How To Live Near Your Friends: The Illegal Bay Area VersionLiving near friends is so obviously important to mental health that we all wish we could afford to. This is how renters do it in the Bay.Nov 19, 202351Nov 19, 202351
Short, Cold, & Frugal Camping Tips (plus bonus Gospel of Hammocks)As a short (4'10"), cold, & frugal backpacker myself, I have spent years hyperoptimizing for this and have finally achieved the envious…Aug 18, 202260Aug 18, 202260
How to vet software work culture during your interviewSoftware is not merely code. Software is code that expresses a set of human intents, goals, and expectations that will inevitably shift…Feb 16, 20224Feb 16, 20224
Learning About Grammatical AnimacyWhen I was younger, I thought different languages were just different lexicons that you could interchangeably slap concepts into. But of…Jul 25, 2021841Jul 25, 2021841
Producing Less Waste For Completely Selfish ReasonsA couple years ago, I started eating less meat for completely selfish reasons, and it ended up sticking far more easily than I ever…Mar 21, 20217Mar 21, 20217
Being Deliberate About Your Pants And Power Tools: Material awareness for the lifestyle maximalistDecember 2018. After burning one of many countless identical chunks of time sorting through my jam-packed drawer of tangled spare cables…Feb 2, 20213Feb 2, 20213
The Mind Is In The Body: Everything I wish I’d known about PTSD healing earlieror, my public cliff notes for Body Keeps The Score & moreApr 25, 202026Apr 25, 202026
Herb gardens as a first step in repairing an urban dweller’s relationship with the earthI grew up mostly divorced from nature in the sprawling concrete plains of suburbia. The trees I saw were surrounded by fences or sidewalks.Apr 21, 20204Apr 21, 20204
The Five Stages of Bread EffortSo you’ve always wanted to become a devotee of the artisanal bread arts. Now that we’re all stuck inside, you’re ready to seize the day…Mar 29, 2020Mar 29, 2020
Spin Away Your Self-Quarantine Blues With Flow ArtsIf you haven’t heard of flow arts, you might be familiar with its showier sub-variant, firespinning. Bystanders often ask how we got into…Mar 27, 20201Mar 27, 20201
Tidying Your Digital LifeIt can be trickier to tidy in the digital world than the physical world because it is so much easier for junk to get into your digital…Mar 22, 2020Mar 22, 2020
DIY Fabric Dyeing InfodumpHave you ever found a really awesome piece of clothing that you love absolutely everything about except for the color? This happened to me…Nov 6, 2019Nov 6, 2019
Eating Less Meat For Completely Selfish ReasonsWhen I’m picking a lunch spot to meet up with someone I haven’t seen in a while and I say I’d prefer somewhere that has good vegetarian…Jul 17, 2019Jul 17, 2019
How To Stay On Top Of Your Shit As A Flawed HumanI can probably thank the motivating factor of chronic recurrent distractibility that I’ve spent the majority of my adult life constructing…Apr 1, 2019Apr 1, 2019
When You Don’t Need ReactEvery few months, someone in my bubble will ask for advice on getting started with web programming, and eventually, through the deluge of…Feb 20, 2019Feb 20, 2019
Learning to Read & Write Kana in Two WeeksLast year, I took a very wonderful and serendipity-laden trip to Japan, which I’ve somehow managed to not yet finish a blog post on. Well…May 16, 2018May 16, 2018
Making Your Best Camera The One In Your HandThey say your best camera is the one you have on hand, a.k.a. usually your smartphone. My phone camera is absolute garbage, so I’ve tried…Jul 27, 2017Jul 27, 2017
Find Time For Yourself And People You Love By Making Your Devices Deeply UnengagingPeople often ask how I find time to do so many things. For the most part, I’ve negotiated a sort of Nash equilibrium by making my online…Jul 25, 20171Jul 25, 20171
