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Co-Op ADV 1.1

More for purposes of a placeholder than even a preliminary review: My friend Patrick mentioned doing the Reach the Beach ride in May. You...

Kinds of builders

After a few years at a startup I started slipping two of my own questions into the interview plans I was handed, regardless of why...

Long Haul Day and a Meditation on Meat Crayons

I put a lot of miles on the Haul today: Two runs to Johnson Creek after I left my wallet at home,  then one up...

Specialized Globe Haul ST

I ended my cargo bike search with a Specialized Globe Haul ST. It's basically replacing three other vehicles: A car I seldom drive if I...

How do you know anything?

Lots of crowing and the eventual deletion of a comment calling for journalists to be "curb stomped" for their inadequacies. And if we set the...

Carver Store, Carver, OR

We drove into Carver from Metzler Park in Clackamas, Co. The Carver Store is a few aisles wide and probably sells more drinks than anything,...

The Echo Inn, Carver, OR

Saturday night we drove in to Carver from Metzler Park for dinner. We've spotted the Echo Inn a few times on the way through, so...

Metzler Park, Clackamas Co.

We spent the weekend at Metzler Park in Clackamas County. It's about an hour from home and it's part of the Clackamas County park system...

Yo La Tengo at Pioneer Courthouse Square

Wow, they just settled in and went. 

The AI Poop Ouroboros

Today one of my IT customers pinged me asking if I could help with a quality-of-life issue in one of our apps. They had a...

Hazel, shell scripts, Kagi's AI Quick Answers, and Magick photo borders

I was looking around for "resize and add a border" options for photos. Lightroom mobile will do it. There are some iOS apps that will...

Bridge Pedal

We got up early and rode our bikes across town to do the Bridge Pedal.  Getting there and back plus the route itself, plus a...

Dusted off the Framework 13

I haven't used the Framework 13 for a long while. Maybe a year or so. It was mostly a "I'm in a gray area using...

Along I-5 South

Got some rolls from the Olympus OM-2N back

I put off taking these rolls from a month ago because the camera back opened while I was rewinding and I wasn't sure what would...

autocuration with Hazel

Hazel is a Mac app that watches folders and does things when something happens inside them. You can base your Hazel rules on "file added...

Some curious place in the Pearl

Chinese Festival at Pioneer Courthouse Square

Ramen and the new Hong Phat in Lents

the rare productivity post these days

I moved a bunch of work projects and tasks into a personal JIRA tracker with a board view. It works fine: I can keep track...

Pool players at Sam's Billiards

We stopped with some friends for drinks and dinner before going to see Barb Wire at the Hollywood. Al and I sat down next to...

more m43

I sold off a few more lenses I haven't used in years and got an OM System OM-5. It has a pretty specific function, which...

Kill Your Inner Sorkin

This evening I went through and unsubscribed, un-boomarked, or otherwise dropped out of a bunch of political fora, subs, newsletters, etc. I felt the usual...

Lava Lake

Cabin in the Snow

I was in Fred Meyer tonight for camping groceries, and passed by the wine section. I idly wondered if they had any sake at all,...