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    Personal uniforms and simplifying through replication

    In thinking about clothing and the 100 thing challenge I started thinking back and found this post I wrote a few years ago about minimizing wardrobes and the idea of a personal uniform. It’s been 2 years since I wrote that and I’ve got back...

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    Some thoughts on the 100 thing challenge

    Fair warning, this is a rambling jumble of thoughts kind of post. People keep sending me links to or excerpts from this NY Times story “But Will It Make You Happy?” And rightfully so, as it’s about how having (and buying) less stuff can make...

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    I always wanted to be a rock star

    I always wanted to be a rock star. Not for the usual reasons including the endless supply of cash and groupies, but I suppose those wouldn’t be terrible perks. I mean, if I had to take the cash and the groupies I suppose I could...

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    Engineering Serendipity

    Yesterday I was watching Nina Paley speaking about her film Sita Sings The Blues at The Next Hope conference in NYC and she was talking about approach to putting her film online for free for anyone to use, and how many people did in fact...

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    24 Hours in Dublin

    Last week I jumped on a plane and flew to Dublin to drink some coffee and see some art. I took photos and wrote about it for BoingBoing if you’d like to check it out. Hope you dig it.

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    Travel Diary: Paris pt1

    This is Vincennes. It’s a suburb just outside of Paris where the family and I are going to be based for the next few months. It’s actually a lovely area with a beautiful park and a castle with a moat but no lava or dragons...

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    Travel Diary: In Between

    We are currently back in Los Angeles for a few day pit stop between the Singapore and Paris legs of this trip. The main reason for this stop over was so Ripley could see his doctor for his 4 month check up. Dude turns 4...

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    Why Neighborgoods Matters

    The topic of having too much stuff isn’t new around these parts, and in fact I talk about it a lot. It’s a constant struggle for me as most of my life I’ve been a hyper collector of “things” and over the past few years...

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    Audience vs Monetization, which comes first?

    This topic has come up a several different times in many different circles over the last few weeks so I thought I’d make a post about it just to sort of document some of my thoughts on it. I’ve been talking to companies and groups...

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  • Travel Diary: Singapore pt1

    Travel Diary: Singapore pt1

    Astute readers will know that a few weeks ago I packed up all my worldy possessions sans a suitcase or two and put them in storage. Tara did too and we gave up our lease in Venice Beach in favor of a loose 9 month...

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