me me me Covid, week 2 Good news: after 5 days of Paxlovid, my positive tests faded to nothing, so the worst is already over as I'm no longer contagious (also, thankfully no one else in my house caught it). It's my second week of rest and so far I just feel
me me me The covid chronicles Last weekend a friend was in town and wanted to catch up on all the big summer blockbusters and I ended up seeing three films over three consecutive days in packed theaters. Haunted Mansion (boo...), Oppenheimer (in 70mm, hell yeah!) and Barbie (2nd time was as good as the first)
crap i love I voted! Just turned my ballot into a box downtown. This year feels especially important, like if we get everyone we know out to vote then maybe just maybe 50.1% of the state will vote to retain our own bodily autonomy, while 49.9% vote to trample on everyone's
me me me SEO spammers wearing a printout of my face as their mask Over the past year, I've cut way back on my plethora of wacky domains used on long-lost web projects. I've let loads of domains go and only updated the few I still use or need. As a result, most projects have been lost to the ether
history (Untitled) 20 Years Ago Today One day in the Spring of 1995, just a few months before I finished my undergrad degree a friend in the student computer lab leaned over my machine and said “check this out.” He double-clicked the NCSA Mosaic icon on the desktop and showed me the
interviews Wired Anniversary Issue So I'm in the new WIRED issue! It was a little weird to see myself listed alongside industry giants, but I've been working on MetaFilter for 14 years now, so it probably aligned nicely with a 20th anniversary look back. A quick note about the short
me me me RIP Papa Let me just get this out in open right away: I was an extremely lazy and extremely whiny kid. I never liked to do anything that resembled work, I complained about everything all the time, and I quickly learned to do the minimum necessary for anything assigned to me. Aside
me me me It's a me! A few weeks ago, I got an email from a reporter at the Willamette Week, asking if I was open to an interview before MetaFilter's 12 anniversary and I said sure. Then I got a note that a photographer would pop in during our interview and take a
me me me Things that suck about a cast - You probably remember a kid in your second grade class falling off the monkey bars right before school let out for the summer and how that kid's entire summer was ruined. Turns out at age 38 that's also true. I had tons of bike rides
me me me Milestone: five years without a day job A little over five years ago, I gave my notice to my last employer, Creative Commons. I'd been waiting for the day for over a year, but even with outside income from blogging it was pretty crazy at the time. We had just bought a new house and
gaming Health Month (so far) Health Month is a new game (currently in beta) designed to help you find that ever-elusive motivation that you need to improve your health. via healthmonth.com I've been playing the Health Month beta this month and it's been a great motivator to get out of
me me me New look for Haughey.com I never know what to do with my vanity domain haughey.com ever since I moved my blog to this address in 2001. This week I scraped the old list of links to my work and updated it as a portfolio of the projects that currently take up my time.
history Eudora.exe A little over fourteen years ago, I ran into someone at a friend's backyard party, talked to her for a while, and eventually wanted to know more. I did everything I could to run into her in between classes the following week and at the end of that
adventuresinbraintumors Adventures in brain tumors: part one of many You know it's going be bad news when the ER doc slides a chair over to sit on. Good news is quick, a simple "You're gonna be fine! You can go home!" Seeing that chair slide over with her let me know I was
conferences Bizjam Seattle I'm going to be speaking at Bizjam Seattle this Wednesday afternoon about my high road approach to blogging (eschewing SEO snake oil and not being an annoying person on every social network). Judging by the titles, I suspect half the talks will be preaching the opposite of what
me me me June cycling/diet update Cycling is going really well since the weather is nice. I rode 398 miles (just shy of my target 400-500 per month this summer) in June and I did quite a bit of hill climbing work, with over 20,000 feet climbed for the month (the month previous was about
cycling May Cycling/diet update May was a good month for biking. The weather improved to the point where I could ride pretty much any day I wanted to, taking my monthly mileage up to 333 miles (last month was a paltry 185). I surpassed the first of my goals for the year, which was
me me me My Etsy picks Last month I was lucky enough to meet Bre from Etsy at ROFLcon and I told him how much I've enjoyed Etsy since it launched. We got to talking and he asked me to drop him an email with a bunch of my favorite items, stores, and sellers
me me me Adventures in $40 eyeglasses I posted about my experiences buying glasses online over at 43 folders. It may not be a major thing for most people, but when I consider the many thousands of dollars I've paid for glasses all my life and the mystique surrounding the production (optometrists make it sound
me me me Jumping Monkeys Episode 6: Matt Haughey I was interviewed by the new TWiT parenting podcast: Jumping Monkeys Episode 6: Matt Haughey. We recorded in the afternoon after a long day of work so I sound like I'm on quaaludes for the first five minutes or so, but eventually I perk up.
foofery Quote from the Hodge that I just found while ego searching... look it up -- Books: The Areas of My Expertise - washingtonpost.com It's good to know I've had an impact.
me me me Interviewapolooza Anyone that follows this blog probably knows me and my projects pretty well, but you'll probably learn something new and/or get a kick out of something I've said in recent interviews. I was on the BoingBoing podcast a couple weeks ago, with the last 20
