.

Back in October, My close friend, Chelsea Matisz gave a wonderful TEDx Talk called, “How modern life could affect gut health”.

It’s been 33 years since my childhood trip to Japan and next month, I’m going back!

Against all odds, after a 53 year dry-spell, the Knicks won the NBA championship last Saturday in a dramatic underdog story that will probably be made into one or more Netflix documentaries.

Today during WWDC 2026, Apple announced it was releasing Siri A.I., a profoundly more capable version of Siri, but when I downloaded and installed the developer beta, Siri A.I. was no where to be seen.

David Friedman’s essay on the power of rhyme: The Best Thing About the Satanic Panic.

Stephen Colbert’s run at the late show is over and it got me thinking about the tiny backwards message that he put into his 2007 audiobook, I Am America (And So Can You).

I was collecting signatures for Corb Lund’s Water Not Coal petition on Tuesday when a lady blurted out at me and a couple of other people that were there to sign.

A couple months ago we had a ferocious wind storm that toppled over our neighbours’ giant spruce tree.

Michael: “As a popcorn musical, ‘Michael’ is an undeniable Thriller.

Last week marked 40 years since the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown.

On Thursday, Apple reported all time high revenues for their second quarter: “Today Apple is proud to report our best March quarter ever, with revenue of $111.2 billion and double-digit growth across every geographic segment,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO.

YouTuber Hank Green has published an excellent tool to see view Artemis II photos and media in chronological order.

Rumours that Tim Cook might leave his CEO role Apple this year have been swirling for quite some time but today, writing on Apple’s newsroom, Cook broke the news that he’s becoming executive chairman of the board and also shared that John Ternus will take…

Just a day or two ago I was looking for Federico Viticci’s Frames shortcut (previously) and noticed it hadn’t been updated since November of 2024.

The 3D simulation in the video below from The Overview Effect compares Artemis II’s flight path with its predecessor Artemis I as well Apollo 8.

NASA has a Flickr album full of new images from the Artemis II mission.

On Wednesday, the Artemis II took off for the moon.

There is a new version of my recipe app in the App Store today and with it a new icon.

This morning I woke up to news that Apple has approved my new recipe app, Mercury.

I’ve been having some major problems with the site over the past few days.

The Calgary Herald posted a story about the Fake Recall1 yesterday, in which I was quoted: “I’m not aware of anyone actually being able to sign the petition,” said Jeff Milner, a Lethbridge-East resident.

You can spin magnets above a copper surface and create a board that hovers, albeit not very high, but it does hover or you can freeze a superconductor and have it float above a magnetic track and also get a hover effect.

Yours truly in an interview with Bridge City News today:

Despite the heartbreaker this morning watching Canada take silver medals after losing to the United States 2-1 in three on three overtime, nevertheless, we have much to be grateful for.

Melania: “The significance of Melania isn’t the contents of the film so much as the fact that it happened.

In a post last year, I linked to Cabel’s Wes Cook talk but today he’s filled in some of the missing details about photographing and recovering the mural.

Apple’s earnings report today shows that the company is not slowing down with iPhone still bringing in all time records for revenue.

I didn’t get to run the recall petition that I wanted, but I am going to take part in the petition to stop coal mining in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

I’ve been busy making updates to my app Five O’Clock Somewhere and today the newest version 1.0.4 has been approved and is available on the US and Canadian app stores.

American director Rian Johnson has published a collection of his tv and movie scripts on his website and is encouraging folks to “[p]rint them, share them, [and] act them out with your friends.”

The newest version of my cocktail recipe app, Five O’Clock Somewhere, is available on the App Store.

Today I officially became an iOS indie app developer.

I found this on the Lethbridge subreddit: Nathan Neudorf says notwithstanding clause “the most democratic action the legislature could do” Presumably this is an email response to questions about the democratic-ness of using Section 33, the notwithstanding…

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