Author: chris

  • Fizz & Buster Part 3

    Fizz & Buster Part 3

    Part 1 is here. This is part 3 in a short series of drawing from an old Inktober of mine. Click on the first image to enter lightbox mode, and enjoy!

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    πŸ’© Link Dump May 24th πŸ’©

    Resistance The ‘bullshit’ continues with power grabs and lies with Harvard being told they can’t enroll international students. Harvard isn’t bending over and have received a temporary restraining order. Heather Cox Richardson highlights much of the bullshit in the current bill being passed by the house, including stratospheric budget increases to ICE, tax cuts for…

  • Fizz & Buster – Part 2

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    Part 1 is here. This is part 2 in a short series of drawing from an old Inktober of mine. Click on the first image to enter lightbox mode, and enjoy!

  • I’m Really, Really, Tired of Phone Keyboards

    I’m Really, Really, Tired of Phone Keyboards

    I find phone typing exhausting and tedious. As technology evolves, there are always compromises. A physical keyboard takes up space, so we went ahead and got rid of them on phones. This is generally a good compromise, but I assumed that with all the permutations and experimentation we might have found a better option by…

  • πŸ’© Link Dump May 17th πŸ’©

    πŸ’© Link Dump May 17th πŸ’©

    Neal Stephenson has a track record that is not to be ignored. His thoughts on AI are thoughtful: https://nealstephenson.substack.com/p/remarks-on-ai-from-nz I was always curious what passkeys are. Turns out they are a kind of protocol around public key cryptography. Now that I understand them I want to use them more. The most interesting thing is how…

  • Fizz & Buster – Part 1

    Fizz & Buster – Part 1

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    As part of Inktober 2020(-ish), I decided to do a short series of drawings. I wrote a small script around the characters Fizz & Buster. Fizz is a blobby-looking guy forages for ‘sprooms’ in the Belt. Buster is his blobby dog, who usually just hangs out in the truck. I really enjoyed drawing these characters,…

  • πŸ’© Link Dump May 10th πŸ’©

    πŸ’© Link Dump May 10th πŸ’©

    Bikes Grin Tech is currently doing a West Coast Tour and their second video is a tour of Calfee bikes. Craig Calfee is actually a much weirder guy than I thought, and is doing some really innovative stuff. I really enjoyed this video and his very imaginative creations. My cargo bike is using a Grin…

  • Link Dump May 3rd, 2025

    Link Dump May 3rd, 2025

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    What’s been showing up in my feed recently? Trains & Trams California High Speed Rail Reports of the Death of California High-Speed Rail Have Been Greatly Exaggeratedβ€”Asterisk – Trains and public transport are the answer to car dependency. I would love to see better high speed rail in America, and its good to understand the…

  • New Foldable Helmet Day!

    New Foldable Helmet Day!

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    I was over in San Juan on vacation, and left my folding helmet at the store by accident while I was getting groceries. Now, you might be wondering how you can forget a helmet? πŸ€” its because I was just picking up some drinks for everyone, and after leaving the shop I left the helmet…

  • My cross country cycling trip.

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    Back in 2009 I took some time off work and did a bike ride across the US, from Astoria, Oregon to Charlottesville, Virginia. I’ve gone ahead and migrated the blog over to this blog (comments and all! )and tagged them. This trip was at a time when you had to use these things called ‘paper…