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
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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
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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
Rails to Trails recreation paths are amazing but it sucks that they take forever to build
Every couple years I set aside a whole day for riding my bike outside of Portland, Oregon on the Banks-Vernonia
How do I get better at using Slack?
I spent nearly 7 years working at Slack on a variety of marketing projects, but eventually I honed in on
TNT and the NBA blew a once-in-a-generation sports moment
I love women's sports. My favorite sport on earth is women's pro soccer, both domestic and
Notes from migrating 24 years of blog posts from Wordpress to Ghost
As I mentioned in my previous post, it was no small task to migrate an old blog from one system
What's new: a quick trip down memory lane
I started working on MetaFilter in the Fall of 1998, but just before launching it I realized the new blog
Turntables, vinyl, and internet music players
Back in 2019, I bought the first turntable I'd touched since the early 1980s as a kid. It
Today's YouTubers are repeating the mistakes of yesterday's bloggers
I watch a ton of YouTube, on the order of an hour or two each day and I can honestly
Move fast with broken things
Today I got an instagram comment on a very old photo, so I popped over to see it was spam
Apple Card/Goldman Sachs scam attempt
Today I got a call from a legit looking number: 877-255-5923 and since I was parked in my car, I
The Dodger Stadium tour is pretty great and if anything, underpriced
Last week I was in LA to get some sun after a dismal cold winter in Oregon. I hung out
Weather on the Way is the roadtrip app I never knew I needed
I take a lot of road trips, but I never knew Weather on the Way existed until this week and
Old people hacks: tips for those of us over 40/50/etc
Time keeps marching on as we collectively age, so I thought it’d be helpful to drop a few tips
One more thing about wifi garage doors
For the last ten years, I've been a big fan of wifi garage doors because you don'