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Hammertime
I recently watched The Social Dilemma and had a thought, what if our tools were all like our smartphones. What follows is my dramatization… It’s Saturday. Chore day. You head outside into the garage to grab more ant bait to fix the ant problem upstairs. Forgetting what you came out there for, you notice a…
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What is the cause of Homelessness in the Bay Area
I came across http://kumu.io recently. As someone who dabbles in systems thinking for my job I wanted to test it out on some wicked problems. What better problem than our bay area housing market, and it’s attendant social ills. I enjoyed it’s power at drawing the relationships between entities in complex systems. As the saying…
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New iPhone
I took a run today along the waterfront. Felt good to get moving after so long vegetating. Kei and Simon walked behind me to the Ferry Building. We bought some fancy food and had a picnic across the street at Sue Bierman Park. Simon enjoyed playing alligator with another kid who was Captain Hook in…
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When I’m focused (via VitaminR)
When I’m focused (via VitaminR), a photo by meherenow on Flickr. My concentration levels during the day. This shows a subjective evaluation of my level of concentration using the program “VitaminR” during the day. This data would indicate that the peak hours that I am most focused at creative activities like writing occur between the…
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Beijing Trip
Beijing Trip, a set on Flickr. A trip to Beijing. I was there for business, but took a day to see a few things including the forbidden city, the great wall and wongfujing market. The people were great, the food was great, and the wall was really great.
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Hackadoodle
After months of my blog being hacked, I’ve finally set aside some time and cleaned out the site and removed the bad bits. I’ve now got a renewed appreciation for keeping software up to date. While for a little while I was about ready to throw in the towel and move my wordpress installation to…
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Family Planning Advice, the 11 step program
My boss sent this to me (he has two under 3 year old children). Good advice for would be parents. The 11 Step Program
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Trying my hand at making a San Francisco Sourdough Starter
We’re expecting again. Yes, Simon was born only 3 months ago and we are already expecting. Except we’re not expecting a child, it’s a San Francisco Sourdough! Now that I’ve raised your hackles, let me say that those of you who wish to join me for Sourdough Pancakes in San Francisco with the true Lactobacillus…
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Thought Stimulator
My sister (Kate) got me this slightly bizarre head massager for Christmas and without a doubt doubt it is the most unique and amazing little product I’ve used in a long time. Just put it on your head and move it up and down. Guaranteed to give you lots of innovative thoughts, relax you, and…
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Jitensha Studio
I think I’m in love. There is a bike shop in Berkeley specializing in constructeur style bikes from Japan. http://www.jitensha.com/ I’ll try to get Paul to come down and visit. Thanks to Giles for pointing this out to me.