2024 / Nov 2024 Skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been Here's a thing I can't stop noticing in new cars: when the iPad came out in
2024 / Nov 2024 Recommended things in my home that are total game changers The other day I tried to convince a friend to buy something I loved when I realized I should probably
2024 / Oct 2024 Portland Japanese Garden 2024 Fall color Every year I (ab)use my annual pass to the Portland Japanese Gardens by visiting every 4-5 days from September
2024 / Oct 2024 Two years of living with a Jeep Wrangler In 2022, for my 50th birthday I replaced my 20 year-old off road worthy Lexus GX 470 (that I'
2024 / Oct 2024 Finding the best case and wallet for your new phone I get a new iPhone most years and I tell myself it's for the photography aspects, but honestly,
2024 / Oct 2024 How to share your access to media with family and simultaneously sweep the annual nerdy nephew of the year awards A couple months ago I was hanging out with my aunt, and she mentioned her cable+internet bill was around
2024 / Sep 2024 The best sketches from SNL's 49th season I've watched Saturday Night Live from a frighteningly early age—I bet I've seen almost every
2024 / Sep 2024 August 2024 in photos Here are some highlights from the month of August: We went to Disneyland as a one-last-trip-before-college thing as a family,
2024 / Aug 2024 Richard Haughey (1944-2024) My father passed away today. It was a shock to get the call that he was "code blue"
2024 / Aug 2024 The most surprising win at the Olympics: Peacock streaming Right before the pandemic hit, I moved into a new house that was just outside of cable TV coverage. And
2024 / Aug 2024 A recap of bike stuff from the first week of the 2024 Olympics I spent the first 20+ years of my life on a BMX bike, then later did some mountain bike and
2024 / Jul 2024 My long strange trip into home automation Over the past few years I've written about things I've done around my home, like putting
2024 / Jul 2024 Happy Birthday, MetaFilter! It's pretty incredible that MetaFilter turns 25 years old today. Barely anything on the internet sticks around for
2024 / Jul 2024 24 unexpected hours in NYC I'm almost done with research work on my upcoming guidebook as my wife and I review the final
2024 / Jun 2024 I love seeing car YouTubers drop their networks There's been a trend lately in car-youtuber-land, one where you hear a host on camera say they'
2024 / Jun 2024 When convenience becomes a liability In the Summer of 2003, I bought my very first Mac of my own, with my own money. Previously, I
2024 / Jun 2024 The coolest tech video I've seen in ages The most interesting tech video I’ve seen in a while is this one and I’ll tell you why:
2024 / May 2024 It's been… Eight years after the crime was committed, six years since most evidence came to light in Michael Cohen's