Month: November 2018

Climate Change Hits Whistler Blackcomb

Whistler Blackcomb may be the greatest ski resort in North America and it’s had some slow starts. I’ve been there when the lower third of the mountain is grass in December. But apparently, the opening snow base is super thin:...

/ November 28, 2018

Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 iOS App May Speed Up Your iPhone

I tried out Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver for iOS and it does seem to improve the speed of my mobile web browsing. The app looks up internet addresses more quickly and more privately than your ISP’s DNS. Likely due to...

/ November 16, 2018

The Greatest Athlete of All Time is Vegan

If you’ve followed Alex Honnold’s climbing career, you know the physical prowess of his skills but also the inspiring way in which he manages his mental focus and compartmentalizes fear. His new movie, Free Solo, shines the spotlight on his...

/ November 15, 2018

ManBearPig: “Al Gore Was Right All Along”

I had totally forgotten about ManBearPig, a 2006 episode of South Park which parodies Gore and the release of his documentary on climate change, An Inconvenient Truth:  Al Gore visits South Park Elementary and warns the school’s students about ManBearPig, an...

/ November 13, 2018

The Tax Cut is One of the Great Deceits of All Time – Bob Woodward

I’m not a huge fan of the modern day Bob Woodward but I appreciated this gem from Real Time last week. “We let important stories go by, like the tax cut. The tax cut is one of the great deceits...

/ November 13, 2018

Girls Riding Wolf Underwater Dreamscape – Portland Murals

Since I began collecting photos of Portland’s street art for PortlandWild, I’ve found a large number of beautiful murals I didn’t know existed. However, one from my neighborhood remains a favorite. It appears to show two young girls, riding a...

/ November 13, 2018
Amazon Passes trillion revenue

Amazon Surpasses $1 Trillion in Cumulative Revenue

Trillion Dollar Milestone Reached in Company’s 25th Year When Amazon announced its third quarter results ending September 30, 2018, its $56.6 billion in net sales brought its cumulative revenue to $989.57 billion1. It also announced guidance for net sales this quarter of...

/ November 11, 2018