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
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
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
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
Some tips for road trips
Since the pandemic began, I've been taking lots of solo road trips around the western US in lieu
NWSL opening weekend recap
Women's pro soccer in the US finally kicked off their 2024 season this past weekend and I tried
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
80s covers that are so good that they made me briefly forget about the original versions
In no particular order:
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