Unexpected Conversations

November 29, 2024

Sometimes things work out better than expected. I flew into San Diego to visit Addison and put a little bow on that particular quest but if I’m flying from one side of the continent to the other, I might as well spend a few days exploring. Over a decade earlier, I had spoken at a conference in San Diego but I barely remember that trip. I vaguely recall the conference centre and presentin...

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100/13

November 28, 2024

In 2017, on a photography workshop in the Faroe Islands, the organizers had a reservation at KOKS, Michelin-starred restaurant, but being busy with organizing said workshop, decided that they couldn’t make it and offered up the opportunity to whomever wanted to take it. I volunteered. I’m pretty sure this was the first Michelin-starred restaurant I went to. Since that time, I’ve made it ...

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Grinding

November 12, 2024

When I first decided to get an espresso machine, I went for a top of the line machine. I wanted something that would last a lifetime. The same applied to the grinder. I bought an ECM V-Titan 64, with titanium-coated flat burrs that are quoted to last at least 50 years before needing to be replaced. Here I am, 8 years later, and finding myself somewhat frustrated with my grinder. I make o...

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Snook.ca is dead, long live Snook.ca!

October 18, 2024

After a couple years of not putting any revenue into the business, I realized that it was time to say goodbye. I have officially dissolved my corporation, Snook.ca Web Development, Inc. My personal blog, Snook.ca, marches on. ...

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The Kind King

September 04, 2024

Back in the late 80s, my mom bought me a 386sx 16MHz computer equipped with a 2400 baud modem. It was my first computer that enabled me to connect to an online world. Back then, there was large behemoths like AOL and CompuServe but there were also independent services called bulletin board systems, aka BBSs. A BBS was somewhat of a one-to-one connection. Most independent BBSs had only one or t...

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Split

June 21, 2024

There’s a certain simplicity to the life of the harried and married with children: the nuclear family with two and a half kids. The day to day is predictably unpredictable with its routines: breakfast, lunch, dinner, work, meetings, daycare, changings, sports, mid-night feedings, music lessons, and so on and so on, day in and day out. And then we split. Divorce established two worlds. I...

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Tasty Coffee

June 19, 2024

Today’s coffee is tasty—different tasty. It feels thick on the tongue, like a high percentage chocolate, with a bitterness bordering on sweetness. Subtle notes are difficult to find, hidden amongst the clouds of creamy, frothy whole milk that blankets—nay, marries—the espresso. Today is not a day for subtlety. It is a day to be consumed. And this pain au chocolat ain’t bad, either. ...

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Turning Fifty

June 01, 2024

I’ve never been big about celebrating my birthday. I’m not sure why. I don’t recall any childhood trauma around birthday parties. Whatever the reason, my birthdays have come and gone without much fanfare. Perhaps a quick visit to my mom’s where I would be treated to my favourite dessert: Betty Crocker Cherry Chip Cake with French Vanilla icing. Pure nostalgia from when she’d make it when...

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