"My Synth hiking boots were delivered from Vivobarefoot today, but it seems they run small. Time for a return. :(" - WyldKard

Leaving Simplenote.

January 23, 2013

A couple years ago when I wanted a way to access plaintext files via the cloud, my search brought me to Simplenote, a service that lives up to its name. I had previously experimented with Evernote but found it to be overkill, and the lack of plaintext conservation was annoying.1 For some time I was [...]

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More on firearms.

December 27, 2012

After publishing my response to Richard Nikoley’s post about firearms, I received a response from Nikoley on Twitter urging me to read his followup post. Nikoley’s second take on the issue seems much less knee-jerk to me, and addresses points that a lot of people in the recent debate over firearms legislation have ignored. Namely, [...]

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Cops, and guns.

December 19, 2012

There’s an annoying saying that I keep seeing people quote, and it’s annoying because it’s a thought-terminating cliché: When seconds count, the cops are only minutes away. This statement is often used by gun enthusiasts whose intent is to argue that regular people cannot rely on law enforcement to protect them.1 Usually, this is buried [...]

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The improved Jawbone UP.

November 28, 2012

It’s been about two weeks now since I received my updated Jawbone UP, and since I’ve covered my tribulations with the old version of the band over the course of the last year, it’s worth noting just what’s different in the new version of the UP. The Verge put up a review of the new [...]

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The better pen.

November 16, 2012

When I finally got around to talking about which pens I use, I came to the conclusion that of the two I favored (the Pen Type-A and the Render K), the deciding factor for which one someone should buy was where they planned to use it. The Pen Type-A seemed better at home on one’s [...]

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