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Dave Kellam

Dave Kellam

@davekellam.com

I make things on the internet

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Vlog – August 2026 (part 1)

Downtown Montreal (Dorchester Square, Basilisque-Cathedrale, train station), Outremont park, Decoupled Days, sandwich from Kahwa cafe, a few meals, The Everlasting book review.

Kinka Izakaya & Nuit Blanche

A night out in downtown Toronto: dinner at Kinka Itzakaya and visiting the 20th edition of Nuit Blanche at Nathan Phillips Square.

Vlog – July 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8PGkOPOOuE In this month's vlog: return from Toronto, getting banh mi from Banh Mi Banh Yiu, making dumpling noodles, rainy days and bagels from St. Viateur, a visit to the Brockville waterfront with a train tunnel & turtles, Jean Talon Market and a cinnamon bun from Daddy Roll.

Vlog – June 2026

https://youtu.be/zY5hFk2jo8E Been enjoying silent vlogs on YouTube. Here's my first attempt for the month of June 2026. In this month's vlog: lunch in Chinatown, tulips and dancers on Mont Royal, groceries, attempts at katsu curry, a giant apple fritter from Bernie Beigne, a quick cucumber salad, rainy days and taking the train to Toronto. Video...

Coffee this week – Sunday Morning

This week’s coffee is Sunday Morning from Ambros Coffee Co

Atmosphere Roundup

Notes This is mostly intended as a resource that I can point people towards as an introduction to atproto, not for folks who've already consumed the koolaid I've been excited about the potential of atproto for awhile, initially by the data portability aspect, but more recently I'm digging the idea that it's essentially a giant...

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Coffee this week – Santa Rosa

This week’s coffee is Santa Rosa from Ambros Coffee Co

Quick kimchi fried rice (short)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/alDlD68ATE0 This is a good way to use up some old rice. It's fairly quick, works as a meal on its own, or doubles as a side depending on protein. The sauce in this version is essentially just butter and kimchi juice, which all gets absorbed into the rice. I added a hotdog, but you...

Don’t Mess Up Prod

I created a simple WordPress plugin called Don't Mess Up Prod, which adds a little environment indicator to your admin bar. If you flip around between multiple environments (local, dev, staging, prod), you might find it useful. It has definitely saved me a few headaches. This was also partly an exercise in releasing a plugin...

Quick Japanese Curry (short)

https://youtube.com/shorts/-ZvLFGWaEAk Making a quick Japanese style curry. I'm leaving out the protein, so I can use it for a few different meals during the week. I had some leftover chicken strips that I used for the video, sausages or tofu would be another easy option. Url: https://youtube.com/shorts/-ZvLFGWaEAk

Coffee this week – Brazil Mogiana

Reviving an old blog feature. My coffee this week is Brazil Mogiana from Happy Goat, for pour over.

Quick Cucumber Salad (short)

https://youtube.com/shorts/nHZZncAJoIA Quick and easy asian-style cucumber salad. It should take about 5 minutes to make and half an hour in the fridge. Just need cucumbers, salt, vinegar, sesame oil and sesame seeds. It should be good for a few days.