Parallel Status Hierarchies
A standard view of status is that it's fundamentally zero sum: we're all on one continuum, and what matters is our rank order. Switching into a more prestigious occupation can be good for you as an...
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AXIS-49 Initial Thoughts
I've been excited about hexagonal keyboard layouts for a couple years, and was sad that the Axis-49 was discontinued before I got a chance to buy one. This is a keyboard with 98 velicity sensitive...
View ArticleMaking Groups for Kid Pictures
Facebook tries really hard to show people what it thinks they want to see, but it still has major problems dealing with a pretty common situation: baby pictures. If I post a cute picture of one of my...
View ArticleGetting into Programming
The software industry has been growing enormously, and has been pretty desperate to hire. While most high paying jobs require a Bachelors degree and maybe a Masters/PhD/license, software employers are...
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Running
In February I decided to start running more. The main idea is, I need to go between my house and the train station anyway, so might as well use that time as exercise. Initially I was trying to run as...
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Spending Update 2018
I last posted a spending update almost two years ago, so it seems like time to do another one. We're still living in Somerville, with housemates and tenants. At the beginning of this period we were...
View ArticleThinking about organizing a weekend
I'm thinking about organzing a dance weekend here. There are lots of events around here already, but it feels to me like there's a bit of a gap for something that is: On good public transit: you don't...
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Ads on posts
Since I now work on ads I wanted to get some experience with using them. I've now added an ad to the bottom of each post here, below the comments. I used DoubleClick Small Business to set up simple...
View ArticleShort Term Handling of Donation Money
Julia and I tend to make our donations at the end of the year, since that's when charity evaluations are typically most up to date. For example, over the last few years GiveWell has released their...
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AMP experiment non-results
A couple months ago I made an AMP version of my site, and set up a 50-50 A/B test to see how it worked. Unfortunately, the experiment had issues: there were 30% more AMP loads than non-AMP loads in...
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Soundproofing the Ceiling
As I wrote before our tenant's bedroom is immediately under our dining room, and a lot of noise was getting into their room. Recently they went on a long trip, so we replaced their ceiling with...
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Unrestricted Housing
On my way home from work I ran into some people handing out flyers in the station: I posted about it on Facebook, and we had an extensive discussion. It felt like a main disagreement was over what...
View ArticleReworking Facebook Comment Inclusion
I've included Facebook comments on my posts here since 2011, as a way to make it easier for people to follow the discussion without using Facebook. I initially implemented this via a Facebook app...
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Building Vacant Housing?
I've oftenadvocated allowing people to build more housing, under a view that the important thing is increasing the total supply of units because the main thing driving up rents is more people than...
View ArticleLarks and Ravens: how you can help
After several years of trying to find a good set of terms, Larks / Ravens has taken off. I now count eleven dances and six weekends that are Larks/Ravens now. I think it's time for more dances to...
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Footboard v2
After thinking about how to make my footboard more expressive for a while, I went ahead and built one. After playing around with it for a few weeks, I like it a lot better! Top: Bottom: I made one for...
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Ways of Getting to NEFFA
As a four person family without a car, someone was asking how we handled occasionally needing to travel longer distances. I thought thinking through the various ways we've travelled to NEFFA might be...
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Boston Rents 2013-2018
I've been keeping a Boston-area rent map since early 2013, which means I can look some at how apartment prices have changed over time. A rough way to do this is just to look at how listings have...
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BIDA Family Dance Timing
Someone was asking how the BIDA family dance timing works, so here's it written up: 5:00hall opens, family dance musicians set up on the floor5:30family dance starts5:45most of the kids who are coming...
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