Recent Posts

• Media Diet: July and August 2025 Aug 28
  A quick look at the movies, television shows, and books that have captured my attention over the past couple of months.
• Being alive is a wonderful thing Aug 20
  A few weeks ago, I had a small medical procedure that ended up addressing a relatively major medical issue that I did not know I had until the procedure.
• Eating through the Cotswolds Aug 14
  A few weeks ago, we spent some days in the Cotswolds and had the opportunity to dine at a few memorable places along the way.
• Driving on the left Jul 30
  Some people love getting behind the wheel of a car, revving up the engine and just going wherever their whims will take them. I am not one of those people.
• Things I learned these past few months Jun 29
  A quick roundup of a few of the things I learned over the past few months.
• Media Diet: May and June 2025 Jun 28
  A quick look at the movies, television shows, and books that have captured my attention over the past couple of months.
• Passing thoughts Jun 19
  In the absence of anything substantial to say, a few passing thoughts.
• Summer vacation May 29
  Trip planning is difficult. I know some people find joy in making the plans for upcoming travel; I am not one of them. Still, we plan.
• The messiness of civic life and showing up May 06
  It’s too easy to feel befuddled and think that civic advocacy should be left to the “professionals,” but the truth is that civic life should be participatory, emergent, and messy.
• Endless expanse May 01
  The thing about being among the mountains is that your gaze is constantly drawn upwards.
• Media Diet: April 2025 Apr 28
  A quick look at the movies, television shows, and books that have captured my attention over the past month.
• When someone cuts down a tree, somebody else has to plant a new one Apr 02
  This is what is keeping me afloat as we cope with a political and social environment that is so bent on destruction of what we hold dear: that one day, we will have the chance to restore, and to build again, and build better. And it’s that thought, that aspiration to create things that will help people and build community and make lives better, that I carry with me through all the tumult we have now.
• Media Diet: February and March 2025 Mar 28
  A quick look at the movies, television shows, and books that have captured my attention over the past month.
• Setting up a new WiFi system Mar 27
  I set up a new mesh WiFi system today at home.
• Things I learned these past few months Mar 25
  A quick roundup of a few of the things I learned over the past few months.
• A few nice things Mar 20
  A few snippets from the week gone by involving ice cream, birdsong, bubbles; Nowruz, and a whole lot more.
• Walk-and-talk Mar 13
  A walking meeting is not just a way for me to accumulate more steps in my pedometer. It's also a way for me to experience the content of the meeting with new context, to literally ground myself and surround myself with life.
• What is your work? Mar 13
  When was the last time you asked yourself about the work? What is your work now?
• A bit of anger, a bit of sadness, a bit of wondering where this is all going Mar 07
  As part of the recent tumult in US politics, Trump/Musk/DOGE recently laid off all the staff at 18F, essentially shuttering the agency and with it destroying years of digital experience in government.
• Letter to city council of London, Ontario to stop using X (formerly Twitter) for official city communication Feb 28
  I am writing city council to request that the City of London stop using X (formerly Twitter) as a method of distribution for official city communication.

 
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