Connections: Sports Edition

Puzzle #269
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Day 18: texture #mbjune

Loved this texture of the ceiling of this old bank turned coffee house in downtown Montreal when we visited last year.  A grand interior features an ornate, coffered ceiling and an elegant chandelier hanging above a large arched window.

Paris Basketball vs Monaco: LNB Betclic Elite Finals | game 2

Absolute madness at the Paris Basketball game tonight!

Game 2 of the 2024-2025 LNB Betclic Elite Finals: 2-0 Win

Total domination against this Monaco team and we went as high as having a +30 point gap.

TJ Shorts proving once again why he’s the best player on the continent and the whole team played its part! Incredible game, incredible atmosphere, and now one win away from our very first League Championship.

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Seems like my M3 / 2024 Macbook Air is already feeling the limits of DIA being built on Chrome. Was navigating work with multiple tabs & webapps and… heavy temperature + long freezes. You can improve on Chrome, but if you’re built on it, the machines are gonna flyyyyy!

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Testing out DIA and while some stuff is different and with minor issues, at least there are some good uses for it: reading through, summarizing, and highlighting tasks from a long email thread, for example…

Will continue experimenting with it.

Daily Walkoff ⚾️ Orioles #290

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Day 16: blur #mbjune

Day in the life blur: navigating the Paris metro with the little one in her stroller  People are assisting an individual in a wheelchair up a set of stairs in a blurred photo.

Connections: Sports Edition

Puzzle #266

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LNB Betclic Elite finals between my Paris Basketball and AS Monaco

First game of the Finals β€” a best of five series It’s our second appearance at the finals ever β€” second in two years. We lost to Monaco 3-1 last year, but we are stronger while Monaco is having some issues with a star player who’s not gonna play again this season and another solid one who’s injured.

Today’s victory puts us up 1-0, so two more wins, needed to win the whole damn thing!

The team was serious from beginning to end, so that was really great.

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Day 15: tie #mbjune
The one and only/last time I had to wear a tie… for our wedding!

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Connections: Sports Edition

Puzzle #265

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Day 14: twilight #mbjune

A serene waterside scene at sunset features a colorful sky reflected in calm water, with buildings silhouetted in the background.

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Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #264 - ok this one was super easy, I gotta say!

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Back from Viva Tech 2025

Just got back from a day at Viva Tech 2025 for Work.

The event was huge, with 165,000 attendees over four days, making it the biggest conference I’ve ever been to.

AI was obviously the star of the show, popping up everywhere and driving discussions on its ethical implications and practical applications. It was interesting to see how governments (national and regional) and companies are leveraging AI to innovate in their core businesses.

I attended 2 really cool keynotes :

Overall, a great opportunity to see how the industry is evolving. It was a solid experience, and I’m already looking forward to next year’s event.

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Some recent food highlights…

Recent food highlights from the past few weeks, mostly at home for these ones:

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Day 13: pathway #mbjune

A little pathway in the newest park in our neighborhood…

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I’ve had this one on rotation since 2011:

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