Chris Millward

@millward.ca

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Lifelong software engineer. #Frontend #developer by day, and too bloody tired from parenting to do anything by night. Hobbyist-in-spirit guitarist, pixel artist, game developer #guitar #gamedev #pixelart #chiptunes #desksetup #desksky

A photo of a bunch of miniature cd-like music albums that I’m planning to listen to today
A screenshot depicting the opening moments of a pro wrestling match in a text-based game.
My Spotify Wrapped top songs list 1. Alex Warren - Ordinary 2. Bilmuri - Boutta Cashew 3-5 Golden, Soda Pop, and Your Idol from kpop demon hunters
The box art for Microsoft Encarta 95
A hardcover copy of Derek Sivers’ book “Anything you want”
A screenshot of one of Google’s AI summaries describing Randy Johnson’s perfect game in which he threw 117 pitches (which sounds right) for 117 strikeouts (which does not).
A screenshot of an article describing how Ottawa is planning to 'upload' its light-rail transit system to the province.
A screenshot taken of JustWatch.com showing that the movie Jaws is now streaming on Disney+
A screenshot of the modern Google homepage, but one of the original logos is used instead of the usual modern one.
A new batch of Moleskine pocket journals side-by-side with my current, very weathered Field Book journal
A black 3d-printed bust of the Lich King from Lord of the Rings
A kobo ereader that has imploded
A "Your blog is 20 years old" achievement email from LiveJournal
The vintage pro wrestling magazines
A photo of a kids’ menu item titled “Green Apple Fizz”, but the capital F looks suspiciously like a J
An in-progress game of Hero Quest, and a mug of beer beside it
A meme image of Lisa Simpson shouting “Hack the bone”
A photo of Bobby “The Brain” Heenan
A screen cap of The Simpsons depicting a store in the middle of nowhere. The sign on the storefront says “Sneed’s Feed and Seed” in large print, and underneath in smaller print the sign reads “Formerly Chuck’s”
A michelada on the poolside bar at a resort in Mexico
Book cover for "The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle: The Thing Beneath The Bed" by Patrick Rothfuss
A screenshot of my solution to Advent of Code challenge #4a, in typescript.
Book cover for "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield
Book cover for "All the President's Men" by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
Book cover for "Sid Meier's Memoir! A life in computer games" by Sid Meier
Book cover for "Linchpin" by Seth Godin
Book cover for "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card
Book cover for "Deep Work" by Cal Newport
Book cover for "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
Book cover for "Start with why" by Simon Sinek
Book cover for "Graphics Programming Black Book - Special Edition" by Michael Abrash
Book cover for "Nudge" by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
Quote from basketball coach John Wooden “if you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”
Book cover for "Trust me, I'm lying" by Ryan Holiday
Book cover for "Rendezvous with Rama" by Arthur C. Clarke
The Wikipedia timeline of the various band members of "The Get Up Kids"
Book cover for "The Design of Everyday Things" by Donald A. Norman
Book cover for "Jaws" by Peter Benchley
Book cover for "Callahan's Crosstime Saloon" by Spider Robinson
Book cover for "Flatland" by Edwin A. Abbott
Cover art for the album “Clumsy” by Our Lady Peace
Photo of the book “Crafting Interpreters” by Robert Nystrom
Book cover for Getting Things Done, by David Allen
A stack of 18 books to donate.
Book cover for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Book cover for Raymond Feist’s Magician: Apprentice