adam king @sabbatical@qoto.org

buried my friend and former bandmate michael nicholson on thursday. he had cancer back when we recorded the salvation navy, and was clear of it a decade ago. but it came back with a vengeance.

died last friday at hospice in brantford. left behind a wife and 9 year old child. brutal stuff.

here’s some old photos with both of us! (he’s in the red toque, hugging me from behind in the first one)

in one of my dreams last night, i was talking about playlists with someone using spotify and they asked me if there was such a thing as "apple itunes music" anymore. so i gave a breakdown of spotify vs. apple music. i still remember the specific points i made too. yikes

apparently there is something trying to do just this! https://www.vidangel.com/

haven’t tried it, and they don’t support all the streaming services right now, but seems promising!

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helped @whateveryouart move a couch to his art studio in a snow squall today. not the heaviest nor the longest, but probably the biggest thing i’ve put in the kei truck so far!

don’t see too many kids named ayn anymore

some of the music streaming services do have clean versions of albums, which i appreciate. but no video streaming services? i know multiple people whose dads hand-censored their VHS movies so the kids could watch too, and dads are still dads, so seems like there'd be demand

remember how in the 90s they had "clean" versions of movies with the sex scenes and/or worst swears taken out? i actually wish that still existed.

also seems like a service current AI could cheaply provide en masse (though the legal barriers would be large, i expect)

took my son to a brantford bulldogs vs soo greyhounds hockey game, accidentally got standing room tickets. and actually, pretty great! might prefer it to actual seats!

listening to some excellent greek folk music on radio garden https://radio.garden/listen/rempetikogialigous/8acC7-K2

project: clean up this basement

video doesn’t wanna upload, so here’s a photo

got a walking desk and at the moment it’s being put to the task with a 3km poppy hill challenge for the boy

found out about the voyager via this guy's video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dg2TT1OJlQs

the magnetic accessories seem like a great idea. i've got a pretty nice setup already with quick release tripod mounts, but if i were starting over, this does seem like the ticket.

i've been using a moonlander the last few months and have gotten pretty used to it. i actually do use multiple keys on both thumb clusters, but they *are* too far from the rest of the keyboard for me, so i adopted a weird layout w/ the keys shifted inwards ("b" on thumb cluster)

just realized zsa's got a new keyboard out! "voyager": https://zsa.io/voyager/
looks pretty good! less bulky than their other keyboards, and i bet the thumb clusters are way easier to reach than on moonlander or ergodox.

the gang got on the train to toronto and hit the ROM today

this purple thing is the universal symbol for "i was dumb and upgraded to sonoma"

after spending a few days in a haze of fever and headaches, felt great to do some physical work and be out and about. (also picked up a 90’s freezer from simcoe and got it set up in our basement)