This morning I drove out to Cumberland to Laneway Cafe to meet up with an entrepreneur I met through the Facebook coffee club. One idea from our conversation really captured my attention. We explored the possibility of turning the British Columbia Grade 6 curriculum into a Roblox experience so that my son could learn while playing a game. Rather than attempting to build an entire educational platform from the start, we talked about creating a single, high-quality proof of concept. An adventure focused on teaching fractions, for example, could potentially be developed in about a month. The objective wouldn’t be to disguise schoolwork as entertainment, but to build a game that children would genuinely want to play, where the educational material naturally became part of the challenges, exploration, and story. Blending education with AI, software development, and game design felt like an exciting and worthwhile direction to explore.
Once I got back home, the previous evening’s adventures with my new Eskute T300 e-trike finally caught up with me. Learning its controls, experimenting with the different riding modes, and taking it out after dark had taken more energy than I’d realized. I ended up sleeping through much of the afternoon before waking up feeling much more rested and ready to be productive again. My first task was replacing one of the doorknobs around the house.
What looked like a quick repair soon became a puzzle. After removing the visible screws and trim pieces, I couldn’t figure out how the remaining lock assembly was supposed to come apart. I tried several approaches, took reference photos, and even stopped by Home Depot to compare my lock with similar models on display. Eventually I learned that many concealed-screw lever locks use different hidden release methods depending on the manufacturer, making them far less straightforward than they first appear. Rather than spend even more time fighting with the old hardware, I decided to install a conventional keyed doorknob instead. In the end, choosing the simpler replacement proved to be the most practical solution, and I wrapped up the installation later that evening (see photo to the left).
No play dates today so Bobby spent the day at home, mostly online playing with Ethan.
Katie has another driving lesson tomorrow and is wondering whether to switch to a new driving teacher as she doesn’t really get along with the current one well. But, what if she wants to switch, and no other instructors are available, and she’s back to this original instructor, and she knows that Katie wanted to switch? Decisions she has to make…