Superb day at @whiteface_mt with good buddies yesterday. Started with uphill skinning in the morning and stuck around to get in some lift laps! The sunrise and clear viability was wild! 🤩 🎿

Skiers descend a snowy mountain slope surrounded by cloud-covered valleys under a blue sky with scattered clouds. Snow-covered landscape reflecting a serene sunrise over mountainous terrain bordered by bare trees, with subtle pink and orange hues illuminating the sky over a quiet, untouched slope. A person wearing a headlamp and winter gear takes a selfie, with three others in similar attire holding ski poles on a snowy trail surrounded by trees at dusk. A skier stands with poles on a snow-covered slope, framed by frosty trees, with a distant hill and vibrant sunset sky in the background. A person on skis holds poles and wears winter gear in a snowy forested area with leafless trees, moving along a snowy slope. Two people are skiing uphill on a snowy slope using climbing skins surrounded by snow-covered trees under a clear blue sky. Skiers stand on a snow-covered slope preparing to descend near a small building. Surrounding them are frosty trees and ski poles under a clear blue sky. A person wearing ski gear smiles on a snowy mountain slope during sunset. The helmet cover features a large cat face. Snow-covered trees and clouds are in the background. Chairlifts ascend a snowy slope carrying skiers above a wide ski trail surrounded by bare trees with other skiers visible below. Snow-covered mountain displaying ski trails running down the slopes surrounded by dense coniferous forest with a clear blue sky above. Three people wearing helmets and goggles smiling on a ski lift in a snowy forested area. Jackets display logos including Universiade 2019 Krasnoyarsk and Karbon suggesting they are at a winter sports event. A colorful ski trail map shows marked paths on a mountain with labels and elevations. Text includes Emergency Phone 1-518-946-8111 on-mountain phone 2025 and Chevrolet SLIDES and designated GLADE SKIING areas are ungroomed natural terrain and are open subject to natural snow and weather conditions.

Ski Day #22 (2025) - Frigid Wright Peak 🥶 Skylight Mountain Guides kindly invited me along on their guide training day! Surprisingly good conditions, and fun folks! Hiking trail was skinnable, ski trail was good, and we booted back down the hiking trail. Temps hovered around 0° before wind chill.

📺 How come none of you told me that A.P. Bio is effing hilarious?!

Ski Day #23 (2025) - Frigid Wright Peak 🥶

BackcountrySki: Distance: 10.8km, Elevation Gain: 729m, Moving Time: 02:47:24, Average Speed: 3.9km/h

🆕📝 7 Things This Week [#167]

A classic collection.

Harlot - 1/18/25 Guided a super fun group of guys and made the best of the warm conditions. We ended up snagging the driest line and everyone made huge progress while cheered on by their supportive friends. Good times!

Two people are ice climbing on a vertical frozen waterfall using ropes amid a snow-covered landscape with trees above. A climber ascends a large frozen waterfall using climbing gear surrounded by tall trees and a cloudy sky. A person climbs a large frozen waterfall, surrounded by snow-covered rocks and trees in a wintry landscape. A person climbs a large frozen waterfall with ice axes surrounded by snow and leafless trees in a forested area. A climber ascends a large frozen waterfall surrounded by bare trees in a wintery forest setting, wearing winter gear and using climbing equipment. Five people in snow gear smile and pose on a snowy path wearing helmets and snowshoes. One person is playfully sticking out their tongue. Trees and a parked car are in the background.

A perfect dawn at Whiteface Mountain getting in some uphill vert mileage. 👌

🎙️ This episode of the Severance podcast might be one of the best episodes of any podcast I’ve ever heard. They got Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard on to talk about an episode — they’re superfans of the show — and I’ve never wanted to be friends with anyone more than I want to be friends with them. 🤣

With Onward Mountain Guides, you get to demo brand-new, high-quality gear on your adventure! Book a trip today. Thanks @lowaboots and @highpeakscyclery

We had a great time tonight swinging tools and swapping stories at Thursday Night Ice club! See you next week 🙌

Said goodbye to a real one. My original Petzl helmet that I purchased around summer 2010 for working the climbing tower at Gerber Scout Reservation. That helmet (and long-ago retired harness) helped launch my love of climbing (and career!) and it’s protected my noggin on countless adventures. 🫡

An orange helmet rests on a snowy truck bed adorned with assorted stickers displaying the brand name Petzl surrounded by scattered snow and climbing rope. Orange helmet resting on a textured surface adorned with stickers including Mammut Stupid hurts Honda Design Engineer Build Repeat in a likely outdoor or workshop setting. An orange helmet sits on a snowy surface adorned with stickers reading stupid hurts HONDA and SCARPA featuring ventilation holes and scuff marks with black and grey accents surrounding it are snow patches.

TIL you’re supposed to stick toe warmers to the bottom of your sock, not the inside of your shoe. I can already tell it works much better! 🧠

The Bowsers in Cascade Pass made for a lovely, chill day, even with the raging winds. 👌

Three weekends in a row in the Seward Range with three completely different winter conditions. But we got ‘em done with no injuries — just loooong days. 😁

Two people stand smiling beside a snow-covered sign that reads Seward Mountain amidst snowy trees under a clear blue sky.

Finished reading: Stuck in neutral by Terry Trueman 📚

Book cover features a young boy’s face, eyes closed. Beside it, a review of ‘Stuck in Neutral’ (2001) by Terry Trueman: My mother-in-law gave me this book for Christmas saying that she read it long ago and hasn’t stopped thinking about it. The premise – what if a person with development disabilities was actually keenly aware of their surroundings and thought completely logically but just couldn’t communicate their thoughts – was interesting. But the outdated language and constant threat of violence kept me from really enjoying it. Rating: 👎

Go home, Control Center, you’re drunk.

Smartphone screen displays a purple-themed interface with widgets showing music, scan options, and quick access controls for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Top text shows Spectrum Wi-Fi, 9:50 time, and 55 percent battery.

Just look at this cutie! 😍 I love his tight little nap curl-ups.

A dog sleeps curled up on a fluffy blanket in a cozy indoor setting with shoes in the background near a window.

I’ve always been frustrated that @things@mastodon.online’s share sheet extension on iOS doesn’t allow you to do, well, much at all. You can’t set a start date, deadline, tags, or checklist items—only the title, notes, and project can be set from there.

I finally thought to solve it with Shortcuts:

iPad screen displaying a shortcut workflow in progress with a task entry form on the left and shortcut options on the right. The background is a gradient of orange to pink.

Two tablets display a browser and a notes app. The left screen shows a website with text “Write 3x faster, without lifting a finger. superwhisper.com AI powered voice to text.” The right screen shows a notes app with a task list and a pop-up for link saving.

🎶 I’m determined to listen to more music this year. To that effect, I’ve set up an automaton to have Apple Music’s Feel Good station play in the living room whenever the first person arrives home. So far, I dig it! Also, my Get Up Mix is on point this week.

🔗 Manton Reece: ‘Automattic and .blog’ manton.org

A 128GB 7th-gen iPad mini (with A17 Pro) for $400 is a heck of a deal. I continue to adore the Mini’s size and that it doesn’t compromise on power.

(Via MacRumors)

Speaking of companies with strong morals, Mastodon is headed to a new nonprofit org:

Simply, we are going to transfer ownership of key Mastodon ecosystem and platform components (including name and copyrights, among other assets) to a new non-profit organization, affirming the intent that Mastodon should not be owned or controlled by a single individual.

(They used to have nonprofit status in Germany, but it was stripped last year for bureaucratic reasons.)

Ceding individual control of a major social network is huge in the context of Musk’s X and Zuckerberg’s Meta. Good on CEO Eugen Rochko.

Herman Martinus:

If I’m to be incredibly reductive, there are two kinds of writers: One kind can’t help but write. Words flow from them into the world. The other kind pull words into the world, kicking and screaming. Like getting out of bed too early after a late night.

Which are you?

Me? Depends on the week, but lately the first.

🕜 As I was making some changes to my site tonight, I was bummed that Dropbox (where its files are synced) didn’t have more than a 30-day version history and I needed to reference back farther. Then I remembered I have Time Machine always running and found what I needed in a flash. 👍

I finally (after nearly nine months) sat down to finish up my site’s redesign with the new sidebar, including on the homepage!

Header displays “HeyDingus by Jarrod Blundy” with a rainbow gradient line. Title reads “My favorite gizmos of CES 2025” dated January 12, 2025. Text discusses excitement for Consumer Electronics Show gadgets. Menu on the right includes links like Blog, Projects, and Search.

I still have some tweaks to make, but I’m quite happy with how it’s turned out — especially the new dynamic bits. I hope you like it too. 😁