Environment Canada has a new color-based weather warning system.

How do they know the snow is going to be yellow before it comes?

https://actsofvolition.com/2026/01/yellow-snow-warning/

You might think someone in their late-forties, like myself, is too set in their ways to change their life. Well, dear reader, I switched to putting the tabs on the side of my browser! It’s never too late.

https://actsofvolition.com/2025/12/old-browser-new-tricks/

The Heavyweight podcast (née Wiretap) with Jonathan Goldstein is back on a new network after being lost in the shuffle of Spotify acquiring Gimlet Media. https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/heavyweight

I loved the show back when it was Wiretap on CBC Radio. In the latest episode, Gregor is back. I love Gregor.

https://actsofvolition.com/2025/09/heavyweight-nee-wiretap-is-back/

I work hard at my job, but nothing can compare to how hard I will work on redirecting a stream at the beach. I will dig in the hot sun until my hands are blistered.

https://actsofvolition.com/2025/09/digging-ditches/

YouTube is showing me an ad with an obviously (to me) fake video of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney asking people to sign up for some AI program. The link points to a form hosted on TypeForm.

I can see how it would be infeasible for YouTube to screen every video they host – but as soon as they accept a penny from an advertiser, they take on the complete burden of filtering out (at least obvious) scams.

Shame on YouTube.

https://actsofvolition.com/2025/09/youtube-is-making-money-on-scams/

Did you know that Annotations in Figma are not accessible to people with free accounts? Instead, you need to have a paid account with Dev Mode access.

https://actsofvolition.com/2025/07/figma-annotations-inaccessible-for-free-accounts/

I feel that this six second clip of Jason Schwartzman reacting to someone taking too long a drink of orange juice in the movie Mountainhead will come in handy.

https://actsofvolition.com/2025/07/the-schwartzman-eye-roll/

My mockup for a pumpkin-with-USB-C-port wasn’t as impactful as I had anticipated.

https://actsofvolition.com/2024/10/jack-o-lantern-with-usb-c/