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Musk (2026) film
Nov 11, 2026 · original
Recently I sat down to watch the new Musk documentary, which is streaming on Amazon Video. It's a bummer this didn't come out on digital platforms until after the midterm elections, because it paints a better, more realistic picture of Elon Musk. Here's the trailer: Four hours?! The first surprise was learning after I started watching it that it was about 4 hours long. I told myself I would duck out when I got tired of it so I could watch the rest the next day, but I sat through all four hours of it in one sitting, which is a great sign the film kept my attention completely the whole time. I never turned it off because I always wanted to see what they'd show next. Stuff I knew I knew about 90% of the stories covered in the film, but even hearing about stuff I was familiar with, when put into this context, was really illuminating about just how awful Elon Musk is and always has been. Stuf
Game of BIKE 2026: transition edition
Nov 10, 2026 · original
Back in my BMX days, a thing my friends would do once every few weeks when we were bored of practicing was to play a game of BIKE. It's basically the game of HORSE you play with a basketball, but on a trick bike. Set a trick, have your friend try and duplicate it, but if they fail, they earn a letter and the first one to spell out BIKE loses. The thing is, everyone learns many of the basic bike tricks, then as they get better, they tweak their favorite tricks into their own signature moves. For a good (fair) game of BIKE, you don't just pull out your hardest signature tricks, instead you pick tricks you think your buddy could do but you maybe haven't seen them do that trick in years. It pushes everyone competing in a game of BIKE to try new things and the results are sometimes amazing where you might pull something you're trying for the very first time. Another big go-to strategy in BIKE
Mirroring your socials
Oct 30, 2026 · original
Ever since I left Twitter, back in 2022 when the world's saddest loser bought it, I've had a fraught relationship with social media. I was pissed that I put so much time and effort into something one jerk could buy outright one day and ruin instantly, so I moved most of my posting energy to this blog and then my mastodon account . Mastodon is my first choice because it's distributed and no single shithead can ruin it for everyone. It also lets you post up to 500 characters as well as endlessly edit your posts for typos (seriously, why is that impossible on every other social network?!). But Mastodon has some major drawbacks like occasional cranky weirdos in your replies and a byzantine system of interlocking servers that never quite feels user-friendly to newcomers. So naturally, many of my friends went to Bluesky instead, which works a lot more like early twitter (but with a 300 charact
Chasing the last of the Fall color
Oct 30, 2026 · original
I drove around Portland today looking for the last of the Fall color and wasn't disappointed. Here are a few shots from the Portland Japanese Garden. Then it was a quick jaunt after lunch over to Multnomah Falls The old Columbia River Gorge road between Multnomah Falls and Troutdale was incredible looking, I wish I took some photos of it because the color along the route was unforgettable.
Finding a better keyboard setup
Oct 26, 2026 · original
From the 1990s into the early 2010s, I always used an ergonomic keyboard hooked to a PC or Mac (Microsoft Natural Keyboards were a steady favorite). But once I started spending most of my time using a MacBook, I got used to using the flat, basic keyboards attached to Macs and when I later moved to desktop Macs, I adopted Apple's own wireless keyboards for the next decade and a half. When they added a Touch ID sensor on the Apple Keyboard, I was instantly hooked, and got accustomed to using the sensor to unlock my Mac, buy stuff, and log in to stuff automatically. It really did feel like a magical technology. But I disliked the flat, sterile, white plastic and aluminum keyboards and wanted something that looked cooler, could do more things, and was more comfortable. It was a journey that took about a year and a half of experimenting but I really have come to love it and I wanted to share
Exit 8 (film)
Oct 24, 2026 · original
On a recent flight, the entertainment system had a movie I'd never heard of in its list of recent releases called Exit 8 . I watched the trailer and was instantly transfixed. A couple nights ago, I finally sat down to watch it and I really enjoyed it. It's a sci-fi/horror film about being trapped in a Japanese subway station and that's what drew me in immediately. One day in Tokyo, I spent about 30 minutes walking in circles inside the Shinjuku station, getting increasingly frustrated by all the construction that closed the paths I needed to take to get where Google Maps kept telling me to go. I love that the entire budget for the film was barely over $1M. We all have such great cameras capable of great things in our pockets, yet most films today are $100M franchise pieces that don't excite me enough to even go to a theater. The movie also has some aspects of Edge of Tomorrow , one of my
A day in Portland
Oct 22, 2026 · original
Finally got around to checking out one of the Northwest Trolls , this one nearby in Oregon, with most being up in Washington state. I love how these look in person and now I want to see them all. Then I headed up to the Japanese Garden to see how the Fall color was coming along. The famous tree looks like it already lost most of its leaves before the whole gardens have turned but here are some color highlights.
Dodge/Jeep made yet another EV that no one wants, nor needs, nor will buy
Oct 19, 2026 · original
Stellantis , the company behind car brands like Fiat, Dodge, and Jeep, has a rocky history of releasing plugin hybrids that burst into flames as well as EVs that are consistently reviewed poorly and sell in ridiculously low quantities. Let's recap their EV journey so far. The Jeep Wagoneer S In 2024, Jeep released the Jeep Wagoneer S, a pure EV luxury SUV that was a little odd. For one thing, the Wagoneer badge had come from a classic off-road ready family hauler , but this is a 600hp pavement monster not designed to touch gravel roads. The name they chose for it is confusing because Jeep already has a relaunched Grand Wagoneer model that they've sold for a few years but it is more of a competitor to the Chevy Suburban, a family-sized luxury truck. So this Wagoneer S EV shares nothing with its namesake vehicles. The Wagoneer S came out two years ago, and right now you can find these $72,
An impromptu mega EV road trip
Oct 18, 2026 · original
A family member needed to move from Seattle down to the LA area in a hurry last week, and the best car I had to move a whole apartment's worth of stuff safe and dry was our VW ID Buzz van . But it is an EV and I wondered how it might affect a long trip as I headed out for the first leg of my journey. This would be my third EV road trip of over 1,000 miles (here's 1 & 2 ). This time, I drove around 2,600 miles, from Portland up to Seattle and back, then down to Ventura, Los Angeles, and around Pasadena before heading back to Oregon. I did it all from Monday to Friday of this week, and even had time to attend a Dodger game in LA. The surprising cost of EV vs gasoline In total, I charged the car 19 times during the trip using paid, level 3 chargers from Rivian, Tesla and Electrify America. Each stop, I spent about 20 minutes charging and it came to $516.45 total for the entire trip. That ma
Lost & found in Tokyo: a first-timer's adventure
Oct 8, 2026 · original
I’ve wanted to visit Japan since the 1990s but I used to think it would be too overwhelming. I worried it'd be hard to navigate, difficult to find fun stuff to do, and not easy to enjoy a new country where I had a significant language barrier to contend with. This post is over six thousand words long and will take quite a while to read about everything I did and experienced during my week in Tokyo. Feel free to skim it, check out the photos, and bounce around wherever you like. It looks best on a desktop browser. But about ten years ago, friends would visit and say Google Maps and a swappable SIM card made getting around Japan incredibly easy. From my own experience, translation apps are getting really good at deciphering text in real time and I know Japan is greatly expanding tourism, so for the first time a Japan trip felt possible for me. Months ago, I asked Andy to join me on a trip
What it’s like to visit Tokyo DisneySea
Sep 29, 2026 · original
I’m currently on my first ever trip to Japan and while I’m spending the week soaking up as much Japanese culture as I can, I wanted to take a one-day break into the fantasy world and see what Tokyo DisneySea was like. I grew up about 20 minutes from the original Disneyland, which meant I got to go fairly often as a kid. As an adult, I’ve come to appreciate the experience design of the place and I try to visit the California parks about once a year, mostly to soak up the vibes more than rides . I know the history of Tokyo Disneyland is that a company licensed park designs from Disney to build parks in Asia as a new franchise. I’d always heard DisneySea was their crowning achievement among all their parks, and that it was a blank-check, nothing-is-off-limits type of theme park, so I had high expectations going in. I’ll kill any suspense and put my conclusion here: DisneySea totally and com
How to make end-grain cutting boards
Sep 16, 2026 · original
Last week I finished up a cutting board, made as a gift for a friend who just got married. I posted photos on social media and a few people asked how I did it. So here's a high-level view of the process on a new board I made this week. Ideally, if you want to build your own cutting boards, the best way to learn is by searching YouTube for cutting board tutorials, and watching a few of them. I describe my process here but I'm skimming over details you'd see better explained in most YouTube tutorials. A finished board I made as a wedding gift First things first: figure out your ideal size The first thing you want to do before making your own cutting board is determine what size you like to use in the kitchen. Personally, most places I've lived had a pile of pretty tiny boards that I could use to chop just one thing at a time, then I'd have to wash them to chop the next ingredient. A few ye
Some recent good YouTubes
Sep 15, 2026 · original
These days I spend most of my time on YouTube keeping up on a ton of sports like the Vuelta a Espana bike race, Women's Pro Baseball League, the World Softball Championships, and the FIFA U20 women's soccer matches. Every couple of months I tend to post a handful of interesting stuff I saw in the weird corners of YouTube, so here are my picks for the most interesting things I watched over the past few months. I saw this on Mastodon, where someone called it "Solarpunk" and I loved it. A small Arizona neighborhood was tired of what little rain they got running off into sewers so they went rogue and cut curbs to capture that water and transform a neighborhood into a greener space. There are so many places to eat in Portland that even after living in the area for over 20 years, I've barely scratched the surface of what's available. Every so often, I watch videos where people review nearby fo
The last week in photos
Sep 8, 2026 · original
Took a quick trip to LA and back to see the Dodgers play (they lost). I got a window seat on the plane ride down. California looks so wild and natural from high up, until you get to the endless cities. OG eats Went to a very old In-N-Out (not the original but close behind) and the old Bob's Big Boy in Toluca Lake. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. Huntington Library, Galleries, and Gardens I've always wanted to see The Huntington in Pasadena, but despite living in California until I was 30, I never visited. I had a few hours to kill before the game, so I finally got to see it for myself. It's basically a rich railroad guy's enormous house and grounds, with all the art and gardens he amassed throughout his life, but they keep building more galleries and greenhouses and it's really looking spectacular these days on all fronts. It was a hot day in Pasadena, but The Huntington has so many trees
Big Walk game review
Aug 27, 2026 · original
Nearly a month ago, Big Walk debuted and I wrote a quick post after having only played a beta version of it for an hour with a small group. Since then, I've played the game in a variety of groups, from just two to five people in total, and yesterday I made it to the end, and wanted to post a few thoughts. I'll try not to post any spoilers and only mention aspects of the game anyone would pick up from the first day playing it. Group dynamics The hardest part of the game, by far, is scheduling time to play with other people as it was intended. This is especially hard with other middle-aged folks like me where free time is short, and you have lots of work and family obligations. I imagine if I was a teen, this game would be easy-peasy to play after school with friends. One of the cool aspects is that the challenges inside the game scale to whatever number of people you have. So if you're pl

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