🏠 Two steps forward and one step back in home maintenance today. Got a dishwasher installed (hours of time back, yay!) and propane stove (backup heat, yay!) hooked up. But also discovered a water leak issue from the roof, which led to noticing notable damage to some ceilings and walls. Woof.

🔗 Apple will spend more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years

What a specific, purely coincidental, I’m sure, span of time! 🙄

This is good news, but still comes across as licking the boot.

Today closes out my busiest span yet as a full-time guide. 17-days straight of booked climbing, skiing, or hiking — including an overnighter! I had two cancellations, but still spent those days skiing 20-miles and shoveling endless snow. What a privilege it is, this life my wife and I have built. 😌

📺 S2E7 and E8 of A.P. Bio had me snort laughing. This show is pure gold.

😋 Certainly these are the best flavors of chips that I’ve tried in quite a while. All Mixed Up takes the top spot. cc: @ruminate@macstories.net

Bluebird morning on Pitchoff Right, getting Michael and Jeri, two longtime rock climbers, onto ice for the first time for @highpeaksmountainguides! They braved the cold and bullet-hard ice to emerge victorious!

No shit, Hans Zimmer??

Jay Peters, theverge.com:

Humane is selling “key AI capabilities” to HP for $116 million and will stop selling AI Pin, the company announced today.

For all the money spent to spin up Humane, I think HP’s getting a steal. But I also can’t help but feel they’re purchasing out of pity.

Ai Pin customers seem to be getting pretty well shafted:

AI Pins that have already been purchased will continue to function normally until 3PM ET on February 28th, Humane says in a support document. After that date, Pins will “no longer connect to Humane’s servers.”

Less than two weeks’ notice.

🍿 Just watched: The Gorge

🔗 iPhone Design to Change ‘Significantly’ This Year:

In a new post, the user known “Digital Chat Station” said that the iPhone‌'s design is “starting to change significantly” this year. The “iPhone 17 Air” reportedly features a “horizontal, bar-shaped” design on the rear, likely referring to an elongated camera bump. On the other hand, the Pro models purportedly adopt a “large horizontal matrix design.”

I’m all for going to a camera bar. Let’s leave the wobble behind!

📺 Helly was wearing a watch in S2E5, the same episode in which severed workers were described as not wearing watches — instead telling time only by the clock on the wall. There’s definitely something strange about time passage happening for Innies… I just can’t figure out how it affects Outies!

🆕📝 An update to my Alt Text generator shortcut

Now with bulk image support and a simplified prompt.

🤔 I swear I cleared all this just a couple hours ago…

🐶 Phin decided chewing fire logs was more fun than helping me shovel. Can’t knock it till I try it, I s’pose!

Gettin’ hammered with snow! 😍 First pic is the pile I moved twice. I pushed it off the porch roof for fear of the weight, then had to reshovel it from the driveway. The second pic shows our deck — you can see from the corner box how deep it was before I shoveled. 😳 About to go do round 2!

Yesterday, I cheered on Sarah and Dan skiing the formidable Johansen’s Last Call. I joined for Marcy (NY’s highest point) and the long ski out Mr. Van trail. It was a 20-mile, 4,180-foot vertical gain day for me (they did 30 miles!). The beer, fire, and music capped an epic day with best friends.

My Valentine and I had a wonderful V-Day with incredible food, great conversation, and fun games. She’s the best. 🥰

I’ve long wanted an RSS feed for my Strava activities. Tonight, I finally did a search for how to get one. The top result, Feed My Ride, seems to work great!

BackcountrySki: Distance: 32.5km, Elevation Gain: 1274m, Moving Time: 06:34:10, Average Speed: 4.9km/h

🔗 Apple Launched the MacBook Pro 19 Years Ago Today:

What a beauty, still to this day.

AlpineSki: Distance: 10.6km, Elevation Gain: 1301m, Moving Time: 00:44:53, Average Speed: 14.2km/h

BackcountrySki: Distance: 7.6km, Elevation Gain: 837m, Moving Time: 01:17:16, Average Speed: 5.9km/h

Conditions couldn’t have been more different than yesterday! The wind was brutal! But still made it in ~6 hours while breaking trail both up and down Street & Nye Mountains with @highpeaksmountainguides. And still bunches of fun! 🏔️

Thank you, thank you! 🙌 Your support warms my heart, and has helped me fill up the rest of February with trips to get more folks out into the great outdoors! 🧡

T’was re-waterproofing day for some of my most-used layers. They say you should wash and re-DWR them every handful of wears, but I think 1-2x per season is plenty. Basically whenever I notice water not beading up so well (or da stink 😭). @nikwax gets them back in action!