In December of 2003 my friend Colin and I were deep into playing Diablo II multiplayer on a couple of Thinkpad laptop’s with a crossover network cable. This culminated in us playing Diablo II in the movie theatre while waiting for Return of the King to start.
This week brought Diablo IV to Steam with proper Steam Deck support and in that portable form factor it triggers deep nostalgia for me.
Today my Steam account turned 20 years old. Older than my Apple ID by 2 years and I think the only login I have older is my Microsoft account that began life as a hotmail account in the 90s
You know you’ve travelled too much for work this month when your phone says “it’s Monday morning, better head to the airport”
It’s hard to tell which of us thought it was funnier but both Gwen and I were cracking up about her bath time farts and the resulting bubbles 🛁💨
Apparently the trick to US customs is being a software developer going to San Francisco. He almost forgot to ask me to take my mask off
I can’t say that I spend much time thinking about The Truman Show on any given day, but on a long haul flight I can’t help but think “this is exactly the sort of monotony, noise, and physical experience that would be perfect to facilitate a scene swap.”
I don’t know who coined the phrase “but it’s a dry heat”. 42 degrees is too hot for my poor maritime blood 🥵
I only stood outside for 10 minutes waiting for my ride and it feels like my contacts are going to fall out!
Through customs and on to the next phase. Took a moment to FaceTime Gwen before bed and Raquel told me the airport lighting was nice which led to a travel selfie
Up up and away
I am headed to Vegas this week for work and I took a peak at the forecast before packing a bag. I had really been enjoying the last week of 18°C-21°C weather at home. I guess I am going to stay indoors 😬
Usually there is nothing going on in August when it comes to the NHL but I am very excited about the news today! This is the sort of thing I would try to pull off in an EA Sports game.
My quest to kill that pesky remaining password continues! I’m very excited to see us start rolling out what I’ve been working on.
Why yes I definitely know how to have a good time on a Friday night, why do you ask?
Happy towel day you hoopy froods #TowelDay
Raquel and I got another round of surprise tickets to the Thunderbirds from a still mysterious benefactor and tonight I found a fun souvenir in my seat.
As has become tradition over the years I have pulled together my NHL bracket. Very strange to be doing it and not being overly optimistic about the Penguins winning.
Saturday Morning dog pile.
Took some time to unwind tonight by baking a batch of cookies. I didn’t even end up eating any of them tonight!
I was craving some baked goods so I made a batch of soft pretzels for the first time in twenty years I’m pretty happy with how they turned out.
Today at work we hit general availability on one of the most challenging projects I’ve tackled, “how do you take the password out of 1Password”. Unlock with Okta is the result.
Our security team did a wonderful job detailing how we solved the problem and maintained end to end encryption.