Software engineer turned building superintendent, still coding on the side. I write about building management, AI experiments, running, food, and life in Toronto.
L. J.
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We packed the car and drove an hour north to Sibbald Point at Georgina, and it ended up being exactly what we needed. Three days of campfires, beach time, and my son setting up a tent for the first time. No complaints, except maybe the trail.
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Sometimes the best thing you can do for the building is leave it. My wife and I packed the car, pointed it north, and I tried something I'm genuinely not good at: switching off. Here's how that went.
Failing the G test twice feels awful, especially when it is the same mistake both times. But that does not mean you are a bad driver. It usually means one specific skill is not automatic yet. For my friend, it was lane changes on the 401. That is fixable.
A tenant wanted me to tear into the landscaping crew's guy right in front of her after her potted plants got cleared during a routine cleanup. I didn't. Here's why that decision matters more than most people realize and what I did instead.
The last thing you want to see at 3:30 on a Friday is a supervisory alarm lighting up the fire panel. This week it happened twice, and the sump pump was the reason both times. Here's how that afternoon went.