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In my travels I have been close to hypothermia, and I’ve also been close to heat stroke. The difference between the two is that people seem to know more about preparing for the cold than the heat. In both situations I try to be aware of the dangers and be prepared. I generally commute by…

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!

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…

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…

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…

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…