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My eclipse day in Oregon

My eclipse day in Oregon

About a year ago, I started to get pretty excited about the 2017 eclipse. My own home was just inside the path of totality, and I was less…

oregon · Aug 21, 2017 · 4 min read

Recent field notes Each one gets a stage

Baby Driver was fantastic

movies · Jul 9, 2017 · 3 min read

Baby Driver was fantastic

The first five minutes of Baby Driver comprise one of the best action movie intro sequences I’ve seen. The quick cuts and the whole thing…

Vulnerability is the best thing in comedy right now

comedy · Jul 6, 2017 · 3 min read

Vulnerability is the best thing in comedy right now

Mike Birbiglia sticks out in my mind as a standup comic that really turned a corner with his work when he went from everyday observational…

A quick parable about the Apple touchbar

apple · May 3, 2017 · 1 min read

A quick parable about the Apple touchbar

My workplace recently gave me a new touchbar Macbook Pro, and I’ve enjoyed it since I got it (ignoring the ridiculous USB-C dongle…

A slow-burn joke for my coworkers

remote work · May 1, 2017 · 3 min read

A slow-burn joke for my coworkers

I work remotely and do several meetings a week over video conference with a team distributed across multiple office locations. Sometimes I…

The Flickr Explore page is still really amazing

flickr · Apr 17, 2017 · 2 min read

The Flickr Explore page is still really amazing

Tim Carmody is guest hosting Kottke.org this week and asked for the best of the best, to produce a mixtape of the Internet. And here’s my…

history · Apr 12, 2017 · 1 min read

What’s the origin of the phrase 420?

I never smoked pot until I was in my 40s, but I was aware of it all around me growing up in Southern California. “420” was a codeword, or a…

Motor Trend magazine is doing something interesting on the Internet

cars · Mar 20, 2017 · 4 min read

Motor Trend magazine is doing something interesting on the Internet

Taking a long look at Motor Trend On Demand

Going to prison with Defy Ventures

charity · Mar 13, 2017 · 8 min read

Going to prison with Defy Ventures

How a day changed the way I look at prisons

music · Dec 8, 2016 · 1 min read

News that makes me ask myself if I’m in the band Sugar Ray and I just don’t know it yet

Seriously, am I that guy Mark from that band?

Issue 42: A Sven appears in Portland

cyclocross · Dec 5, 2016 · 4 min read

Issue 42: A Sven appears in Portland

It started with selfies on Instagram, Friday night. An old cross racing buddy was pictured standing next to Sven Nys in street clothes…

The one thing I know about DJ Spooky

creativecommons · Oct 29, 2016 · 3 min read

The one thing I know about DJ Spooky

IN FEBRUARY 2002, I joined Creative Commons, and helped launch their first website. We had a party for our public launch in December of…

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