August 2022

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Day of CascadiaJS 2022

Been a long time since I’ve done an in-person talk, but I broke that ice today. It’s my “The web is good now” talk — revamped quite a bit and shrunk to fit into a 25-minute slot. Felt like riding a bike, really. I was able to summon up that old speaker energy and deliver […]

I remember seeing Adam Best’s tweet when it went viral: Boulder: AR-15Orlando: AR-15Parkland: AR-15Las Vegas: AR-15Aurora, CO: AR-15Sandy Hook: AR-15Waffle House: AR-15San Bernardino: AR-15Midland/Odessa: AR-15Poway synagogue: AR-15Sutherland Springs: AR-15Tree of Life Synagogue: AR-15 Sometimes they are “variations” on that exact model by different manufacturers, but they are assault rifles all the same (fact check). Add […]

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Just a lovely day here in Bend, Oregon. It’s very warm out. That kind of deep-seeded warmth you can only feel in late summer, when the warmth radiates from every sidewalk square, telephone pole, and deck chair as much as it does from the sun. I’m 42 years old today. I only feel half that […]

New Banjo & Local Event Fun

It’s an 11″ pot Oak and Pistachio Short Scale Five String Banjo from Beansprout / Aaron Keim & family up in Hood River, Oregon. I drove up to Hood River to pick it up and see Aaron, his shop, and his family. It was so cool to see the woodworking shop of a real luthier. […]