Malcolm's Ramblings

I’ve done this twice before, and so wanted to try again to see how much AI has improved over the last two and a half years. My first attempt was in December 2022, and my second was in March 2023. I gave ChatGPT 5.1 the following prompt: Can you write me a short story that’s Read more

I have made it past two years at Acquia, and I am very pleased with my personal progress and growth. For those interested, check out my one year review. In November 2024, I was promoted to a Senior Technical Account manager. I have been told by my manager that I might be the fastest to Read more

I don’t know why, but this winter has been kicking my butt as I am currently going through my third or fourth cold in the last three months! I hate being sick, but who doesn’t? It is especially hard when you add on all of the things that have been going on recently, and so Read more

Now that Pixel is here, I have to figure out how to be a parent, and that is so much harder than I ever thought it would be. Where is my natural parenting ability? Why isn’t this easier? Sleep Deprivation Everyone laughs when I tell them lacking sleep has been hard. Both those that have Read more

So much has happened since near the end of September when I published the post: Do All the Stressful Things at Once. The quick version is that we successfully sold our house in Kingston, moved our stuff into storage, moved in with Annie’s sister and family, Pixel was born, we bought a house in Orangeville, Read more

I have talked about Universal Basic Income on this blog a few times over the years and my opinion hasn’t changed: UBI is needed as part of a transitionary tool from late-stage capitalism to a heavily automated, potentially post-capitalism, society. But it has been a few years, so I wanted to circle back around to Read more

Annie and I are about a month and a half from most likely bringing home a baby, so of course we pilled on selling our current house, finding a new house, and hopefully moving, right? While Annie is finishing her Master’s degree, and gearing up on her dream job, we are also trying to figure Read more

There is some controversy going around right now in the WordPress community, but when isn’t there? As someone that has been part of the community for nearly twenty years now, I feel like I should give my two cents though my title probably says it all. I feel like the best way to get corporations Read more

For those of you that don’t read my wife’s blog, or follow me on social media, you might be surprised to find out that our surrogate has passed the twenty-four week point with Pixel, our nickname for the baby, meaning we’ve reached minimum viability! Okay, sure there are things that could still go wrong and Read more

Recently, I crossed a milestone at Acquia having been there for a year. It is neat to see my name listed on the anniversary emails and presentations that go out to staff. At the start of my journey, I didn’t know if I’d make it a year, and now I find myself planning and hoping Read more

I published a blog post five years ago about a Space Based Battle Royale game that I’d love to play and no one has made it yet, not even me! I still think it has some legs, so I wanted to post more about it in hopes that it might inspire someone. It is a Read more

Annie and I have been contemplating our next vehicle purchase for almost four years now, and we are weeks away from driving home with a Kia Sportage. I’ve joked that maybe our next vehicle, when we are fifty will have the features we want in the colour we want it in. The 2023 Kia Sportage Read more