Unsupervised Design

Category: Life 🎉

  • Luna and I left Hugo home this afternoon and went and explored a new trail around Long Lake

  • I have spilled coffee on two white shirts before 10am today. ☕️

  • For my birthday Raquel got me an ice cream maker attachment so tonight we are enjoying fresh peanut butter ice cream from scratch!

  • I celebrated my birthday tonight as I always with some Derby Pie.
    This however is the first time the Kentucky Derby itself has been on my birthday.
    2020 is a weird year.

  • Craft Draught Showdown – August 2020

    For the second time since March I went to a fancy dinner, and like the last time it was back to The Carleton for another of their Craft Draught Showdowns. This time featuring Big Spruce and Upstreet

    The Menu

    Menu for the 5 course meal including the beer pairings

    Salmon Gravlax

    Big Spruce: Inhaled Affirmative
    Upstreet: Lime Light Lo-Cal Lager
    Round 1 Beers
    Round 1

    Fennel Salad

    Big Spruce: Tag! You’re It!
    Upstreet: Go Devil – IPA
    Round 2 Beers
    Round 2

    Green Risotto

    Big Spruce: Tripel
    Upstreet: De Novo V – Farmhouse Saison
    Round 3 Beers
    Round 3

    Prochetta

    Big Spruce: She’s Maibock
    Upstreet: Do Gooder IPA
    Round 4 Beers
    Round 4

    Apple Pie Cheesecake Moose

    Big Spruce: Snowmageddon
    Upstreet: ‘Million Acres’ Barrel Aged Cherry Saison
    Round 5 Beers
    Round 5

  • It’s been two years since I had gotten out for a ride. Thankfully a former coworker asked me to go for a ride and coffee at The Bike & Bean Cafe.
    Tommorow morning should be an interesting game of “what hurts and how”

  • Hugo has taken it upon himself to supervise all meal prep

  • Hiked Up Middle Head today and got a good look at Cape Smokey and a rain shower in the distance.

  • Luna and I are kicking off our little Cape Breton vacation by laying in the sun

  • This screen is a sight for sports weary eyes.

  • It’s a big day! Late July is usually a dark time for hockey and I’m more than a bit excited that the NHL has managed to demonstrate some competence in their return to play.

  • As is tradition when out with Colin and Ross we take a group selfie. #selfieswithoutgrant
    IMG 4944

  • Craft Draught Showdown – July 2020

    For the first time since the beginning of March I went out to dinner last night. One of my favourite restaurants in Halifax, The Carleton, started hosting Craft Draught Showdowns last year. They let their Chef go wild creating a five course meal and have two local breweries compete bringing five beers to pair with each course. It is a fun time with friends and really interesting to hear from the different brew masters about their process of brewing the beers and how they choose the pairings.
    Unfortunately COVID wiped out a lot of these events over the last few months, but it was great to see how they put together the event as safely as possible. There were only 1/3 of the normal number of tables, all the staff wore masks at all times, and many patrons were also masked anytime they were up from their tables. The Chef talked about how they designed the menu to source as many of the ingredients from local farms and vendors as a way to help out the community.
    In a lot of ways it was super strange being back out in public, but overall it was a lot of fun.
    Menu for the 5 course meal including the beer pairings

    Beet Carpaccio

    Brightwood: Backyards
    Propeller: ESB
    Round 1 Beers
    Round 1

    Scallop Crudo

    Brightwood: Mojito Crushable
    Propeller: Lotus
    Round 2 Beers
    Round 2

    Canestri au Chardonnay

    Brightwood: Minutes
    Propeller: Spooky
    Round 3 Beers
    Round 3

    Chicken Piccata

    Brightwood: BMAC
    Propeller: DDH IPA
    Round 4 Beers
    Round 4

    Lemon Posset

    Brightwood: Made Me Blush
    Propeller: Dark Berry
    Round 5 Beers
    Round 5

  • Happy Pi Approximation Day!
    As a Canadian and former math teacher today satisfies my desire for proper date standards and fractional approximation.

    Pi Approximation Day is observed on July 22 (22/7 in the day/month format), since the fraction 22/7 is a common approximation of π, which is accurate to two decimal places and dates from Archimedes.

  • This week marks 3 months at 1Password and last night I received a “swag” package. They definitely went all out.

  • I changed jobs a little over a month ago and yesterday I received a belated welcome pack!

  • This is your Nova Scotian reminder that militarization of Police is not just a US problem.
    Last year Halifax Police slipped an “Armoured Rescue Vehicle” into the budget at the last minute but when pressed couldn’t publicly provide any examples of when they would need it.

  • It is a deeply unsettling feeling watching the news and knowing too many Canadian’s who think this is a US problem only.

  • It is a silly thing, but I was really excited to see this award pop up on my watch tonight.

  • Today I upgraded our home coffee setup to reflect working from home.
    Now we can have on demand coffee that is still hot without having to brew more constantly!