January links: Video games, tanks for Ukraine, Teletubbies
Interesting stuff from January, 2023
On rationalizing my leisure time
Jumping through hoops to tie everything I do to some larger purpose
Mass Effect 1
A slog to get to the next installments in the series
December links: ChatGPT, Vatican observatories, Taiwan
Interesting stuff from December, 2022
A look back at 2022
My statistical year in review
A review of our year on the road
Takeaways from nomad life.
November links: Skiing, deep-fried coffee, Ukrainian victories
Interesting stuff from November, 2022
October links: Ski alpinism, Ukraine, a missile silo Airbnb
Interesting stuff from October, 2022
September links: Psychedelia, Zuck, LARPing trauma
Interesting stuff from September, 2022
Climbing Mt. Superior, Utah
Incredible views of Little Cottonwood Canyon.
July/August links: Psilocybin, Survival, Starfield
Interesting stuff from July, August, 2022
Climbing the Grand Teton
My first true mountaineering expedition
June links: Naval fascinations, Xi Jinping, a couple great Australians
Interesting stuff from June, 2022
Requiem for Naval Air Station Alameda
Looking around a closed naval base
Admiral Pete "Viper" Pettigrew on killing MiGs, filming Top Gun
A chat with Viper about his exploits in the F-4 Phantom.
Exploring the USS Midway
Touring the longest-serving aircraft carrier of the 20th century
Not showering for a week in southern Utah
Backpacking Coyote Gulch and exploring Escalante, Utah!
Great pieces on the war in Ukraine, April '22
Notes from a news addict.
Where we tow big trucks out of the mud with our RAV4
A muddy adventure betwixt red rock.
Journey into The Subway, offroading near Zion
A red-rock tube and other adventures.
March links: Our nomad year, report from Bozeman, war in Ukraine
Interesting stuff from Late March, 2022
Cross-country skiing to Tower Falls, Yellowstone
A winter foray into northern Yellowstone
Gallatin River
A quick flight down the water.
Keeping up with the situation in Ukraine, how to help
One of the most dangerous geopolitical developments in the last few decades
Scenes from Whistler Blackcomb
Headed to the mountains of British Columbia for my 30th birthday.
A few thoughts on Everest
Looking back at Krakauer's account of the disaster on Everest in 1996.
January links: I turned my dog into an NFT
Interesting stuff from Mid-January 2022