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Bronyism in Modern Culture: My Five Minute Ignite Portland Talk on Why I Love...
I’ve been involved with Ignite Portland from the very beginning. I helped get it started five years ago, and helped lead the planning of the event nine times. I’ve taken a break from planning the...
View ArticleSix Strikes: Don’t Let the Content Industry Tighten Their Chokehold on the...
Copyright Scofflaws Beware: ISPs to Begin Monitoring Illicit File Sharing This is the so-called “six strikes” rule, where you lose your internet access after being accused of infringing. It’s not a...
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Watch This: “The Choice 2012″, Frontline’s Special on Obama and Romney
Take the time to watch this. It’s two hours well spent. I learned a lot about both Obama and Romney, and I found new respect for both of their backgrounds, challenges, and shortcomings. Don’t yell at...
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iPhone 5 LEGO Dock v2: Headphone Compatibility
I modified the iPhone 5 dock/stand I made out of LEGO to accommodate the headphone cable (which is now located at the bottom of the phone, and is probably the number one reason that Apple has said the...
View ArticleiBooks 3.0 Seriously Underwhelms
iBooks 3.0 was announced today at Apple’s event, and is available now on the App Store. Is it just me, or does calling this update “3.0″ feel like a overstatement? A new (continuous) scrolling mode...
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Link and Zelda Costumes: My Wife Wins Halloween This Year
I’ve been introducing my kids to the Legend of Zelda games (part of their Gamer Heritage), and they absolutely love them. We’ve played through Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess, and we’re working on...
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Worlds Collide: The My Little Pony iOS Game
Sometimes there’s a perfect storm, when different avenues of my weird personality collide. The My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic game by Gameloft (for iPhone and iPad) is out. The game itself is...
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iPhone Gets Hot, Battery Drains Rapidly – How I Fixed It
The short version: how I diagnosed and fixed an issue that was causing multiple iPhones and an iPad to get hot and drain their batteries. This is the nitty gritty on how I fixed the problem. Read on...
View ArticlePlaystation 4 Is Here. Why Am I Not More Excited?
I watched the liveblogs of the Sony Playstation 4 event. Interesting that the hardware specs are essentially a moderately beefy PC (8 core AMD processor, Radeon GPU, 8GB RAM). The games they demoed...
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Google Reader Alternatives for Reeder Users Like Me
tl;dr – I don’t know what I’m going to use to replace Google Reader yet. I’m going to wait and see what works best as a replacement sync service in Silvio Rizzi’s Reeder apps. Now that we’re a few days...
View ArticleXbox One Announcement: I Didn’t Expect To Be Interested
Microsoft unveiled the next generation Xbox today: Xbox One. Wired has a great “first look” – I highly recommend you read it. The guts: a custom AMD SoC that combines CPU and GPU (assume it’s x86, like...
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Six Years Ago, The iPhone Changed Everything
Six years ago today was the launch of the iPhone. Up until the night before, I was convinced I wasn’t going to get one. It only had “2G” EDGE data speeds, and I had just switched from Verizon’s...
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The Most Important Book I’ve Read in a Long Time –“So Good They Can’t Ignore...
So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport This might be the most important book I’ve ever read, as far as career is concerned. The basic premise – that “follow your passion” is bad advice, and that...
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iPhone 5 Leather Case Thoughts From A Case Hater
I have never liked using a case on my iPhones (from the beginning). I’ve never found one that didn’t make it feel excessively bulky and, well, ugly. I like the feel and look of the devices, and have...
View ArticleHope, Comfort, and Joy
Christmastime and the end of the year holidays naturally lead us to introspection. The days are short, the weather is cold, and we usually have some time off from work and school. We have lots of time...
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Why I’m Studying Adult Education
If you follow me in other places or know me personally, you probably know that I’m in a Masters program for Adult and Organizational Education at Oregon State University right now. I’m in my second...
View ArticlePodcast: Owls and Ornithology with Emma
I made this as part of my graduate course in adult education, around the concepts of how we construct our own learning by creating artifacts and sharing them. I’ll continue to publish bits like these...
View ArticleVideo: How to Make “The Pointing Arrow” Paper Airplane
I made this as part of my graduate course in adult education, around the idea of learning by creating and sharing “artifacts” on the web in a “digital portfolio”. My 7 year old son Gabe is a big paper...
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14 Years at Intel
14 years ago today I signed on as a “Blue Badge” Intel employee (I had been a “green badge” contractor for 9 months prior). I tell people I don’t feel old enough to have done anything for 14 years, and...
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