John Chandler

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:21:21 -0400

My friend: “A pastor I know”

SirI’s relay to me: “A past rhino”

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:19:10 -0400

I posted a new video this week about

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 10:46:56 -0400

Me: “Add chews to the shopping list”

Siri AI: “Added shoes, cheese, and juice to the shopping list.”

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:46:29 -0400

Checked off a bucket list item last week: a trip to Yosemite with my kids. (And Sequoia too!)

Still lingering in the beauty of it, and adding a new bucket list item to go back again and explore more of it on foot.

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:54:12 -0400

Selling my 14" M5 MacBook Pro with 32gb ram and 1tb SSD. It’s only 3 months old and has 9 months of the standard warranty remaining. Includes original box and charger. Works great… I jumped in to get a higher spec a few weeks ago before the price increases. $1850 shipped to US address.

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:40:09 -0400

Finished reading: by Elizabeth Strout 📚

My favorite fiction book I’ve read this year. And maybe in the last few years.

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 11:56:25 -0400

I picked up the now discontinued Alpaka Elements Tech Brief. I’ve long searched for a bag like this – streamlined and professional looking, but spacious enough for a few essentials alongside my laptop. There aren’t really other bags like this, and now this one is discontinued too.

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:27:20 -0400

Over the last 10 years or so, a good chunk of my wardrobe came from Eddie Bauer. Their changes this year have left it a shell of what it used to be.

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:45:43 -0400

Finished reading: by Scott Britton 📚

I’m not sure I would have picked this book up if not were a recommendated from a trusted friend. But it’s a deep and practical book that I will begin recommending to others.

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:17:57 -0400

All of the new stuff Apple announced looks neat I guess. I just want to be able to recite texts and have them be transcribed coherently.

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:29:43 -0400

I try to be optimistic about humanity.

The increasing amount of humans watching videos on their phones, without headphones, is making this posture difficult to maintain.

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:51:17 -0400

Play ball!

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:31:40 -0400

Project Hail Mary is just about perfect. The only possible critique I can offer is not enough Lionel Boyce.

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:31:23 -0400

The Apple News Mini Crossword used ‘Legos’ as the plural of LEGO today. It’s going to take some time for me to get past this.

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:11:19 -0400

I published a new video today:

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:11:42 -0400

I have a second laptop for occasional focused work: writing, planning and such. It’s a 2016 12" MacBook. I love it.

The MacBook Neo looks fun, and might the option someday when my MacBook dies. I love the price of it, but sadly that also limits it from the extreme portability of the 12" MacBook.

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 13:12:52 -0400

Gearing up for the Nolan take, I finished reading The Odyssey for the first time last week. I tend to not like reading verse, but found this to be very readable. I’m not sure how much it had to do with the translation, by I read the Emily Watson version.

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:32:32 -0400

Took a day trip to Saguaro National Park last week. Geographically, it isn’t much different from the regional park near my house. But national park gift shops are always a defining part of the experience.

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:17:34 -0400

I haven’t been craving salsa recently, and I’m starting to question everything.

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 11:30:57 -0400

Had a package due to be delivered yesterday by the postal service. Thursday it was at a post office 44 miles away. Today it is at a post office 1700 miles away.

And that’s not even close to the worst delivery experience I’ve had with USPS this week.

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 10:21:21 -0400

Finished reading: by Brandon Sanderson 📚

I lean toward literary fiction, so I tend to resist investing myself in long fantasy or sci-fi series. But I really enjoyed this. I’m back to my accumulated literary fiction for now, but might have to revisit more of Cosmere in the future.

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 11:47:23 -0400

Finished reading: by Roland Allen 📚

In spite of the clarity in the subtitle, this one was more of a history than I expected. Somehow I imagined something a little more how-to or inspirational. But once I settled in to the history vein… I enjoyed it quite a lot.

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:52:44 -0400

Finished reading: by Brandon Sanderson 📚

I’m glad I continued in the series and will finish this trilogy. Trying to decide if I will read more Sanderson after that. Any suggestions to consider next?

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:41:18 -0400

My iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch are all 2-4 years old and the battery life on all of them has gotten much worse with OS 27. It’s much worse than previous years, and not fixed yet after the first OS update. Anyone else?

Sat, 11 Oct 2025 19:21:58 -0400

First day of the season wearing jeans. First day of the season making chili.

Pretty good combo.