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Excited! 13: Useful Knack 🏚️
January 12, 2020
Hello! It's me again. Been a while, no? Let's talk about the joys of ...uh, slightly broken things. My car keys give me pause. No longer is my daily commute...
Excited! 12: 🐇🕳️ (Rabbit holes.)
November 27, 2018
This time: it's down the warren. Bald eagles! Quadrotor drones! ZIP files! Dust jackets! Cockroach milk?! If it isn't already obvious, I tend to get!...
Excited! 11: Postcards 📮
November 3, 2018
Hello! This week, after returning from two weeks away on business, living out of luggage, I happened to get a postcard from my friend Matt. His cheerful note...
Excited! 10: ...from INSIDE THE STORY.
February 19, 2018
Last fall, I got frustrated by two noteworthy warning signs on a heavy metal door, inside a Victorian home, built inside an old bowling alley in New Mexico....
Excited! 9: Space Weather
January 14, 2018
Let's say that you're on a beach. Not just any beach—Eagle Beach, about 27 miles northwest of downtown Juneau, Alaska. The sun has gone down behind you, and...
Excited! 8: Tiny Changes
December 31, 2017
Today—as of a few minutes hours ago, here in California—it's 2018. And there are so so SO many things I've been excited about, two other missives I've fully...
Excited! 7: SPURS
November 13, 2016
Trust me, y'all, as the nerrrrdiest of nerds, I’m the LAST person who thought I’d respond to this week by uttering the following: Friends, let’s talk about...
Excited! 6: Okapi Facts
October 17, 2016
(Lots of photos here. You’ll want to LOAD IMAGES. It’s worth it.) “We’re going to see the giraffe-zebra-horse-things today,”* says one of my fellow campers....
Excited! 5: Let's make a poster!
June 19, 2016
Hi there. Want to learn how to make a poster? Like this? Or this? OF COURSE YOU DO.⚡️Let’s Make A Poster!⚡️Start with an outline or a script.Usually this...
Excited! 4: The Visitors
April 28, 2016
There’s a new album released on iTunes today that I’m positively giddy about, and it’s a $9, 27-minute (-and-6-seconds) single song.I’m not the only person...
Excited! 3: Homemade Pizza (Part I)
March 1, 2016
You're going to want to turn on images for this one. Trust me.Homemade PizzaMeet Andy.(Imagine a drawing of Andy here. He's waving to you. Hello!)Last...
Excited! 2: Words, Words, Words.
February 8, 2016
Words, words, words. This story starts with a cubicle, ends with a treasure, and takes a detour along the way. Many years ago—so long ago I'm hazy on the...
Excited! 1: Deep Learning Neural Networks
January 31, 2016
Deep Learning Neural Networks One thing that I've been tremendously! excited! about lately is a kind of machine learning called "deep learning," ...or "deep...