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2025

/ Jan 2025

Surviving the dentist

I grew up with parents that owned their own struggling small business. Throughout my childhood, we had pretty much zero

2025

/ Jan 2025

It's book launch day!

Buy the Book! My wife and I love soccer. We love watching it, we've both loved playing it

2024

/ Dec 2024

Reflections on 2024

As the year draws to a close, I figured I should look back at the highs and lows and take

2024

/ Dec 2024

My favorite weird little apps

As the year wraps up, I wanted to jot down some quick reviews of the lesser known apps that I&

2024

/ Dec 2024

A good (fast) coastal ride

I didn't hear about it when this happened this past summer live, but I've been really

2024

/ Dec 2024

Meet Mozi

I had never heard of Mozi until a friend mentioned it in a Slack channel earlier today. I didn'

2024

/ Dec 2024

Dammit, I caught covid again

I avoided covid for quite a while, but in August of 2023 my luck caught up with me and I

2024

/ Dec 2024

Spamalanche

Today, someone tried to pull a scam on me, and it had some notable approaches I haven't seen

2024

/ Dec 2024

Indiana or Bust: Day 4 (finale)

Today I covered about 400 miles, going from Iowa to the St. Louis Gateway Arch, then on to my final

2024

/ Dec 2024

Indiana or Bust: Day 3

I drove about 550 miles today, across Nebraska on a sunny clear day that was so unseasonably warm I took

2024

/ Dec 2024

Indiana or Bust: Day 2

After 10 hours of driving, I covered 700 more miles today, starting in Utah this morning, then across all of

2024

/ Dec 2024

Indiana or Bust: Day 1

I hit the road this morning around 9am, and just pulled off 40 miles into Utah for the night. After

2024

/ Dec 2024

Indiana or Bust: day 0

I'm doing something unusual this week. Tomorrow morning, I'm taking off in a 2003 Jetta Wagon

2024

/ Dec 2024

November 2024 in photos

A smattering of favorites from the last 30 days: We saw Christine Sinclair's last home game in Portland,

2024

/ Dec 2024

Ok fine, I admit 3D printing is actually amazing

I remember when the first wave of 3D printers morphed into consumer products, somewhere around 2009 with Makerbot being a

2024

/ Nov 2024

A review of the Kia EV6

I just spent four days in Kansas City with a Kia EV6 rental car. It's something I'

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