Things I enjoyed in February
I lucked out and heard a great podcast on fusion energy and am now working my way through a couple books. In short, it's smooshing atoms together to produce energy and it could solve our energy problems. It's clean, abundant, sustainable, safe and politically viable. Maybe this is something meaningful I could work on for the remainder of my time here.
Wife made handcut fries and coincidentally they looked just like how my grandma used to make them. She thinks they're burned but it gave them character and texture, also, wabisabi bro.
We celebrated our huge Series D fundraise at the office and it wasn't a lavish thing. It was mid-day, there was a big delicious cake few ate and most people appeared to still be processing the meetings they had just come out of. But I've been on enough roller coasters to know that sometimes these small non-events become memorable for what they aren't. Nothin big, no extravagant food or venue or ceremony, just a handful of busy folks in an old soho building focused on whatevers next. I guess I got better at recognizing the good old days so I took some pics and enjoyed some cake.
This sign at a bagel shop in New York. I like everything about it, the sign it was written on, how it was hand written, the way it was worded and the fact that they bothered doing it when they didn't need to.
I bought two new dumb phones. These are minimalist phones with some or no smart features, the one I'm most excited about is the Mudita Kompakt. It's e-ink! Which has important properties to me: it's great to read on, the battery lasts a while and because its black and white and sucks at video it encourages the behaviors I want by default.
Seeing Mia ride her first merry-go-round in Dumbo, Brooklyn. Pure nervous excitement.
I had an oreo inspired pastry at a cafe in Dumbo. Cookies very soft, filling not too sweet. Why don't more cafes riff on Oreos? Macarons don't count.
Some water pipes exploded at a station in Brooklyn and when we arrived there was already an inch of water with more tumbling down the stairs. I wouldn't say I directly enjoyed the flood but something about how fast it happened and devolved reminded me the default order is decay. So I was thankful to all who work to make just a bit of order out of default chaos.
We saw Pixar's latest Hoppers at Nighthawk in Brooklyn. A few things, at Nighthawk you get served at your seats by servers whizzing about quietly, very nice experience. It was Mia's theater debut so I would have been a bit nervous of her acting up but Saturdays have special kids screenings. It was full of kids. Easy. And last, Hoppers surprised me, it was very good and actually made me laugh. We've been rewatching all of Pixar's movies and it's now our favorite. Pixar is back?
There was a blizzard and within 24h we went from a spring like day to white out and aggressive winds. I had an urge to go outside and try to survive the elements (primal?) so I did, and I did. The next day Mia and I went out with a flashlight and played explorer.
Mia and I started doing Wednesday night "bob ross night". We pick a 24m Bob Ross vid and crayon along with bob ross. I can only describe the experience as nutritious.
Our stuff from Japan finally arrived and my wife started playing the keyboard again. I like the sound of her voice.
Happy Spring.
Bonus shower thoughts Can we give car horns more emojis please? It's like the old version of iOS where they can only heart things. We need an open standard for horn frequencies so we can say more than "HEY." and instead things like "excuse me?", "thanks", "trunks open"
Autoplay is so so evil man. They just stuff you with more cake before you can even finish your last bite. No concern if you're still hungry, no respect for the food already in your mouth, just stuff it. Taste that sugar. Engage monkey brain.
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