“There really is nothing better than a well-made latté” he said, finishing his second of the day.

Come From or Running From?

I have long been aware that the place in the world where I call home and feel at home is very distant from any salt water. Orient yourself in any compass direction, and despite the abundance of freshwater, I’m quite distant from ocean by any measure.

This week at work, I was introduced to the idea of a Land Acknowledgement. My home and my place of work are on land where other peoples were displaced through trickery and with force.

Land Acknowledgement

For me, today, I reside in land formerly of Očhéthi Šakówiŋ and Wahpekute ranges, and close to earthworks.

I am going to learn more.

That feeling when, as an IT professional, I flunked a phishing test.

We are slowly making permanent changes to our home, culminating in a big bang in coming months. I felt bad today, cutting out some yew from the front of our house to make it easier to re-side later. Most likely the yew were planted by the first family that lived in the home, not long after it was built. One of the branches had 46 growth rings.

This morning an industrial track hit just right as I pulled into the parking lot at work. I turned it up so the baseline and that staccato kick drum made my car shake. And I finished my coffee.

Random speculation for Apple Fans: I doubt Apple is going to release an iPad dock if they aren’t also introducing inductive charging. Using the same charging method as the Magic Keyboad case, it would have to allow for (or be) multiple sizes—not something I expect from Apple.