Flying Croissant

Introduction After witnessing some truly chaotic political news about tariffs in early 2025, I was starting to get lost in the constant churn of changing rules and regulations being announced in news articles on a nearly-hourly basis.

The Twitter Vibe Shift Recent Experience From my point of view, at least, the only ones left on Twitter X are the indecisive stragglers (I count myself among this group), the corporate/government accounts, the bots, the thinkbois trying to grind for follo…

Is VR/AR computing actually useful?

Not every part of life can be a cozy snooze, but being able to find times and places where you can relax is very important (most especially when you’re stressing).

Update Not a whole lot new to update this time.

Update As the winter here in the Canadian prairies starts to very slowly thaw and the days grow gradually longer again, I remember that I haven’t blogged for a while.

Trip Context Last time I was on a flight was in March 2020, uncomfortably close to the initial COVID-19 shutdowns in my city.

Motivation When you are actively working on new features in your software, it’s fairly easy to keep dependencies updated and make any framework changes as you go.

I always like reading about what media other people are enjoying, so I thought I’d give it a try myself!

What’s An RSS Feed?

I saw the idea of a “personal CRM” pop up again recently and wanted to jot down some thoughts around software for planning and operating online meetings.

Ingredients 1 egg 1 cup milk 3 slices of thick-sliced Italian bread 1/2 Tbsp sugar (or to taste) 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 tsp cinnamon Pinch of salt Instructions Whisk ingredients (other than bread) until combined.

Intro A few years ago, I was thinking about the idea of mob programming and how there must be an equivalent for code review.

Intro to Exquisite Land Exquisite Land is a project of Buzzard.life, a “publishing collaborative” (and I have met most of them through previous online conversations).

Playlists I made a little playlist over the last few days with some music that is in a style I enjoy.

Missing Travel Travel is one of my favourite ways to spend time with friends and connect through shared experiences.

Context In March 2020, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, grocery shopping got a lot more complicated.