The Snail Shell

I just read " No Impact Man " and it was very good. He was really earnest and yet easy to relate to. And he did some things that...

Really. I need some socks. Sandals weather has ended and my beautiful Zorro tan on my feet will begin to fade. (well, "Sorro" ...

Dear Christianity, Why do you have this belief that people are inherently not good? Dear Zen Buddhism, Why do you put such emphasis on the i...

Umair Haque sounds a rallying cry for idealism, collaboration, and more of the same things that I like a lot. And disses the entire older ...

Things that are cool, two out of three of which are in the "most popular" on the NY times today: Zen Vegetarian Cooking (which I...

Part 1 in a series that I'll publish every so often entitled "things I wish I knew in college." (not that I'm in the ...

Sometimes people ask "what do you DO as a software engineer?" (not often. it's not really sexy or really confusing. but it...

1. Decibel Festival. I went to a show that made me question whether I actually do like electronic music. Then I saw a couple DJs who just ...

Oh, also, do you live in Seattle? If both are "yes", let me know, as the Decibel Festival is happening this weekend, and we shoul...

... is about happiness. Speaking of which, before I forget, an article about how people judge other people's lives all the time, oh gee...

It kind of smells like fall, and for fall I give an A+ to Passion Pit, on first listen. Also A+ to Belle and Sebastian in general for ...

" How to do what you love " by Paul Graham. That's about all I have to say right now, although I do have a lot to say about Ni...

So I went to Burning Man. It was very good. If you're reading this, you probably know what Burning Man is. If not, I'll try to ex...

In five hours I will wake up, hop in the car, and drive for like 16 hours to a remote bit of desert, deliriously-tiredly set up a tent, and ...

So yesterday, I was riding my bike home, and I whizzed past, too quickly to even say anything and too quickly to be sure it was even actuall...

Does anyone want to see this guy (that is, David Byrne ) talking about his new book which is about bicycles? Of course you do. It is in S...

This post starts as just a repost of a couple things from Good: New American Dreams New Young People's Lives (if you only have time for...

I worked for 14 hours today! Now, in itself, working 14 hours is nothing to brag about. But I'm genuinely pretty happy about it, becaus...

Anybody know any good video games? (uhh, for a mac?) Speaking of video games, if you have an iphone, I highly recommend Tyrian . If you ha...

There's a guy running for King County Executive named Goodspaceguy (just one name), who has a blog (note the title) in which he continu...