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2024

/ Apr 2024

Everyone should try and experience a total solar eclipse at least once in their lives

Today's total solar eclipse features four minutes of totality stretching from Texas to Vermont, but I didn‘t

2024

/ Apr 2024

Ideas for my dream blogging CMS

Ever since I changed over from Wordpress to Ghost to power this site, I've gotten emails and replies

2024

/ Apr 2024

The annual visit to the Woodburn Tulip Farm

Every year around late March/early April I check out the Woodburn Tulip Farm website to see what their field

2024

/ Mar 2024

NWSL week 2: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Instead of a rundown of every game in week 2 of the NWSL season, I thought I'd instead

2024

/ Mar 2024

Some tips for road trips

Since the pandemic began, I've been taking lots of solo road trips around the western US in lieu

2024

/ Mar 2024

NWSL opening weekend recap

Women's pro soccer in the US finally kicked off their 2024 season this past weekend and I tried

2024

/ Mar 2024

The weird world of altruistic YouTube

It all started innocently enough. I bought a new lawn mower and searched YouTube to figure out how to use

2024

/ Mar 2024

Giving a pill to a cat vs. a dog

Our pets have small ailments right now and we're giving pills to both a cat and dog and

2024

/ Mar 2024

American billionaires are a policy failure

I was glad to hear President Biden mention a minimum income tax rate for billionaires of 25% in his recent

2024

/ Mar 2024

The newest episode of Search Engine is incredible

PJ Vogt started one of my favorite podcasts on earth, Reply All, and before that, did one that was also

2024

/ Mar 2024

A few bike things I love

I've ridden bikes all my life, and pretty seriously on the road and dirt since the early 2000s.

2024

/ Mar 2024

The movie theaters aren't alright

At various points in my life, I've tried to maintain a hobby/indulgence of going to a movie

2024

/ Mar 2024

My favorite YouTube video of 2023

The other day I was thinking about all the hundreds (maybe thousands?) of hours of YouTube I watched in the

2024

/ Mar 2024

A short tip for keeping your phone away while driving

The other day I had to grab a USB-A to USB-C cable to use CarPlay in my spouse's

2024

/ Feb 2024

Notes from a long road trip

Last week I drove about 2,000 miles from northwestern Oregon down to Southern California and back. It was about

2024

/ Feb 2024

A ranked list of all the 2024 NWSL soccer jersey/kits

The NWSL is the pro women's soccer league here in America, and I've followed it pretty

2024

/ Feb 2024

80s covers that are so good that they made me briefly forget about the original versions

In no particular order:

2024

/ Feb 2024

The Bezzle is another good one from Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow’s newest book, The Bezzle, is a second installment in his Martin Hench, tech-nerd, forensic accountant series. It