I didn’t have “peeing next to a former female supervisor” on my 2024 bingo card, but this conference at the downtown pdx Marriott has fully genderless public restrooms, and here we are.
Me, an introvert, scanning the conference agenda for sessions that don’t have audience engagement components or group work.
Tech voyeurism: getting a sneak peek of someone’s pinned web browser bookmarks before they start their presentation.
As I leave for the OR American Planning Association conference in downtown #pdx, I’m reflecting on my commute from 7 miles out, on a light rail line cities twice our size wish they had, from a suburban area with 11k people per square mile, twice the density of many urban census tracts in the U.S.
I wish Apple would release a fitness tracker in a minimalist form factor with just O2 sensor, heart rate, blood sugar, GPS, and a couple function buttons. NO screen, apps or phone features. Give it to me for $100 and call it a day.
“Dad, why do these samosas smell like pumpkin donuts?”
He’s right, which probably explains why I love them so much.
Ten years ago (10/8/2014) I saw Sharon Van Etten at The Loving Touch in Ferndale, Michigan. Still one of my favorite shows of all time.
@sharonvanhalen #detroit
I need to change the pots on my Jazzmaster. This is starting to feel a bit like The Ship of Theseus.
We have limited options for nearby coffee places that I’d actually want to spend any time at. Haven Coffee on Murray in Cedar Mill is one of the good ones. Coffee is great, people are nice, and it’s easy for me to focus on work.
One of the craziest things I’ve ever learned is that large areas of the Middle East are desert due to soil salinity caused by human activity — irrigation.
By far the best feature of both Threads and Bluesky is “Hide Reply for Everybody”. The fact Mastodon comments persist even after a block is a big mark against ActivityPub.
Continuing my digital declutter from last week where I deleted 80 apps from my iPhone, this week I’ve deleted 56 more.
I swear, of the parents we meet out here on the Westside of Portland, probably close to a third of the dads are QA engineers at Intel.
Of all the funny pronunciations from my daughter, my favorites are “chechup” (ketchup), “banch” (band-aid), and “nonuck” (yogurt). Always makes me smile.
It’s not every day two bands I love pop up at the same venue within two days of each other. It’s gonna be a rough week! I wonder if they’ll let me bring a lawn chair.
Currently reading: Kane Chronicles, The, Book Two: The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan 📚
Finished reading: The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan 📚