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2019
/ Aug 2019

More on remote work

If you caught my earlier post about working remotely, I would highly recommend checking out Scott Hanselman's own
2019
/ Aug 2019

A smarter DND?

You know what basic feature we should rethink on phones? Do Not Disturb. A couple months ago, I went out
2019
/ Aug 2019

Tips from 16 years of working from home

I just read Mike Davidson's great post on remote work advice after a year of it at Invision.
2019
/ Aug 2019

Cheap string LEDs: not bad at all!

These days, pretty much every bar or restaurant with outdoor seating has some string lights set up for mood lighting,
2019
/ Jul 2019

Asshole birds

Fuckin’ Juncos ate all the seed. God, the Scrub Jays are THE WORST! Yeah that hummingbird looks nice but he
2019
/ Jun 2019

California love

For no reason, a list of things I've done in California since being born there in 1972: * Stood
2019
/ Jun 2019

Washington, DC

As I looked out of the back window of a Lyft as I crossed the Potomac, it was the first
2019
/ Jun 2019

The Portland Thorns template

The Guardian asks "Are the Portland Thorns the ideal template for a women's football club?" and
2019
/ May 2019

How to take better photos

A friend recently asked me how they could take better photos. First off, it's better to think about
2019
/ Apr 2019
Tips on industrial strength WiFi for normal people

Tips on industrial strength WiFi for normal people

I live in a ~2,500sqft house built in 2005, and it's given me nothing but problems when
2019
/ Apr 2019

NG-11 Space launch trip day 2

Day 2 was the big one and all signs pointed to everything going smoothly with perfect weather conditions for a
2019
/ Apr 2019
We have liftoff

We have liftoff

Everything since October 1957, when Sputnik streaked across the sky, has led to where we are today. Sputnik led to
2019
/ Apr 2019

NG-11 space launch trip: day 1

Yesterday, I flew to Washington DC, then drove about 3.5 hours to get near NASA's flight facility
2019
/ Apr 2019

The wisdom of the twitter crowds

After years of putting it off, yesterday I finally rounded up all the change we leave around the house in
2019
/ Apr 2019

Converting phone lines to ethernet in newer homes

I live in a house built in 2005, and when we got rid of our landline around 2012, I knew
2019
/ Apr 2019

Empathy and Invisibilia

The new episode of Invisibilia is at times both incredible but ultimately, frustrating to me. It starts with an interesting
2019
/ Apr 2019

Woodburn Oregon Tulip Festival 2019

This morning I got up around 5:30AM to get to the Woodburn Tulip Festival around 7AM to try and
2019
/ Apr 2019

A glorious pi hole

I recently heard about an intriguing project called pi-hole. You use a cheap tiny raspberry pi computer that runs on