Today I was lucky enough to be the first person off the plane after arriving at Edmonton International Airport (YEG). Backstory: The flight from San Francisco seems to always get…
Continue ReadingThe following is from a trip to the cities of ChengDu 成都 & MianYang 绵阳 in Sichuan province 四川省, China 中国. Here’s the view I see each morning from the…
Continue ReadingThe following is from a trip to the cities of ChengDu 成都 & MianYang 绵阳 in Sichuan province 四川省, China 中国. This post covers my commute from MianYang 绵阳 (where…
Continue ReadingThe following is from a trip to the cities of ChengDu 成都 & MianYang 绵阳 in Sichuan province 四川省, China 中国. Today, some random moments from ChengDu & MianYang. Today…
Continue ReadingFive years ago, today around 13:00, we re-met* at the Burning Man staff commissary. New photo by Michael Sattler / Google Photos Thank you for five incredible years! Yes, re-met.…
Continue ReadingWe are awash in data. Often the best – or only – way to understand the meaning of data is graphic; humans have been extracting meaning from images far longer…
Continue ReadingIt’s with great sadness that I heard about the death of Bourbon (Andy McDonald) by his own hand. Bourbon and I served the Burning Man community for decades, where he…
Continue ReadingHappy Birthday, Carmella! A week ago Carmella shared with me a song that touched her: ♫ I Won’t Give Up by Jason Mraz. With her birthday a week away, I…
Continue ReadingReal-time monitoring and graphing of ping I’ve been around, and let me tell you, sometimes it’s not all it’s cracked up to be, especially the networking, the Wi-Fi and wired…
Continue Reading1 July 2017 It’s Canada’s sesqui-centennial, 150 years since the founding of the nation. Americans celebrate our Independence Day with sporting events, back-yard (or tail-gate) barbecues, and a finalé of…
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