All posts by Jeff Reifman

Jeff is a technology consultant based in the Pacific Northwest.

Feng E Ukulele

Smells Like Pre-Teen Spirit

Feng E rocks Nirvana on the ukulele: via BoingBoing

/ January 25, 2019
Seattle Times Phone Bug

Seattle Times New Paywall or Mobile Bug?

The Seattle Times has had this bad iOS Safari bug for the past month or so. It reproduces always for me on Mobile Safari and Firefox Focus. To reproduce it, just visit their home page (or any story) on your...

/ January 24, 2019
Jon Paul Steuer, Harvest at the Bindery

Jon Paul Steuer, an Amazing Restauranteur

Reflection on Jon Steuer's Harvest restaurant which few of his fans have heard about.

/ January 23, 2019
tree library

Librarian Builds Little Free Library Inside a Tree Stump

When I launched Portland Wild last fall as a map driven guide to Portland’s urban wilderness, a number of people asked me why I included public street art, the city’s heritage trees and Little Free Libraries. I don’t think I’d...

/ January 22, 2019
Mary Oliver - RIP

Mary Oliver — Rest in Peace

Eric Holthaus reminding us of Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

/ January 22, 2019
Aeromexico DNA Discount for MAGA bigots

Aeromexico Highlights Mexican Descendants in the South with DNA Discounts

In case you missed it, Aeromexico wanted southerners to realize that many of them are descendants of Mexican ancestry. The airline produced an ad which tested a handful of bigoted MAGA southerners and gave them a percent discount equivalent to...

/ January 22, 2019
dalai lama - helping others

Dalai Lama on Helping Others

Our visit to this planet is short, so we should use our time meaningfully, which we can do by helping others wherever possible. And if we cannot help others, at least we should try not to create pain and suffering...

/ January 22, 2019