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Now that a year has passed since Rocket Companies completed its acquisition of Redfin and it’s been six months since Redfin had its own CEO, I thought it would be worth reflecting on what Redfin accomplished during its two-decade run as an independent company and how the Redfin of 2026 became exactly the kind of company that the Redfin of 2007 was created to fight against… The post Requiem for a…
I made this for Facebook but it's an important message that I think people should hear, so I'm sharing it here as well. The post A few words for my fellow believers appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
After seven years, 300 episodes, 120+ hours of content, and countless time spent [ ] The post What I learned making 300 episodes of my podcast Dispatches from the Multiverse appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
It's time to call it. Pour one out for my career in tech. It's dead. The post 🪦 R.I.P. My Tech Career: 2010-2022 appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
It's been just over two years since my wife and I opened the doors at Chai Cupboard, our loose leaf tea and spice shop in downtown Everett, and I thought it would be a good time to share how things are going for our little mom and pop shop. Can we call ourselves a mom and pop shop if we're only in our 40s? Whatever, I'm going for it… The post The Tough Reality of Running an Independent Retail Shop…
What are the best time loop movies shows? And what's the difference between a time loop story and a time travel story? The post The Best Time Loops Why Time Loops Aren t Time Travel appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Enjoy (?) this collection of near misses and collisions collected over the past year and a half. The City of Everett has declared the existing traffic controls at this intersection to be "appropriate" and they refuse to make any changes to the design. The post Even more collisions and near misses at the intersection the City of Everett refuses to fix appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Sunday night just as I was about to go to bed, I heard a strange noise coming from outside. It wasn't too loud so I didn't think much of it, but then I got a notification that someone had just started a thread on my neighborhood's Nextdoor page: "Boat horn/siren 11pm?" When I got onto Nextdoor, there were two other threads that were rapidly filling up with people complaining about the noise, which…
For no particular reason, I decided to keep a detailed log of every cup of tea I drank in 2016. I kept track of the time I started drinking each cup, what time I finished the cup, the brand and flavor of tea, the type of vessel I was drinking from, and a few other things. Now that 2016 is finally over, it's time to share the results... The post I logged every cup of tea I drank in 2016 appeared…
Still more dangerous driving persists right in front of my house. The city of Everett traffic engineering department refuses to make any modifications to the flawed designs at this intersection that are obviously conducive to such dangerous behavior. Here are the latest examples... The post City Of Everett Continues To Declare Dangerous Intersections Appropriate appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Look what came in the mail today! The post Ellises Get Approved! appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Earlier this month I emailed the City of Everett Transportation Engineering department about a pair of dangerous intersections on my street: 36th Wetmore (which I live on the SE corner of) and 35th Wetmore, one block north. The main problem is that people (often on bicycles but also in cars) frequently ignore the stop signs on 35th and 36th and blow right across Wetmore Avenue... The post…
We’ve now had 3 home visits. They’ve all gone well. Our case worker [ ] The post More Hoops appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
We submitted our paperwork to the state a week or so ago. The [ ] The post New things are happening! appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Because blaming an imaginary federal law is easier than admitting you have a lousy, anti-customer store policy. The post Instead of refunding my money for a defective DVD, Target lied to me about copyright law appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
An excerpt from the Malcolm in The Middle episode "Malcolm Holds His Tongue" (Season 4, Episode 7) for my buddy Phil. The post Best Protein Shake Ever appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
A giant cedar tree up the street from my house was cut down. Then, something magical happened... The post Giant Cedar Tree Repurposed as a Little Free Library appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
We’ve changed our course a bit. Instead of working with Antioch, we are [ ] The post Changing Direction appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Got the new bed set up today. Here it is with the lower [ ] The post New Bed Set Up appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
So it s not the cheapest solution, but Tim fell in love with the [ ] The post New Furniture appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Our first meeting with Dani was today. She was here for a long [ ] The post First Home Study Visit Completed! appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Our first Home Study visit will be Jan. 14 and 3pm. One prayer [ ] The post Home Study Appointment #1 appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Yay! We got assigned Dani as our case worker! Due the holidays, our [ ] The post Case Worker Assigned! appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Outside of one remaining reference, our homework for Antioch is officially done. I’m [ ] The post Waiting with a little confusion appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Red light cameras are sold by the companies that install them and the [ ] The post Forget Red Light Cameras, We Need Yellow Light Lines appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Has Seattle traffic suddenly gotten a lot worse, or is it just my [ ] The post Everett to Seattle Traffic Is Blowing Up appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
I wrote this a while ago, but it still feels true: I’m feeling [ ] The post Not my plan appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Yup, that s our completed homework all ready to be mailed tomorrow! The post One Step Closer appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Today we learned that the next consumer version of Windows will be called [ ] The post Windows 10 No More Nonsensical a Name Than Previous Versions appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
As you can see (above) we re just plugging along with the paper work. [ ] The post Plugging Along appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Can Jibo deliver on all the promises they're making in their crowdfunding pitch? Should we even want them to? The post Why I m Skeptical of Jibo, the Overly Cute Robo-Servant appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
We finished up the last class today. It s nice to have that done [ ] The post CCT Complete! appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
If you ve done any painting lately, you ve probably encountered the Sherwin Williams logo: [ ] The post How Much Paint Would it Take to "Cover the Earth"? appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
We’ve completed the first segment of the new Caregiver Core Training. In case [ ] The post Part 1 of CCT done appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Almost everything we did for Maezie’s adoption is no longer valid. We’ve started [ ] The post Where we re at in the process appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
I’ve been trying to come up with an easy way to update everyone [ ] The post Adoption Updates appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
With the news a few weeks ago of the death of six climbers [ ] The post Which is More Dangerous: Climbing Rainier or the Deadliest Job ? appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
P.S. This is 100% real. If META is funded on Kickstarter, I [ ] The post Introducing META: The Idea Generator appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Last week I got an email from Gordon Sands, "a principal" of BankruptcyAction.com a website I'd never heard of claiming that Seattle Bubble contains "link(s) to BankruptcyAction.com." The claimed reason for this random email was to remove a link on my site "because the links are not in the same niche as our site," but the real reason was obviously that the proprietors of this site had previously…
I got the recently (finally) released Inspector Gadget Megaset for Christmas, and I [ ] The post Don Adams, 86 in Get Smart Inspector Gadget appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Dying to cash in on the Kickstarter craze, but can t come up with [ ] The post Kickstarter Idea Generator appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
A few months ago one of my coworkers at Redfin unearthed a long-lost [ ] The post The Amazing 80s Technology Gems of the Markline Catalog appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
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A few weeks ago I attended my eighth consecutive PAX Prime. While there [ ] The post The Incredible Shrinking PAX Medals appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
In honor of the launch home improvement network Porch (my employer), I created [ ] The post Video Games + Home Improvement = Porch Launch appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Here s another great story about data, this time on a small scale. Dan [ ] The post Double Stuf Oreos Actually Only 1.89x Stuf appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Today on a group chat at work, the topic of Sharknado came up. [ ] The post Sharknado: Has the Shark Genre Reached its Logical Conclusion? NOPE. appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
For most of this year I ve been making the same Paleo breakfast every [ ] The post Salmon, Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Eggs Tim s Daily Paleo Breakfast appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
I love stories of people or companies using data in interesting ways, and [ ] The post LA Man Collects Data on 6,000+ Chinese Restaurant Visits appeared first on Ellis.FYI .
Time to share another of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite [ ] The post The 100 Peeps Challenge: How can something so simple be so delicious? appeared first on Ellis.FYI .