Empathy and Invisibilia
The new episode of Invisibilia is at times both incredible but ultimately, frustrating to me.
It starts with an interesting
mathowie
Woodburn Oregon Tulip Festival 2019
This morning I got up around 5:30AM to get to the Woodburn Tulip Festival around 7AM to try and
A glorious pi hole
I recently heard about an intriguing project called pi-hole. You use a cheap tiny raspberry pi computer that runs on
American healthcare still sucks
I picked up my prescriptions yesterday and my new health plan gave me a 90 day supply of pills. This
Stubborn thinking
There's a glorious plan for a rails-to-trails project in my neck of the woods in Oregon. It'
Snowy morning
Optimizing for outrage
I'm dismayed to see Twitter and Quora optimizing for outrage lately in their quests to keep users engaged
Content moderation has no easy answers
This morning I read Casey Newton's expose of Facebook moderation problems at the Verge.
Let me be clear
Two months with Blue Apron
I'm coming to around to meal kits about five years too late, but in an effort to help
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'
One Moto
I went to the One Motorcycle Show in Portland this past weekend. It was an interesting mix of bikes of
Emoji magic
This Emoji Mosaic site is really incredible. I don't know how someone on a free github install created
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
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
The sharing economy
I stayed in my first airbnb in SF last night (hotels were sold out because of a urology conference)
Thoughts
My year in movies
Late in 2017 I remembered I'd always had an account at Letterboxd, but I barely used it in
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
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,