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2019

/ Feb 2019

Two months with Blue Apron

I'm coming to around to meal kits about five years too late, but in an effort to help

2019

/ Feb 2019

A stupid Internet of Things story

Recently my Nest thermostat started getting aggressive about going into Eco or Away mode to save energy. Normally, it'

2019

/ Feb 2019

One Moto

I went to the One Motorcycle Show in Portland this past weekend. It was an interesting mix of bikes of

2019

/ Feb 2019

Emoji magic

This Emoji Mosaic site is really incredible. I don't know how someone on a free github install created

2019

/ Jan 2019

Cars are boring af now

At the Portland Auto Show last night, I spent hours jumping into and out of pretty much every car on

2019

/ Jan 2019

Advanced operators, still useful in this day and age

While Google increasingly tries to guess at what you're searching for, it's good to be reminded

2019

/ Jan 2019

The sharing economy

I stayed in my first airbnb in SF last night (hotels were sold out because of a urology conference) Thoughts

2019

/ Jan 2019

My year in movies

Late in 2017 I remembered I'd always had an account at Letterboxd, but I barely used it in

2019

/ Jan 2019

How are stories kept a mystery in your mind?

I woke up from a nightmare where my daughter was injured and it “shocked” me awake. I was having a

2019

/ Jan 2019

A visit to the Olympic Peninsula

I've lived in Oregon for over 15 years now, and I realized in all my trips to Seattle,

2018

/ Dec 2018

X-treme BMX Mary Poppins

The new Mary Poppins has been out for a week so I'm gonna talk about the only WTF

2018

/ Dec 2018

The Great War

I saw Peter Jackson’s WWI movie They Shall Not Grow Old where they restored clips frame-by-frame and colorized them,

2018

/ Dec 2018

hashtag rich guy goals

Lately I've thought of all the ways my life would change if I ever became a rich guy.

2018

/ Nov 2018

My first second line

One of the  best experiences on my recent trip to New Orleans was getting to witness a second line brass

2018

/ Nov 2018

Visiting the Whitney Plantation/Slavery Museum

When I read Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy a few years ago, I remember being shocked not just by

2018

/ Nov 2018

Nine years

It was nine years ago today that I fell at home after passing out, and later learned I had a

2018

/ Nov 2018

What do the new emoji mean?

I've been a fan of emoji for many years, and every year I love seeing the new ones

2018

/ Nov 2018

*Spoilers* for season 2 of Patriot on Amazon

Don't open this post until you've watched the entire second season of Patriot, and then only