🇨🇦 Jay Holtslander
@jay.holtslander.ca
Saving the day one minor "major emergency" at a time. Tweets about: Code, Marketing, Technical SEO, SMBs, News, Star Wars, Cats & Dogs, Life in general.
Back on Twitter you may have known me as @j_holtslander
https://jay.holtslander.ca
Back on Twitter you may have known me as @j_holtslander
https://jay.holtslander.ca
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Remembering the time I exclaimed aloud to friends: “Blockbuster Video should buy Netflix. However much it costs.”
(This was before Netflix offered streaming and mailed out DVDs to people.)
(This was before Netflix offered streaming and mailed out DVDs to people.)
Netflix’s new bid to buy Warner Bros is a mostly cash offer.
The company is arranging a mega-loan to be able to buy WB
(Source: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
The company is arranging a mega-loan to be able to buy WB
(Source: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Remembering the time I exclaimed aloud to friends: “Blockbuster Video should buy Netflix. However much it costs.”
(This was before Netflix offered streaming and mailed out DVDs to people.)
(This was before Netflix offered streaming and mailed out DVDs to people.)
Hate seeing good Black Friday deals late when I’ve already spent what I can afford to spend on deals for the month.
November 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Hate seeing good Black Friday deals late when I’ve already spent what I can afford to spend on deals for the month.
Seems Safeway missed entering all the nutritional data for Draino. How am I supposed to know how many calories are in a serving?
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Seems Safeway missed entering all the nutritional data for Draino. How am I supposed to know how many calories are in a serving?
Upgraded my heavy rain gear pants by adding a couple of snaps. Because nothing sucks more than having your pants come apart when you’re out and about in pouring rain.
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Upgraded my heavy rain gear pants by adding a couple of snaps. Because nothing sucks more than having your pants come apart when you’re out and about in pouring rain.
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@keldonb.bsky.social This was because his 5 year term was up right? x .com/KeldonB/status/1991573019601563995
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
@keldonb.bsky.social This was because his 5 year term was up right? x .com/KeldonB/status/1991573019601563995
Time and time again it becomes clear that my “super power” is making complex technical topic understandable to laymen by using analogies.
I find automotive related analogies work really well with most people of most ages.
Mostly.
I find automotive related analogies work really well with most people of most ages.
Mostly.
Car Problem GIF
ALT: Car Problem GIF
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Time and time again it becomes clear that my “super power” is making complex technical topic understandable to laymen by using analogies.
I find automotive related analogies work really well with most people of most ages.
Mostly.
I find automotive related analogies work really well with most people of most ages.
Mostly.
Waited almost a year for the “next Black Friday” sale on an item that I wanted to buy another one of.
Is it on sale again this year for me?
Sold-out/discontinued.
Is it on sale again this year for me?
Sold-out/discontinued.
a man in a plaid shirt is holding a cup of coffee in front of a dart board
Alt: Ron Swanson unhappy.
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Waited almost a year for the “next Black Friday” sale on an item that I wanted to buy another one of.
Is it on sale again this year for me?
Sold-out/discontinued.
Is it on sale again this year for me?
Sold-out/discontinued.
@camo.com I’m shocked that you guys have not yet added support for images in webp or svg format yet.
Can use svg images in OBS.
I submitted this as feedback to you guys like a year or two ago.
Can use svg images in OBS.
I submitted this as feedback to you guys like a year or two ago.
steve harvey says i 'm just sayin while holding a card
ALT: steve harvey says i 'm just sayin while holding a card
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
@camo.com I’m shocked that you guys have not yet added support for images in webp or svg format yet.
Can use svg images in OBS.
I submitted this as feedback to you guys like a year or two ago.
Can use svg images in OBS.
I submitted this as feedback to you guys like a year or two ago.
#cloudflare Sharing one of my personal favourite optimizations. (Looooong TTL for rarely changed asset filetypes.) Got a Cloudflare tip to share? Let's hear it.
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
#cloudflare Sharing one of my personal favourite optimizations. (Looooong TTL for rarely changed asset filetypes.) Got a Cloudflare tip to share? Let's hear it.
Today I saw/heard a Blue Jay IRL for the first time in my life. I didn’t even know they lived in the Vancouver area.
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Today I saw/heard a Blue Jay IRL for the first time in my life. I didn’t even know they lived in the Vancouver area.
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Apple updates its App Store rules to restrict apps from sharing personal data with third-party AI without disclosure and explicit permission.
Apple's new App Review Guidelines clamp down on apps sharing personal data with 'third-party AI' | TechCrunch
Apple updates its App Store rules to restrict apps from sharing personal data with third-party AI without disclosure and explicit permission.
techcrunch.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Apple updates its App Store rules to restrict apps from sharing personal data with third-party AI without disclosure and explicit permission.
Life hack: You can use dollar store baking racks for dirt cheap cable management.
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Life hack: You can use dollar store baking racks for dirt cheap cable management.
I hate these guys so much. I wish I could leave them more than 1 bad review.
November 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I hate these guys so much. I wish I could leave them more than 1 bad review.
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Sometimes I want to take this Halloween costume I made (from scratch btw) and just stand out on the sidewalk next to the road where all the constant speeders go by and just point at them as they tear past me. With my luck though they’d panic and mow me down or something. 😅
October 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Sometimes I want to take this Halloween costume I made (from scratch btw) and just stand out on the sidewalk next to the road where all the constant speeders go by and just point at them as they tear past me. With my luck though they’d panic and mow me down or something. 😅
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Canada’s Cyber Centre warns of hacktivists targeting water, energy systems
Canada's Cyber Centre warns of hacktivists targeting systems
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security warns that hacktivists have been tampering with online systems that control water, energy and agricultural facilities.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Canada’s Cyber Centre warns of hacktivists targeting water, energy systems
If it has an ethernet port or a wifi antenna and is made by a Chinese company that is required to adhere to Chinese government laws… I do not trust the device. Guy disabled his vacuum’s spying and unapproved data sharing and the manufacturer remotely bricked his vacuum.
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Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House
One man's robot vacuum was constantly communicating with its manufacturer, sending a detailed 3D map of his house halfway across the world.
futurism.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
If it has an ethernet port or a wifi antenna and is made by a Chinese company that is required to adhere to Chinese government laws… I do not trust the device. Guy disabled his vacuum’s spying and unapproved data sharing and the manufacturer remotely bricked his vacuum.
futurism.com/robots-and-m...
futurism.com/robots-and-m...
Jay’s Oct pouring rain to-do list:
🔘 Attend outdoor wedding
⚪️ Help friend move
🔘 Attend outdoor wedding
⚪️ Help friend move
October 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Jay’s Oct pouring rain to-do list:
🔘 Attend outdoor wedding
⚪️ Help friend move
🔘 Attend outdoor wedding
⚪️ Help friend move
I went to an outdoor wedding today in the pouring rain and there could not have been a more Vancouver wedding than this.
a man in a suit and tie is standing in the rain with his eyes closed .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in the rain with his eyes closed .
media.tenor.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I went to an outdoor wedding today in the pouring rain and there could not have been a more Vancouver wedding than this.
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Come to Canada and be confronted by a NICE agent. 😂
October 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Come to Canada and be confronted by a NICE agent. 😂
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In the US, you have ICE agents. In Canada, we have NICE agents.
This agent was part of the ‘This Hour Has 22 Minutes’ Canadian television show. He was interviewing Americans and letting them pose for a Canadian passport ID. People were getting a kick out of it and having fun. Good on you Canada! 🇨🇦❤️
This agent was part of the ‘This Hour Has 22 Minutes’ Canadian television show. He was interviewing Americans and letting them pose for a Canadian passport ID. People were getting a kick out of it and having fun. Good on you Canada! 🇨🇦❤️
October 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
In the US, you have ICE agents. In Canada, we have NICE agents.
This agent was part of the ‘This Hour Has 22 Minutes’ Canadian television show. He was interviewing Americans and letting them pose for a Canadian passport ID. People were getting a kick out of it and having fun. Good on you Canada! 🇨🇦❤️
This agent was part of the ‘This Hour Has 22 Minutes’ Canadian television show. He was interviewing Americans and letting them pose for a Canadian passport ID. People were getting a kick out of it and having fun. Good on you Canada! 🇨🇦❤️
I’m still not used to this building. Makes me uneasy just looking at despite knowing how earthquake resistant it actually is.
October 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I’m still not used to this building. Makes me uneasy just looking at despite knowing how earthquake resistant it actually is.