iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 26/03/2026

I just did a story on this bridge. It's neither a covered bridge, nor is it open (closed in September of 2025).

A screenshot of a Tourism NB AI chatbot response asking about visiting a bridge that has been closed for six months. It seems to believe it is also a covered bridge, which it is not.

Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 26/03/2026

I couldn't get the NB tourism AI to tell me how long it would take to drive Route 6 or where I could get tickets to the Saint John Flames, but it did drop this little nugget for me:

A screenshot of a chat with the NB Tourism AI chatbot where it indicates that Blaine Higgs is the current Premier of New Brunswick. Blaine Higgs lost the provincial election in 2024 and subsequently resigned.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 10/11/2025

I was so disappointed when I clicked through and it wasn't the watermelon smashing comedian.

An email notification from LinkedIn informing me that EA Sports and Gallagher are hiring.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 02/11/2025

Balls! Sorry for the colourful language.

A group of bingo balls sit in their designated machine holes, waiting to be dropped.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 24/10/2025

Doing a two camera Multicam edit in the most ridiculous way possible. It’s Friday.

A laptop computer running editing software is hooked up to an 8bitdo two button mechanical device.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 08/10/2025

Hot take: "Yay, rain!" Cold shower:

A screen grab from the Apple weather app indicating that 4 mm of rain has fallen in the last six hours and 6 mm more is expected today.

That is sadly not enough rain for the drought conditions in the Maritimes. It's getting close to where I can just drive across the Wolastoq instead of taking a bridge.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 08/08/2025

I took my 17-year-old Nikon D60 DSLR out for a little trail walk earlier this week. While the technology is ancient by current mirrorless standards, something about that old film-like colour sensor tuning directly off of the camera hit my nostalgia centre for flipping through the old family albums.

A sailboat is moving down a river, flanked by foreground and background trees.

A branch filled with crab apples, nestled amongst other trees.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 13/06/2025

It has certainly been a day.

A screen grab of the day's trending topics on Bluesky, which were:
National Guard, Israel Strike, Senator Padilla, Cloud Outages, IRS and Spaceballs.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 18/05/2025

Zeus, buddy, I'm not coming for your throne. You can stand down.

A screenshot of an hourly forecast that shows nothing but thunderstorms in the forecast.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 07/05/2025

Me, earlier today before the Prime Minister arrived at the White House: "Carney should probably just Jim the camera every time Trump goes on a rambling, nonsensical rant." Reality in 2025, a 365 day celebration of monkey paw wishes:

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney looks directly at the camera with a look suggesting "can you believe this?" in a fashion similar to Jim Halpert in the NBC situational comedy, "The Office".

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 01/05/2025

I'm getting an unfortunate déja-vu vibe from this statement.

A picture of Glen Jacobs as "Diesel" and Rick Bogner as "Razor Ramon" when the World Wrestling Federation attempted to convince fans that they cared about the character and names only and not the personalities behind them after Scott Hall and Kevin Nash (the original characters) left the WWF for World Championship Wrestling.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 20/04/2025

I just based a guess off of the Abacus data from last week combined with my purely anecdotal advance polling experience where I noticed a majority of people there were men around the bracket that is showing Conservative favourability. It's definitely not science, just pure rampant speculation.

An Abacus Data polling chart with polled intent broken down by age, gender and region.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 20/04/2025

I'm purely running off of a casual glance at the 338Canada graph below showing a bit of a buckle (though I do see the curve is already showing potential of levelling out again):

A screen grab of a chart from 338Canada showing a small decline (down to 90%) in the overall odds of the Liberal Party of Canada winning the most seats in the upcoming federal election.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 09/04/2025

My corporate OneDrive has informed me that I have worked a lot of elections for television.

A screenshot of my corporate OneDrive folder which indicates that I have worked 16 elections for television since 2006.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 07/04/2025

This my new favourite news summary; it sounds like one hell of a day...

A screen grab of a news notification that says "Trump's team defended tariffs, chemical weapons in Syria, meet a robot butler".

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 04/04/2025

Supporting fellow international tariff victims by enjoying the traditional meal of the Heard and McDonald Islands.

It's a bucket filled with fish. I don't really know how else to describe it.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 31/03/2025

I was always fond of "The Picture Province" as a slogan. Maybe it's time we bring back a modern version of the old inverse green plates?

A picture of an old Province of New Brunswick license plate. It's green with white lettering, indication the province name as well as the old provincial slogan, "Picture Province".

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 22/03/2025

It's a wild Saturday night.

A screenshot from the legendary Atari 2600 game, E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 26/02/2025

Someone told me that the privately-owned couriers could easily do the job of Canada Post. This was supposed to have arrived a week ago. FedEx, buddy, do you need some help?

A screenshot of a FedEx tracking list for a parcel that is now a week late for delivery. It's is not the lyric sheet for the 1962 Hank Snow hit song "I've Been Everywhere".

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 21/02/2025

OK, whose beloved grandmother stole my parcel?

A screen grab from the FedEx tracking website, indicating that a parcel has been delayed due to an error code that simple says "nan" on February 20th, 2025.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 17/02/2025

Apple Weather, I don't believe this to be true for where I'm at in Lincoln, NB.

A screen grab from the Apple Weather app indicating that it believes the Lincoln, New Brunswick area got 47 cm of snow.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 14/02/2025

The vibes in Canada these past few weeks:

It's Happy! It's Fun! It's Happy Fun Ball!

A screen capture from the classic Saturday Night Live parody commercial, "Happy Fun Ball" informing potential customers not to taunt Happy Fun Ball.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 19/12/2024

If you have ever wondered what my control room for Fredericton City Council looks like, here you go! It’s old but it is reliable. When it comes to tech, that’s priceless.

A picture of a computer-based television control switching system.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 06/12/2024

Nobody has ever been more prepared! It's safe to say this is a "lost" parcel. I have another one that shipped two days later than this that is on an Intelcom truck for delivery today.

A screen grab of a series of failed delivery attempts (or lack thereof) by the Dragonfly delivery service run by Intelcom. Each daily entry indicates that the package is being prepared for delivery.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 05/12/2024

It immediately reminded me of Conky from Pee-Wee's Playhouse.

Characters from the television series Pee Wee's Playhouse smile at Coney 2000, the robot on the show made from various audio equipment.

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Jeff Despres @tealshark.ca · 17/11/2024

In case you have ever wondered what the set of the Minto Sunday TV Bingo looks like, then wonder no further! This non-profit bingo has been on the air for nearly 40 years now (so long that nobody seems to remember the exact date when it started with certainty).

A television studio used exclusively for TV Bingo, dressed with with seasonal decorations, such as snowflakes and Christmas presents. A bingo blower machine sits in the middle of the lit stage.

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