San Francisco summer trip
I spent the last week of my daughter's summer vacation taking her to San Francisco to have fun
Matt Haughey
Glacier National Park, Montana
Last month, I took a family car trip over to Glacier National Park in Montana. I'd never been
1000 Cones, a video and Q&A with Jesse Thorn
I was a backer of 1,000 free ice cream cones, a Kickstarter launched by Jesse Thorn and Jordan Morris
The future of airline sites
This video demo of a mocked-up airline website of the future is stunning. A lot of people are focusing on
Bikespike
There aren't enough bike theft deterrents out there in the world and bike locks are almost literally a
Dreams of cryptography
I had the weirdest dream last night. Apropos of nothing, I was meeting with Ev Williams, cofounder of both Twitter
Gmail's Organized Inbox is a life changer
Last month, Google's Gmail team introduced a new auto-organized inbox feature to little fanfare among my friends. I
Recent photos from rides
Ever since my favorite ride tracking site Strava added the ability to associate Instagram photos with rides, I've
Troubleshooting my tankless water heater
I'm blogging this in the hopes that anyone else doing Google searches while trouble shooting their tankless water
CNN's always breaking news
I've been an email subscriber to CNN's Breaking News alerts for over a decade. In the
Some ideas around Flickr sets
I wish @flickr set pages featured larger photos. So much untapped potential to wow.
— Rion Nakaya (@riondotnu) May 1, 2013
Wired Anniversary Issue
So I'm in the new WIRED issue! It was a little weird to see myself listed alongside industry
Pulling off a surprise party in this day and age
Pulling off a surprise birthday party in this day and age isn't as easy as it seems, especially
"Waiting for a second chance"
(photo by Marrkus Spiering)
Car feature context
I bought a Mexican Coke at a gas station yesterday, and as I was driving away I remembered that they
Emails I actually look forward to
I've been meaning to write a post for the past few months on the select group of things
Auto uploads of data to Strava from a Garmin Edge 510
This is a pretty niche trick, but I recently figured out how to finally upload activities to Strava wirelessly using
How to make your own Fusion drive
I've got a previous generation iMac, the first that came with a 256Gb SSD drive as an option,