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2024

Nick Slaughter, Pepa, and Making Friends With Your Fists — September 25, 2024
Two More Weeks in Japan — August 4, 2024
Kumano Kodo — July 23, 2024
Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff: Book Notes — March 31, 2024
Introduction to Compute Hardware for Robotics for High School Students — February 1, 2024

2023

Project Adelie - Modern Software for Modern Industry — May 21, 2023
Life, Death, and Motorcycles — February 20, 2023
Advice for Computer Science College Students: an Interview — February 16, 2023
When You Say You Are Fucked, You Are Only 45% Fucked: Lessons on Leadership from Nims Purja — January 1, 2023

2022

Nonviolent Communication: Book Notes — October 31, 2022
Greece: Meteora, Delphi, Athens, and Kefalonia — August 28, 2022
Loonshots by Safi Bahcall - Book Notes — July 30, 2022
Zen, Suchness, and Sign Language — June 20, 2022
Killing It — June 12, 2022
Finding Flow On Two Wheels — May 17, 2022
Traveling around Cusco, Peru — February 12, 2022
Visiting Vinicunca — February 4, 2022
Exploring the Mountains Around Cusco, Peru on a Motorcycle — January 29, 2022
Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu — January 22, 2022

2021

Grand Canyon Whitewater Rafting — November 17, 2021
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan - Book Notes — September 11, 2021
Building a Second Brain — May 16, 2021
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin - Book Notes — March 23, 2021
Understanding Sign Language in Video with AI — February 21, 2021

2020

Livewired by David Eagleman - Book Notes — December 25, 2020
Range by David Esptein - Book Notes — November 29, 2020
Contact Managers Suck: The Micelf Whitepaper — October 5, 2020
Programatically Creating Ubuntu Images with systemd's mkosi — September 8, 2020
Backpacking to Cottonwood Lakes & Mt. Langley — July 6, 2020
Where Good Ideas Come from: The Natural History of Innovation - Book Notes — June 7, 2020
Accelerate: Building and Scaling High-Performing Technology Organizations - Book Notes — April 6, 2020
Daring Greatly - Book Notes — March 21, 2020
Motorcycling Thailand - The Mae Hong Son Loop... and Then Some! — February 20, 2020
Saigon to Danang By Motorcycle — January 18, 2020
Two Weeks in Laos — January 2, 2020

2019

Trapped! — December 24, 2019
Two Weeks in Cambodia — December 18, 2019
30 Days in The Philippines — December 10, 2019
30 Hours in Singapore — November 13, 2019
30 Days in Australia — November 4, 2019
Shoe Dog - Book Notes — October 20, 2019
30 Days in Indonesia — October 11, 2019
Video: Three Weeks in Czechia, Croatia, Venice, and Hallstatt — September 3, 2019
The Courage To Be Disliked - Book Notes — May 12, 2019
Topanga State Park — March 10, 2019
A Look at the DMV That Is, and the DMV That Should Be — January 24, 2019

2017

An Easy-To-Use Script to Install OpenCV for C++ and Python — November 23, 2017
A Quick Stop in Czechia — October 23, 2017
Around Santa Cruz — August 27, 2017
Catalina 2017 — July 9, 2017
Joshua Tree — May 7, 2017
Alpine Touring — January 20, 2017

2016

Puerto Rico — December 29, 2016
Rafting the South Fork American River — October 30, 2016
Git Cheat Sheet — July 31, 2016

2015

A SoCal Weekend — June 5, 2015
New York, New York - It's a Helluva Town! — January 17, 2015

2014

Getting Started With Flycheck + Pylint in emacs — October 24, 2014
On the Importance of Programming — July 1, 2014
Why You Should Use Class Enums in C++ — April 17, 2014
How to Have Multiple Versions of C++ OpenCV Side by Side — March 9, 2014

2013

Rafting Tatshenshini — August 20, 2013

2012

Two Weeks in Japan — November 30, 2012

2011

G20 — June 10, 2011

2009

Summer Travels - Dublin to Istanbul — August 23, 2009
England 2008-2009 — June 29, 2009

2008

China during the Beijing Olympics — August 25, 2008

Archive by Tag

AI Adventure Books C++ Emacs Fiction Leadership Linux Motorcycles OpenCV Opinion Photography Python Sign Language Software Stories Travel Video

AI

Introduction to Compute Hardware for Robotics for High School Students — February 1, 2024
Understanding Sign Language in Video with AI — February 21, 2021

Adventure

Kumano Kodo — July 23, 2024
Life, Death, and Motorcycles — February 20, 2023
When You Say You Are Fucked, You Are Only 45% Fucked: Lessons on Leadership from Nims Purja — January 1, 2023
Finding Flow On Two Wheels — May 17, 2022
Traveling around Cusco, Peru — February 12, 2022
Visiting Vinicunca — February 4, 2022
Exploring the Mountains Around Cusco, Peru on a Motorcycle — January 29, 2022
Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu — January 22, 2022
Grand Canyon Whitewater Rafting — November 17, 2021
Backpacking to Cottonwood Lakes & Mt. Langley — July 6, 2020
Motorcycling Thailand - The Mae Hong Son Loop... and Then Some! — February 20, 2020
Saigon to Danang By Motorcycle — January 18, 2020
Two Weeks in Laos — January 2, 2020
Trapped! — December 24, 2019
Two Weeks in Cambodia — December 18, 2019
30 Days in The Philippines — December 10, 2019
30 Hours in Singapore — November 13, 2019
30 Days in Australia — November 4, 2019
30 Days in Indonesia — October 11, 2019
Video: Three Weeks in Czechia, Croatia, Venice, and Hallstatt — September 3, 2019
Catalina 2017 — July 9, 2017
Joshua Tree — May 7, 2017
Alpine Touring — January 20, 2017
Puerto Rico — December 29, 2016
Rafting the South Fork American River — October 30, 2016
A SoCal Weekend — June 5, 2015
Rafting Tatshenshini — August 20, 2013

Books

Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff: Book Notes — March 31, 2024
Nonviolent Communication: Book Notes — October 31, 2022
Loonshots by Safi Bahcall - Book Notes — July 30, 2022
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan - Book Notes — September 11, 2021
Building a Second Brain — May 16, 2021
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin - Book Notes — March 23, 2021
Livewired by David Eagleman - Book Notes — December 25, 2020
Range by David Esptein - Book Notes — November 29, 2020
Where Good Ideas Come from: The Natural History of Innovation - Book Notes — June 7, 2020
Accelerate: Building and Scaling High-Performing Technology Organizations - Book Notes — April 6, 2020
Daring Greatly - Book Notes — March 21, 2020
Shoe Dog - Book Notes — October 20, 2019
The Courage To Be Disliked - Book Notes — May 12, 2019

C++

Why You Should Use Class Enums in C++ — April 17, 2014
How to Have Multiple Versions of C++ OpenCV Side by Side — March 9, 2014

Emacs

Getting Started With Flycheck + Pylint in emacs — October 24, 2014

Fiction

G20 — June 10, 2011

Leadership

When You Say You Are Fucked, You Are Only 45% Fucked: Lessons on Leadership from Nims Purja — January 1, 2023
Loonshots by Safi Bahcall - Book Notes — July 30, 2022
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin - Book Notes — March 23, 2021
Accelerate: Building and Scaling High-Performing Technology Organizations - Book Notes — April 6, 2020
Shoe Dog - Book Notes — October 20, 2019

Linux

Project Adelie - Modern Software for Modern Industry — May 21, 2023
Advice for Computer Science College Students: an Interview — February 16, 2023
Programatically Creating Ubuntu Images with systemd's mkosi — September 8, 2020
Video: Three Weeks in Czechia, Croatia, Venice, and Hallstatt — September 3, 2019
An Easy-To-Use Script to Install OpenCV for C++ and Python — November 23, 2017
Getting Started With Flycheck + Pylint in emacs — October 24, 2014
How to Have Multiple Versions of C++ OpenCV Side by Side — March 9, 2014

Motorcycles

Life, Death, and Motorcycles — February 20, 2023
Exploring the Mountains Around Cusco, Peru on a Motorcycle — January 29, 2022
Motorcycling Thailand - The Mae Hong Son Loop... and Then Some! — February 20, 2020
Saigon to Danang By Motorcycle — January 18, 2020
Two Weeks in Cambodia — December 18, 2019
30 Days in Indonesia — October 11, 2019
A SoCal Weekend — June 5, 2015

OpenCV

An Easy-To-Use Script to Install OpenCV for C++ and Python — November 23, 2017
How to Have Multiple Versions of C++ OpenCV Side by Side — March 9, 2014

Opinion

Life, Death, and Motorcycles — February 20, 2023
Advice for Computer Science College Students: an Interview — February 16, 2023
Zen, Suchness, and Sign Language — June 20, 2022
Killing It — June 12, 2022
Building a Second Brain — May 16, 2021
Contact Managers Suck: The Micelf Whitepaper — October 5, 2020
A Look at the DMV That Is, and the DMV That Should Be — January 24, 2019
On the Importance of Programming — July 1, 2014

Photography

Two More Weeks in Japan — August 4, 2024
Kumano Kodo — July 23, 2024
Greece: Meteora, Delphi, Athens, and Kefalonia — August 28, 2022
Traveling around Cusco, Peru — February 12, 2022
Visiting Vinicunca — February 4, 2022
Exploring the Mountains Around Cusco, Peru on a Motorcycle — January 29, 2022
Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu — January 22, 2022
Grand Canyon Whitewater Rafting — November 17, 2021
Backpacking to Cottonwood Lakes & Mt. Langley — July 6, 2020
Motorcycling Thailand - The Mae Hong Son Loop... and Then Some! — February 20, 2020
Saigon to Danang By Motorcycle — January 18, 2020
Two Weeks in Laos — January 2, 2020
Two Weeks in Cambodia — December 18, 2019
30 Days in The Philippines — December 10, 2019
30 Hours in Singapore — November 13, 2019
30 Days in Australia — November 4, 2019
30 Days in Indonesia — October 11, 2019
Topanga State Park — March 10, 2019
A Quick Stop in Czechia — October 23, 2017
Around Santa Cruz — August 27, 2017
Catalina 2017 — July 9, 2017
Joshua Tree — May 7, 2017
Alpine Touring — January 20, 2017
Puerto Rico — December 29, 2016
New York, New York - It's a Helluva Town! — January 17, 2015
Rafting Tatshenshini — August 20, 2013
Two Weeks in Japan — November 30, 2012
G20 — June 10, 2011
Summer Travels - Dublin to Istanbul — August 23, 2009
England 2008-2009 — June 29, 2009
China during the Beijing Olympics — August 25, 2008

Python

Getting Started With Flycheck + Pylint in emacs — October 24, 2014

Sign Language

Zen, Suchness, and Sign Language — June 20, 2022
Understanding Sign Language in Video with AI — February 21, 2021

Software

Introduction to Compute Hardware for Robotics for High School Students — February 1, 2024
Project Adelie - Modern Software for Modern Industry — May 21, 2023
Advice for Computer Science College Students: an Interview — February 16, 2023
Understanding Sign Language in Video with AI — February 21, 2021
Contact Managers Suck: The Micelf Whitepaper — October 5, 2020
Programatically Creating Ubuntu Images with systemd's mkosi — September 8, 2020
Accelerate: Building and Scaling High-Performing Technology Organizations - Book Notes — April 6, 2020
An Easy-To-Use Script to Install OpenCV for C++ and Python — November 23, 2017
Git Cheat Sheet — July 31, 2016
Getting Started With Flycheck + Pylint in emacs — October 24, 2014
On the Importance of Programming — July 1, 2014
Why You Should Use Class Enums in C++ — April 17, 2014
How to Have Multiple Versions of C++ OpenCV Side by Side — March 9, 2014

Stories

Nick Slaughter, Pepa, and Making Friends With Your Fists — September 25, 2024

Travel

Two More Weeks in Japan — August 4, 2024
Kumano Kodo — July 23, 2024
Greece: Meteora, Delphi, Athens, and Kefalonia — August 28, 2022
Traveling around Cusco, Peru — February 12, 2022
Visiting Vinicunca — February 4, 2022
Exploring the Mountains Around Cusco, Peru on a Motorcycle — January 29, 2022
Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu — January 22, 2022
Grand Canyon Whitewater Rafting — November 17, 2021
Motorcycling Thailand - The Mae Hong Son Loop... and Then Some! — February 20, 2020
Saigon to Danang By Motorcycle — January 18, 2020
Two Weeks in Laos — January 2, 2020
Trapped! — December 24, 2019
Two Weeks in Cambodia — December 18, 2019
30 Days in The Philippines — December 10, 2019
30 Hours in Singapore — November 13, 2019
30 Days in Australia — November 4, 2019
30 Days in Indonesia — October 11, 2019
Video: Three Weeks in Czechia, Croatia, Venice, and Hallstatt — September 3, 2019
A Quick Stop in Czechia — October 23, 2017
Around Santa Cruz — August 27, 2017
Catalina 2017 — July 9, 2017
Joshua Tree — May 7, 2017
Puerto Rico — December 29, 2016
Rafting Tatshenshini — August 20, 2013
Two Weeks in Japan — November 30, 2012
Summer Travels - Dublin to Istanbul — August 23, 2009
England 2008-2009 — June 29, 2009
China during the Beijing Olympics — August 25, 2008

Video

Advice for Computer Science College Students: an Interview — February 16, 2023
Finding Flow On Two Wheels — May 17, 2022
Grand Canyon Whitewater Rafting — November 17, 2021
Motorcycling Thailand - The Mae Hong Son Loop... and Then Some! — February 20, 2020
Saigon to Danang By Motorcycle — January 18, 2020
Two Weeks in Cambodia — December 18, 2019
30 Days in Australia — November 4, 2019
30 Days in Indonesia — October 11, 2019
Video: Three Weeks in Czechia, Croatia, Venice, and Hallstatt — September 3, 2019
Rafting the South Fork American River — October 30, 2016
A SoCal Weekend — June 5, 2015
Rafting Tatshenshini — August 20, 2013