One very simple but thoughtful thing about the new car is that the center backrest folds down. As a parent of two young kids in car seats, this is very convenient! Can’t even tell you how many times I’ve had to take out a car seat just to make a run to the hardware store for some moulding or lumber.

I was cleaning out some old files and came across the software that came with my 2009 MBP. I still have the machine, too.

Well, it happened. After driving the same beat up old Subaru for 11 years, I got my very first new car at 43 years old. I bought a Tesla Model Y Long Range on Earth Day. I think my son might be more excited than I am.



Went for a drive in the countryside during my lunch break today.


As much as Microsoft Teams has done for remote work, its availability doesn’t entitle people to your immediate attention. I’ve noticed coworkers in other departments following up with me in a Teams chat after just 30 minutes of no response to an email. It’s toxic to expect that kind of immediacy.

La nostra scimmietta. 🐵

#earthday

Kids are watching Scooby-Doo and I’m over here playing the first game video game I ever owned, at age 6.

I’ve noticed a trend recently where the **older posts** link on blog themes points to the right. This feels _very_ unnatural to me. Gonna have to fix that.

Aforementioned REI grand opening. It’s crazy over here.

The largest REI in Oregon just opened yesterday, about 5 minutes from my house. This is the closest thing to Christmas for outdoorsy adults in the #PNW.

If you sign up for a service or website that celebrates anniversaries, yours will forever be 4/20 if you sign up today. 🌴

I know there are strong opinions about pineapple on pizza, but has anyone ever tried fig? Today I had my first pizza with fig on it, along with ham, Gruyère, and chèvre. Subtly sweet yet sparse enough to compliment the savory without overpowering it. I’d definitely go for it again.

Sitting in a coffee shop next to this building, which was one of the last affordable housing developments I was involved in as a funder. The nonprofit let me name it.

Recently connected with a half-aunt that no one in my family knew existed until a DNA test. If there’s anything I’ve learned from these tests, it’s that many more families than I ever would’ve imagined have big, dark adultery secrets. Reddit groups are full of these stories.

Removal of street trees in all but absolutely essential circumstances should be punishable with prison time.

Could someone explain the “buy me a coffee” thing among bloggers/tech crowd? Did this grow out of FOSS developer etiquette, or maybe people “borrowing” front-end code, or?

It is stunningly gorgeous outside today in Portland, Oregon, USA @ 67° F (19° C) / sunny. I’ve been relieved of parenting duties for a couple hours and it’s time to hit a sidewalk picnic table somewhere for a beer. Wish me luck.

New York Times, shilling for the 1%.

[The Global Turn Away From Free-Market Policies Worries Economists](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/business/economy/industrial-policies-global-economy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare)

I’m very pro walkability/bikability, and in fact got into urban planning due to my interests in walkable communities and public transit. Still, it feels a bit strange seeing the terms “urbanism” and “urbanist” completely co-opted by the cycling community. It’s overshadowed all nuance.

Saddened to learn of my cousin’s passing yesterday after a short but valiant battle with cancer. Although it’s only been in recent years that I have become close with her dad, I feel so much sorrow for their family losing her so young. Praying they find some peace during this difficult time.

Playing around with a Bluesky [list](https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vt4k6d3e5rjw65cuzaf3nufq/lists/3kqekeonjld2j) of Micro.blog users I follow.

Rhine River cruises are like the pinnacle of aspirational Boomer retirement goals these days, it seems.

Awesome idea, but so help me God, if I’m your accountability partner and you wake me up more than once, we are no longer friends.

Relatable.

>On a scale not seen in decades, many Americans are stuck in homes they would rather leave.

[TheUpshot](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/upshot/mortgage-rates-homes-stuck.html), NYtimes

At 43, I spend too much time now trying to guess if the characters in movies are older or younger than me.