by mathowie on Jan 19 Hanks for the memories Earlier this week I listened to the Bullseye interview with Tom Hanks, and it's one of the best #podcasts #hanks Continue Reading
by mathowie on Jan 09 First thoughts from a Rivian R1S test drive In February of 2020, I plunked down a deposit on the Rivian R1S, a 3-row full electric SUV soon after #cars #camping #EV Continue Reading
by mathowie on Jan 05 Belkin MagSafe monitor mount, Continuity Camera, and using your iPhone as your webcam Last month I heard that Belkin was releasing MagSafe iPhone mounts for the MacBook and another version for Studio Displays #apple #iPhone #remote work Continue Reading
by mathowie on Dec 30 Surprisingly good tech: The weBoost Drive Reach cell signal booster A couple years ago, I started seeing ads for "cell phone booster" antennas for cars and trucks around #cars #crap i love #reviews Continue Reading
by mathowie on Dec 23 Ice Storm fun Last night as I was driving home on a sheet of frozen rain I saw some teens hooning it up #random Continue Reading
by mathowie on Dec 19 Google Docs gripe (I posted this on Mastodon but I might as well share here in the off chance any Googlers still read #google #wishlist #youtube Continue Reading
by mathowie on Dec 18 An interesting Instagram business model I love seeing how people do things on the edges of what is possible. In this case, how people make #photos #random #business Continue Reading
by mathowie on Dec 16 California solar is responsible for 10% of all energy production in the state? My old pal Dinah posted this today: It's kind of an amazing stat: just 1.5 million solar #environment #california Continue Reading
by mathowie on Dec 15 Stepside: episode 12 is up I just uploaded the newest episode of Stepside, which is our last show of this year plus it's #cars #podcasts #stepside Continue Reading
by mathowie on Dec 15 The Muppet Christmas Carol, greatly improved I had no idea the Muppet Christmas Carol movie I've probably seen a dozen times over the last #movies #disney #xmas Continue Reading
by mathowie on Dec 15 The Shitty Technology Adoption Curve A few months ago, I read this post by Cory Doctorow about how shitty tech always tends to move upwards #random #corydoctorow #ideas Continue Reading
by mathowie on Dec 13 Said the Gramophone's best music of 2022 is out! Said the Gramophone is one of my favorite old school blogs that's focused on music. I wouldn' #music #weblogs #saidthegramophone Continue Reading
by mathowie on Dec 13 An important verified checkmark in real life The other day I realized (at least in Oregon) there's a verified checkmark in real life that' #random #oregon Continue Reading
by mathowie on Dec 12 How Jamiroquai did it I guess I assumed the famous Jamiroquai music video from the mid-90s was filmed on some sort of magical Hollywood #music #youtube #jamiroquai Continue Reading
by mathowie on Dec 09 US Healthcare American healthcare is split into 2 piles: * Face holes * Not face holes Here's a quick FAQ/explainer: What #random #healthcare Continue Reading
by mathowie on Dec 09 Moon shots All the best photos from the Artemis I unmanned mission around the moon are in an album on Flickr here. #photos #technology #nasa Continue Reading
by mathowie on Dec 07 How to be a writer on a marketing team without sounding like a jerk I spent close to seven years in a marketing department on a content team as I wrote blog posts, ebooks, #howto #ideas #technology Continue Reading
by mathowie on Dec 05 Mele Kalikimaka I’m 5 years old and I’m in kindergarten, and December rolls around so we do a big elementary #music #language #xmas Continue Reading