random Remembering my uncle Anthony This past weekend, I went down to Monterey Bay, CA to go out on a boat into open waters where we spread the ashes of my favorite uncle, my mom's kid brother who was born about ten years after she was. He died pre-pandemic of an aggressive cancer
random Ice Storm fun Last night as I was driving home on a sheet of frozen rain I saw some teens hooning it up in some parking lots and woke up this morning to find every big parking lot in town has these perfect donut-shaped burnouts in them. I had to pull over and
photos 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 a living off being viral/popular on any social network. Most networks don't have direct mechanisms to pay users, so instead people have to improvise all sorts of
random 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 from the most marginalized groups to the more privileged and it's a thought technology that has stuck with me. I've rolled it around like a smooth
random 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's important, and it's the one you find on exempt license plates on government vehicles. There's no way for a civilian to get one, so they&
random US Healthcare American healthcare is split into 2 piles: * Face holes * Not face holes Here's a quick FAQ/explainer: What happens if I break my leg? That's no face hole healthcare which most people in the US shorten to just "healthcare." That healthcare pays for most
random I'm sorry, Big Agnes I found a store-wide discount at an outdoor brand's shop that made really high tech stuff. I told my spouse and she said "the kids really want to get into backpacking but all we have is heavy, thick car camping stuff, or old REI backpacking stuff from
random Everyone’s a mixologist now me last week at a bar: ugh this cocktail tastes like shit me this week after binging that netflix cocktail show: ugh this cocktail is too spirit-forward, lacks acid, tastes unbalanced and is too heavy on the pandan
random Northward You drive a few hours north and not much feels different but then you turn a corner and see a sign with words you’ve never seen before that makes zero sense and it hits you: oh RIGHT I’m in Canada, a completely different country.
random Obvious in retrospect I got some fleece-lined furry crocs to wear when taking the garbage out to the cans by the garage and despite being objectively hideous shoes it's a total cozy lifestyle upgrade gamechanger and I'm never going back to barefoot in the winter.
random What the “fall back” time change day feels like each time you glance at a clock on that one day
