Crucial Track for July 15, 2025

"Change In Mood" by Kids In the Kitchen Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. I remember being a kid and this song would be played as a filler on ABC TV in the mornings, but the vision would be of lots of different trains. I’ve searched but can’t find that clip. Even this song took my mind a while to dredge up, and I don’t actually know how I pulled the artist name out of nowhere.

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Thanks friendly and efficient Perth Apple Store Genius who fixed my MacBook Pro which had suffered a screen misalignment from the base. No charge service was welcomed, like Apple of old. 🍎

I’m streaming music from my ancient Plex music library. Talk about throwback music! Most of it was populated more than 20 years ago. 🎶

Crucial Track for July 14, 2025

"Sun in an Empty Room" by The Weakerthans Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What I first heard as a theme song for a podcast (Heavyweight) has morphed into a song I love to hear regularly. The tune is great and the lyrics capture my own early memories of moving house. View Andrew Canion's Crucial Tracks profile

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Thanks PCYC!

Today my employment with Police & Community Youth Centres comes to a close. I’ve got an opportunity to build on my career with a new employer, applying much of what I’ve learned over the past two years. I am thankful and appreciative of the team at PCYC. I’m proud to have been a part of the organisation’s story. Working in the “for purpose” sector is rewarding and enjoyable and I’m happy to be able to continue working in this industry.

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Today I learnt that Australia imposes a tariff on imported handkerchiefs. This is one of many “nuisance tariffs” our Productivity Commission recommends be abolished. Seems reasonable to me.

I’ve re-embraced Day One in a significant way. I’ve never actually stopped using it, but at the moment I’m using the heck out of it. It has to be in my pantheon of great apps, alongside OmniFocus at this point. I’ve got 2,864 entries dating back to November 2011. That’s 14 years of app usage!

Finished reading: Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal 📚 A fascinating look at how to best structure modern workforces with engaging battlefield—and other—examples. I would have liked a bit more detail on how to actually implement these ideas, though.

Trump has determined the US to enter a war without Congressional approval. Irrespective of the decision itself, it’s another rule not followed, another step closer to dictatorship.