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OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · 7h

Chris Millward @millward.ca · 1d

Am I so deeply entrenched in tech that I'm unaware of alternate definitions for the word 'upload'?

The Internet may indeed be a series of tubes, but I'm not entirely sure they're big enough to accommodate a railway

#ottawa #ONPoli

A screenshot of an article describing how Ottawa is planning to 'upload' its light-rail transit system to the province.

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Chris Millward @millward.ca · 2d

I wholeheartedly recommend this book.

It filled in a lot of gaps and corrected a lot of my assumptions about how software engineering works at different levels and in different types of companies.

Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 2d

The Software Engineer’s Guidebook is now available as hardcover from Amazon. Here’s me holding the first print (the proof - it’s nice!)

And it’s also out as an ebook on the O’Reilly platform.

Get it here: engguidebook.com

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Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 2d

The Software Engineer’s Guidebook is now available as hardcover from Amazon. Here’s me holding the first print (the proof - it’s nice!)

And it’s also out as an ebook on the O’Reilly platform.

Get it here: engguidebook.com

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Chris Millward @millward.ca · 2d

I can’t lie, I really enjoyed watching The Hobbit in 3D and 48fps.

I wish there was a way to watch it like that at home

Chris Millward @millward.ca · 11d

Has anyone had any luck developing client-only apps for @atproto.com on localhost using oauth-client-browser? I set clientMetadata to undefined and log in, but I get a scope error when trying to call getProfile.

Have I missed a step, or is it a limitation of local-only, client-only atproto dev?

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Chris Millward @millward.ca · 14d

Feeling both exceedingly proud and very old after my 8yo trounced me by almost two minutes in this morning’s 5km race

#prouddad

Chris Millward @millward.ca · 14d

Last race of the year, so we’re going wayyyy back to the classics open.spotify.com/track/0QcVKh...

Boys & Girls

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Chris Millward @millward.ca · 15d

I own Jaws at least 5 times on 4 different formats, but as soon as I see that it's streaming again I can't help but think "shit, I gotta watch that again!" as if it was my last chance.

A screenshot taken of JustWatch.com showing that the movie Jaws is now streaming on Disney+

Chris Millward @millward.ca · 16d

I'm super curious to see what future-me is going to put on my best-of-2025 playlist. I'm not 100% certain, but somehow Sleep Token is likely to occupy the number-one spot which I *would* not have guessed.

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Sleep Token - Damocles

YouTube video by SleepTokenVEVO

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Chris Millward @millward.ca · 18d

NGL, I wouldn't have guessed that a *country* version would make this song listenable again in my lifetime.

@alexonvacation.bsky.social is a wizard

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Y'all Star (Smash Mouth Goes Country)

YouTube video by Alex Melton

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Glen @vaguebiscuit.bsky.social · 22d

Well don't I feel stupid

A headline about the James Webb Telescope potentially finding a new stellar object dubbed a black hole star

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 21d

My email address is 27 years old, it could be going back to its tenth high school reunion next year

Hard Boiled Egg @perigominas.bsky.social · 21d

I have an email address that is older than some of my colleagues.

My actual bones cried out in terror when I found that out.

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Chris Millward @millward.ca · 21d

Google putting their old-school logo on the homepage reminds me of a happier, simpler Internet that I wish we hadn’t lost.

I’m almost mad at Google for reminding me of it.

A screenshot of the modern Google homepage, but one of the original logos is used instead of the usual modern one.

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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 29d

All hail the best patent drawing ever

An image from a patent filing (US4656917) for a “musical instrument support” that allows a guitarist to utilize a tapping technique more easily. The patent drawing is of the device’s credited creator, Eddie Van Halen. Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US4656917

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Gammitin (Ben) 💾 @gammitin.bsky.social · 29d

SilverStone has officially announced another retro design PC case: the FLP02 mid-tower:
www.gdm.or.jp/pressrelease...

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Chris Millward @millward.ca · Sep 17

But shiny new thing!

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Chris Millward @millward.ca · Sep 17

Ahhhh, new pocket journals arrive and I immediately want to stop using the old one, even though there’s still 6 days worth of paper left…

A new batch of Moleskine pocket journals side-by-side with my current, very weathered Field Book journal

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Chris Millward @millward.ca · Sep 17

30-day decluttering challenge Day #1:

A Lich King bust I printed when I was in the honeymoon period of 3D-printing everything I could think of

Into the bin it goes.

A black 3d-printed bust of the Lich King from Lord of the Rings

Chris Millward @millward.ca · Sep 16

I feel bad for the bait-and-switch happening to folks like this who got to feel the absolute magic of making computers do stuff.

I wonder how many good ideas we’ll miss out on because creative, eager people give up when the magic is ruined by the broken promises of AI companies

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Chris Millward @millward.ca · Sep 10

I'm an eng at CK and that pretty much sums up the approach we took. We tried a bunch of stuff, keep what people liked, and moved on.

FWIW I found Windsurf worked better than Cursor for how *I* personally use LLM tools, but all various IDE forks are so similar that I barely notice most days.

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Chris Millward @millward.ca · Sep 7

*rimshot*

Chris Millward @millward.ca · Sep 7

FYI exploding e-readers and melting bed linens smoke a lot and don’t smell awesome

The bed sheets that were melted when the Kobo exploded

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Chris Millward @millward.ca · Aug 31

Wait, is it 2025 and Casiopea just dropped a new album?

Where are my sunglasses? I need to go for a drive along the coast.

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TRUE BLUE - Album by casiopea

Listen to TRUE BLUE by casiopea on YouTube Music - a dedicated music app with official songs, music videos, remixes, covers, and more.

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Chris Millward @millward.ca · Aug 24

It’s been like 40 years since Don Norman wrote “The Design of Everyday Things.”.

Why are we still putting Pull handles on the Push side of doors??

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