Articles

This section is where you can find the longer articles I've written over the years.


Everything is going to be alright

The default tags that come with Textpatterns struck me as a bit too cute in the past, but I’ve come around.

Posted Apr 18, 2019 in Everything is going to be alright.

Thanks for Everything

Halloween and Thanksgiving were some of the American experiences I got to sample in my four years in the US. It taught me that family can be a more expansive term than I had previously thought.

Posted Nov 22, 2018 in Journal.

Apex

I became a middle age, middle class dad cliché so damn fast.

Posted Jul 19, 2018 in Music.

Google Tasks

Google is apparently revamping its mail service, and has also decided to make gmail’s Tasks function into a separate app for Android and iOS. I had to try it, if only out of curiosity.

Posted Apr 26, 2018 in Technology.

Achtung, baby

I’ve been listening to old U2 albums recently. Achtung baby, overplayed as it became, took me nearly 15 years to learn love again

Posted Mar 27, 2017 in Music.

Awakenings

I saw The Force Awakens for the second time last night, and it was just as enjoyable as the first time.

Posted Jan 22, 2017 in Film.

Exit Obama

I like the outgoing president a lot, but I think it behooves us to remember that he was far from perfect.

Posted Jan 19, 2017 in Politics.

Putin on the Ritz

I keep wondering if warfare-by-bullshit would be as effective if people like Rupert Murdoch hadn’t weaponized the news for profit.

Posted Dec 19, 2016 in Journal.

Brave New World

I keep reading articles about the certain inevitability of a universal basic income being implemented, since technology is about to put almost everyone out of work and companies have to make money somehow.

Posted Oct 06, 2016 in Journal.

David Bowie, 1947-2016

I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring

Posted Jan 11, 2016 in Arts & Culture.

I See Red

Split Enz fortjener så mye mer enn å bare være kjent for å være rullebanen til Neil.

Posted Nov 21, 2015 in Music.

Liberté, égalité, fraternité

Years ago, when I graduated from college, we all meandered around campus, packing our stuff, getting our affairs sorted out, and of course saying our goodbyes before heading out into the real world.

Posted Nov 15, 2015 in Hope for the future.