E-bikes are a thorny issue for trails and parks
I ran across this article on the LA Times site about the friction developing around shared trails in the Los
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How to vibe code your own custom home dashboard
The other day I was doing maintenance on the Synology file server in my house, and whenever I ran into
My annual visit to the tulip fields
Every Spring I watch the local weather for weeks, waiting until the Woodburn Tulip Farm is nearing peak bloom that
Updating my 5 acre wifi network
Back in 2019, I wrote a post about how I set up a point-to-multi-point (PtMP) network to give every outbuilding
Woodworking updates
For the past few months I've been doing a bunch of woodworking, and I wanted to post-slash-brag about
The Portland Roadster Show
This weekend I popped into the Portland Expo Center to check out the annual roadster show. It was a fun
A thing we should acknowledge about AI
Last week, I was doing regular maintenance tasks on my home file server, a Synology running its own Linux-style OS.
Random bits and bobs
Over the last week I've jotted down a bunch of notes in a "Things to Blog"
Trying AI (and failing)
I'm generally skeptical about AI, mostly because we're currently living in a hype bubble about it,
Heavyweight on Minnesota raids
One of the best podcasts on earth is Heavyweight, where a guy named Jonathan helps people solve incredibly personal, difficult
I absolutely LOVE woodworking
I've been a homeowner for about 20 years, and in that time I picked up a handful of
A 2,200 mile EV test drive from Texas to Oregon
I just got back from a long drive in my wife's new-to-her car, a 2025 VW ID Buzz
Everything I've learned about homeowner's insurance, natural disasters, and recovery aid in 2025
Soon after 2025 began, a friend needed short-term technical writing help for a project and I jumped at the chance.
Some recent good YouTubes
Psst, hey, you gotta watch these. They're all my favorite YouTube videos of the past few months:
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Zepboundin': my first month on a GLP-1
Today I finish my fourth 2.5mg injection of Zepbound, a strong GLP-1 drug, and I thought I'd
BMO stadium in LA added AI to everything and what they got was a worse experience for everyone
I just got back from a 24hr trip to Los Angeles to catch my favorite Portland Thorns team, watching them
Recent camping and travel discoveries
Let's be real: camping can be uncomfortable and unpleasant, which is why a lot of people don'
September 9, 2020
Five years ago, during an already messed up year, we had widespread wildfires in the Pacific Northwest that combined with