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Ian Milligan
@ianmilligan1.bsky.social
Professor of History and Associate Vice-President in the Office of Research, University of Waterloo. Interested in digital history and preservation. Posts in a personal capacity only.
Downloaded a video game - "Subway Builder."

www.subwaybuilder.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
One day when I'm not a full-time administrator you better believe I'll be serving up some more juicy hot takes.
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
First snowfall!!
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Working from home.. for the morning (alas, Friday afternoon sare busy meeting time), first time since August.

Remembering that I used to do this more than once every three months. And that I make a better coffee than Starbucks.
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Always fun citing Internet posts (I am sure there's a better citation convention...).
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My daughter has abandoned me and now I’m determined to finish this children’s puzzle alone.
November 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Is it negligent to let my nine year old stay up to see the end of this game?

(His knowledge of Jays trivia inspires us all!)
November 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Can’t believe I’m watching Game 7 of the World Series being played at Skydome.

Montenegroni on deck: 2 parts Montenegro, 1 each of Gin and Sweet Vermouth, dashes of bitter and orange twist.

Lets-a-go!
November 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Look what I got in the mail up here in Canada! And to think I knew @dagomardegroot.bsky.social back before he was a superstar.

In seriousness, am excited to read this both as a historian /and/ as a space nerd.
November 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Festive did not work last night.

Time to go to concoct some bitter, gritty drinks for tonight.
November 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Tonight’s Blue Jays sip

Found on Reddit: “The Sunflower”

Equal parts gin, Cointreau, St. Germain, and lemon juice.

Festive and alleviates extreme stress!
November 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
“Go Jays Go” mooed the cow.
November 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
… and home from a fairly cold trick o’ treat with a cow to catch most of the first inning.

What a night! Chocolate and now the sixth game of the World Series.
November 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This Elderflower Margarita is gonna get me through this Jays game..

(As a middle-aged man I am aware I need to get into weird habits; this year I have chosen cocktails)

tasteandsee.com/elderflower-...
October 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
We have a cow in our house (our nine year old - he will be warm on Halloween!).
October 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I made the mistake of saying my son could stay up through the 6th.

Pictured: happy dance while brushing his teeth.

Go Jays Go!
October 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Happy Internet Archive Day to all who celebrate.

The Internet Archive is hitting its trillionth webpage archived, and - as a long time collaborator and historian of both web archiving more generally as well as the Internet Archive specifically - am happy to join them for this milestone.
October 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
For his ninth birthday, we took our son to a Maple Leafs game.

He also got to experience the true feeling of being a Maple Leaf fan: disappointment!
October 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Interesting to see a direct flight to… Rzeszów, Poland (!!) on the board at Toronto Pearson.
October 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
OK, now there's a great setting for a sitcom...

(A retirement community of professors!! Could you imagine those community meetings?)

www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
September 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Wow, check out this long-lost 1994 Sierra adventure game about research administration!

(Ok having fun with LLMs while I cook dinner)
September 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
My 500-words a day continues to pay off.

Too bad it is the roughest draft of all rough drafts, but my goal is to get a rough pile o' paper by next summer that will then be shaped into something resembling a real manuscript.
September 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Cool art installation at Waterloo Public Square. You yell into a microphone and a creature pops out! (Plus you embarrass your children)
September 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Spending some of this morning looking at archived Flash videos from the post-9/11 era. Not at all what I have expected, more earnest visual essays than offensive games.
September 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I am a "writer-by-editor" which means that my first drafts are very rough and get edited.

It is too bad, becuse I also think my first drafts are more interesting!
September 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM