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2016
/ Oct 2016
Part 1: Talkabot conference liveblog

Part 1: Talkabot conference liveblog

Notes from the all-day tutorial session
2016
/ Sep 2016
Nike’s Biketown is the best bikeshare

Nike’s Biketown is the best bikeshare

Portland, Oregon recently (finally!) got a bikeshare system after about ten years of fits and starts and delays. The Nike Biketown system…
2016
/ Sep 2016
Starving artists

Starving artists

Memories of XOXO 2016
2016
/ Aug 2016
Apple Notes is the most innovative thing Apple did in the last two years

Apple Notes is the most innovative thing Apple did in the last two years

I love Apple Notes, and it’s now a central part of my life. And while I have sporadically kept a todo list in a text file on my desktop, it…
2016
/ Aug 2016
Build a Slow TV OSX screensaver in 2min

Build a Slow TV OSX screensaver in 2min

Download the screensaver zip file here on github.
2016
/ Aug 2016
Gerrymandering is a way bigger deal than you already thought

Gerrymandering is a way bigger deal than you already thought

This is a quick one: subscribe to Hari Kondabolu and W. Kamu Bell’s new podcast Politically Reactive. They’re only a few episodes in, but…
2016
/ Aug 2016
The olympics without animated GIFs

The olympics without animated GIFs

The IOC’s war on animated GIFs means we all lose
2016
/ Aug 2016
Practical tips on selling a car on Craigslist

Practical tips on selling a car on Craigslist

Recently I sold a car on Craigslist. I never planned to sell my car there when I set out to buy a new one, but it turned out to be the best…
2016
/ Aug 2016

Reasons to get through the next six months, as a service

Let me just get one thing out of the way: for as long as I can remember, I’ve thought about death. And before you pick up the…
2016
/ Aug 2016
Stupid idea: the permasequel

Stupid idea: the permasequel

Long ago, Hollywood was a creative land where artists turned dreams into reality. But at some point, the whole thing turned into an…
2016
/ Jul 2016

My favorite lesser known photography apps for the iPhone

These are my favorite apps in the Photography folder on my phone. I wanted to share the ones that aren’t too popular and took me ages of…
2016
/ Jul 2016
A day on the bay

A day on the bay

2016
/ Jul 2016

Sometimes I hate the existence of AutoCAD

In the early 2000s, toothbrush design got outrageous.
2016
/ Jul 2016
The Nitro World Games were the most exciting thing to happen in Action Sports in a decade

The Nitro World Games were the most exciting thing to happen in Action Sports in a decade

My TiVo is set to auto-record every cycling, BMX, and X Games event on TV, so when it asked me if I wanted to record something called the…
2016
/ Jul 2016
Some quick thoughts after seeing Ghostbusters which are all SPOILERS so promise me you won’t even…

Some quick thoughts after seeing Ghostbusters which are all SPOILERS so promise me you won’t even…

I liked the movie, it was funny, but it was a pretty straightforward simple story, not too many twists and turns. I kind of wanted it to be…
2016
/ Jul 2016
What if you could put a bell on cops, like a kitten? (You can)

What if you could put a bell on cops, like a kitten? (You can)

A few years ago, Oregon’s traffic enforcement changed a bit. Cops began to set up speed traps in places with double or triple fines and…
2016
/ Jul 2016
Arresting images from a week of protests

Arresting images from a week of protests

The events that sparked protest and the aftermath have produced some of the most intense images in years. They’re disturbing, powerful, and…
2016
/ Jul 2016
Homework is Bullshit

Homework is Bullshit

One of the pain points of parenthood is knowing that every choice I have for sending my daughter into school is likely going to grind out…