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Moose hunting in Newfoundland - 2026: Family, friends, and one very successful hunt
Six guys, three ATVs, one moose, and a week in the Newfoundland wilderness. From surprising Dad to freezing mornings, boil-ups, questionable decisions, and a successful hunt near Badger, it was a trip filled with family, friends, and stories that will only get bigger with time.
I've Been Rebuilding This Website Since 1995
I've had some version of my own website since around 1995. Thirty years, countless redesigns, Blogger, Drupal, Ghost and apparently I'm still not finished.
Apparently I'm making pump-up songs now
With Paige playing ringette for the Metcalfe Hornets and Sadie playing volleyball with Mission Recon, both teams need a good anthem of their own.
Road trip day 2: Tom Petty concert day
Our 2010 road trip continued through the Adirondacks to Saratoga Springs, where a speeding ticket, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Tom Petty made for a day we’d never forget.
Tom Petty Road Trip - Day 1: Ottawa to Tupper Lake
Originally posted in August 2010. This is one of the old posts I've managed to partially recover from an archived version of AdamSooley.ca on archive.org. The beginning survived, but unfortunately most of the original Day 1 post didn't. I've cleaned up what
Mr. Nice Cream: The story of our Riverside South ice cream bikes.
For a few summers, we owned a small fleet of old-fashioned ice cream bikes in Riverside South. It started with a Kijiji ad, ten bikes, two freezers and a U-Haul trip to Cornwall.
How to Back Up unRaid: Appdata Backup, ZeroByte & Canadian Backblaze B2
Self-hosting on unRaid is great, but parity isn't a backup. Here is how I set up automated local appdata backups and encrypted, Canadian-hosted remote backups using ZeroByte and Backblaze B2.
Apparently 2026 became our year of live music
Our Lady Peace, Cody Johnson, Angine de Poitrine, Sheryl Crow, Ella Langley, Shaggy, Gwen Stefani, The Wallflowers and Zach Bryan. Apparently 2026 became my year of live music.
I think we've forgotten how to be bored...
And I'm starting to think that's a problem. We used to be really good at being bored When I was growing up, being bored was just part of life, you'd sit there, you'd stare out the window, you'd go outside,
My new Canadian heavy investment portfolio and letting WealthSimple do the boring stuff
I finally settled on an investment portfolio that feels right for me: 56% Canadian, 28% international and 16% U.S. Using WealthSimple's Automated Investing, I can choose the companies and ETFs I want while letting the automation handle much of the boring portfolio maintenance.