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I demand that PDX start selling merch with the absolute banger characters they’ve created. I would fight a person for one of the giant sticky notes featuring these little weirdos they hung during the construction.

Even this serene donut dude on the wifi landing page is great.

A cartoon donut character is balancing in a yoga pose while holding a cup of coffee, with an apple, carrot, and worm balanced on its head.
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Look I know there’s a lot of bad things happening in the world right now, but what really grinds my goat is email apps in 2026 defaulting to adding a “sent from phone” type line to your signature.

No one receiving it cares and nobody sending it wants it. Stop it. This is crime.

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One change I’ve made is trying to replace my doom scrolling habit with Kagi’s small web tool. It’s a spiritual successor to StumbleUpon that takes you to a random indieweb page. It’s been fun to see so many personal sites I’d otherwise never encounter.

kagi.com/smallweb/

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I pulled the trigger on a Kagi subscription and moved my browsing back into Orion. Orion still has rough edges, but Kagi’s search is a superior product. The biggest hurdle was psychological. My brain’s knee jerk insistence that search should be free.

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I’m pleased with the latest design changes I made to my blog. I’ve been collecting inspiration from other small web blogs for a while and finally implemented a few vanity features. My favorite: switching my footnotes to a “marginalia” style.

A screenshot of my blog's colophon page showing that footnotes render on the left side of the content, like marginalia.

object.computer/colophon/

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I’ve never watched any Star Trek. Not the shows or the movies. Maybe it’s time to dive in? What’s the best entry point?

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Has anyone found an app (ideally available on iOS) that allows you to easily consume your Bluesky and Mastodon feeds in one place that they really enjoy?

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Oregon is the absolute leader in America’s city flag game. The newest addition is Oregon’s City municipal elevator inspired update.

It joins the ranks of OG great Portland and recently redesigned Hillsboro who all buck the trend of crappy seal based city flag.

#oregon #flags

The flag of Oregon City depicting the municipal elevator.The flag of Hillsboro depicting a trillium on a blue circle and green fieldThe city of Portland’s flag, feature a cross of blue/yellow/white on a green field.

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Why hasn’t Games Workshop licensed out a mech warrior style Imperial Knights game? I want to start as a new pilot and build up to a titan.

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I took this photo of my dog about a year back when I first got my Ricoh GRiii. It was a test for a film recipe. I am surprised by how much I still like it.

The Ricoh is a near perfect adventure camera. I do miss having a viewfinder, though.

The dog is cool too. Her name is Hex.

#photography #ricoh

A dog is crouching in a fenced backyard area with a wooden gate. She is awaiting a ball that is unseen in the photo.
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While camping we met an old geologist who’d been living a super frugal #vanlife style for years and had so many practical tips for how he lived comfortably on the road. Man loved 5 gallon paint buckets as stools, toilets, water proof storage (not at the same time.)

I want to meet more folks like him