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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 18/10/2026

Solid time! Perfect day for a long run, save for a bit of wind. Hope you are happy with the effort - you should be.

James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 18/10/2026

Great work by the @toronto.ca, the TTC and the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon. As usual, it's basically impossible to get to the start of the race at 8:00 A.M. God forbid they start the subway early...it's not like we're a world class city or anything. Godspeed runners. I hope you have a plan.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 16/10/2026

PC Skyr suuuuucks. Siggy's or I'm not interested. Bonus points if it's the extra creamy vanilla bean.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 16/10/2026

Shame about the Dodgers getting swept. Anyways...

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 15/10/2026

The new AppleTV 4k being $429 CAD is just insanity. Who is this product for now because at that price, it isn't for me. www.apple.com/ca/shop/buy-...

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 13/10/2026

Sauna and cold plunge time again today. I'm pretty confident I can squeeze in a recovery run here in Vancouver tomorrow morning before heading to the airport to fly home.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 13/10/2026

Yeah, no. First of all, Apple, the extensions system on Safari is awful. Second of all, the UX of Safari is so lacking compared even to Chrome which is also generally not great. www.apple.com/safari/switch/

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 12/10/2026

The journey from Victoria via public transit was a long one - left the hotel at 9:45am and arrived at the hotel here in Coal Harbour around 3:20pm. But I saw orcas from the ferry!

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 12/10/2026

Back in my favourite city on earth aka Vancouver. Hard to believe it's been since May, 2024 that I've been here...far too long between visits.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 11/10/2026

Ran a marathon. It was beautiful.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 11/10/2026

Early pasta dinner with the kid in Victoria. We walked straight in but the line was fifty people when we left! All the runners are looking for carbs.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 10/10/2026

Spent about an hour and a half (three circuits) at Ritual Nordic Spa in Victoria today. Really nice place with a hot Finnish sauna and a cold plunge pool. ritualnordicspa.com

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Ritual Nordic Spa | Sauna & Spa in Victoria BC

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 09/10/2026

Shakedown run time. It's windy and a bit on the cool side here which is hopefully not a preview of race day morning weather. I could do without gusty winds, thanks. Planning to finish this run at Crow's Coffee for a latte and treat as the carb load begins. www.instagram.com/crowscoffees...

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 08/10/2026

The view from the hotel is out over the Gorge towards downtown. I walked over the Selkirk Trestle and back to get some groceries. Victoria is always beautiful. Seaplanes flying over and the Olympic Mountains in the distance too.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 08/10/2026

Made it to Victoria and all checked in to my nice hotel. It's got a kitchenette which is super handy when carb loading before a race. Beautiful weather here and Sunday looks ideal for 42.2km of running.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 08/10/2026

Off to Victoria, BC to see the kid and run a marathon.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 06/10/2026

Getting my app ready for the iPhone Duo was dead simple because I used SwiftUI, Liquid Glass and built it with an adaptive layout from the start. Literally no changes required to work on the Duo. Build submitted and awaiting App Review and I added a new feature while I was at it.

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RunnerCast for iOS @runnercast.app · 06/10/2026

RunnerCast 2.4 will be ready for the iPhone Duo. It also has a new feature for everyone who can't afford a $3,000 phone: Travel! Add your vacation dates and city and the five-day will swap out the forecast for where you are and will instead show the weather where you'll be.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 05/10/2026

This is great...a new 24/7 livestream from @bigjet.tv in partnership with @flightradar24.com. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDBY...

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Heathrow Airport LIVE 24/7

YouTube video by BIG JET TV

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 05/10/2026

Race week has arrived after 24 weeks of training. Two more short runs, a flight to Victoria, B.C., and carb loading await.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 01/10/2026

Biggest tell that you are low intelligence is going to be if you say SI instead of AI.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 29/09/2026

Habs hockey kicks off tonight with the first of 84 regular season games and hopefully followed by a bunch of playoff games too.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 27/09/2026

Stressful week was stressful...but a lot of things came into better view. A big product launch at work is coming together on time, my marathon training is effectively done (save for a couple of weeks of taper) and our car is ready for pickup early this week.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 27/09/2026

There have been far worse seasons of Blue Jays baseball. Sad it's over for another year but time for @canadiens.com hockey on Tuesday.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 27/09/2026

Ran my final "long" run of the Royal Victoria Marathon training block with 21.1km mostly at race pace on a beautiful day in Toronto. Feeling healthy, strong and ready to run 42.2km in two weeks.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 26/09/2026

That and the Reds are a .465 baseball team.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 25/09/2026

Over-produced, low effort slop. There's my review of the four new songs from Taylor Swift. "Cleveland!" is godawful.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 24/09/2026

And where is the Bripe?

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 24/09/2026

Not pictured: coffee scale, hand grinder.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 23/09/2026

The Blue Jays bid for the post-season very likely ends today. One more loss in any of the five remaining games this year and they are done. Or a single White Sox win. American League Champs and one out from World Series Champs to sub-500 and missing the playoffs. Quite the tumble.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 20/09/2026

The final long run of my Victoria Marathon training block went really well. I negative split a 31km run by about five minutes and finished it really strongly. Next week is a mere 21.1km and then it's really time to rest up and prepare for marathon number 15.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 19/09/2026

Claude's full answer: "Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers, actually has real grass — it's a retractable-roof stadium, but they use natural turf grown to handle the indoor and outdoor conditions."

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 19/09/2026

...Globe Life Field opened in 2020 specifically with artificial turf (Shaw Sports Turf's B1K system), and that's been true the whole time, so there's no "used to be grass" story to point to either. I just stated something confidently that was wrong." Sonnet 5 Medium, by the way.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 19/09/2026

When I asked why it gave an incorrect answer: "I don't have a good excuse — that was a plain factual error, not a case where the info was genuinely ambiguous...

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 19/09/2026

"Does Globe life Field in Texas have natural grass or artificial turf?" Siri said it "has artificial turf" and cited Wikipedia. Claude said it "has real grass" and cited nothing. Claude completely made that up.

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RunnerCast for iOS @runnercast.app · 18/09/2026

Well what do we have here? Fired up Xcode to see how things look on the upcoming iPhone Duo and the news is good.

A screenshot of RunnerCast app running on an iPhone Duo in the simulator.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 18/09/2026

Elbows up and volume up for the Canadian anthem at the new Highmark Stadium in Buffalo on NFL Thursday Night Football.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 17/09/2026

Today I got a bug report from support, triaged it, had Claude find the issue in our code and fix it (with tests), and then I put in a pull request which got reviewed by a human, and pushed to production. In under two hours.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 15/09/2026

Those days are long past. At 55, I'm primarily aiming to get to the start capable of running 42.2km. There's no chance for a PB so better to look forward to the beautiful scenery of Dallas Road and Victoria neighbourhoods.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 15/09/2026

I feel you there. Ran an easy 8km yesterday after a hard 31km run on Sunday and it felt dangerous. I skipped an intervals workout today (first skipped workout in 25 weeks) because I thought the risk outweighed the reward. Sometimes the best thing is some rest.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 15/09/2026

Upgraded my little 8-port switch at home to a 2.5Gbps model and huzzah. 1.3Gbps on Wi-fi depending on where I am in the house. I need a 2.5Gbps ethernet dongle for the laptop(s). This is all on a 3Gbps fibre connection.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 13/09/2026

Managed 31.5km today of the planned 34km. Could have gutted it out but there wasn’t any benefit to that. The humidity was ridiculous and really sapped the energy. Sometimes the day conspires against you and it’s best not to argue. #running

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 13/09/2026

Running from Yonge and Wellington all the way to Kennedy Station (via Queen, Kingston Road, Danforth, Kennedy) and then the entire Eglinton Crosstown over to Mount Dennis. We'll hop on the LRT there to head back to the start. 34km total to run. Wish us luck!

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 12/09/2026

Great effort still. Mad respect for attempting it and also for being smart about it. Lots of stubborn runners would have tried to push through and end up sidelined.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 12/09/2026

Bit of a dress rehearsal this weekend for the Royal Victoria Marathon in four weeks. Making sure I load up on carbs tomorrow, and then 34km on Sunday will be a good test of pace and fuelling.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 10/09/2026

@petchmo.bsky.social Y'all might like this video. Some amazing footage of the Snowbirds last hurrah in Toronto with the Tutor. The Lancaster formation shot is 🙌. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgmx...

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Snowbirds over Toronto - CIAS 2026 - One Last Ride (for now)

YouTube video by Match Hatta

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 10/09/2026

Glad that Thursday is in the rear view mirror. We continue on.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 10/09/2026

Curious to see how @runnercast.app adapts to the iPhone Duo. Not that I'll likely have users that have the Duo given my install base, but I guess it's going to be important to at least check and adapt some of the layouts for the new form factor and aspect ratio.

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James Koole @jameskoole.ca · 09/09/2026

Evening busy work is to redo my ADS-B setup. A recent upgrade of the piaware stuff seems to have impacted the count of aircraft I'm picking up. Lesson learned...don't upgrade if it's all working fine. Should be easy enough to reflash the PI SD Card, add the piaware and fr24 feeder software.

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