15 Resolutions for 2015

I’m going to keep this simple: here’s my 2015 resolutions. Many of my goals use robots to keep track of progress – if this is true, the  image links to my goal’s Beeminder graph. The focuses of 2015’s New Year’s Resolutions are: (radical) personal finance, health, and travel. Buy Focal: radical budget documentation  – taking a photograph of every single purchase…

Who to give to?

It’s the last day of the year, which is the time when people remember they want to give money to non-profits. If you’re looking for recommendations, here’s mine. Oregon Walks – doing the literally pedestrian work of pedestrian advocacy. It’s not the shiniest work around, but they are tirelessly working to make sure no one…

2014 New Years’ Resolutions Review

This post is the first in a series of  4 end-of-year posts. Next up, due tomorrow, is a post about Systems for Keeping New Year’s Resolutions. How did my 2014 New Year’s Resolutions go? Last year I published the 2014 Ridiculously Awesome, Dammit (RAD) Goal Manifesto which was a reaction to a pretty rough 2013. The manifesto…

Looking for JSON help

I’m looking for some JSON help for a small personal project. All I need is help figuring out a process and some code to pull CSV from my bank statements (probably via a CSV upload to my server) and then turn it into a pretty budget display for the web based on a personal adaptation…

31 Days of Packing Lunch

One of the great and beautiful things that comes with now earning a living wage (Hey 15$/hour, 40 hours a week, you’re awesome!) is that I can now afford to go out to get a burrito for lunch without freaking out about my bank account. This is also a terrible thing. I’ve been a consistent…

My plan for today

I had a long week at work, so my plan for today (after I got off morning bagel delivery job at 7:30AM) mostly consisted of 1) coffee 2) bathtub 3) Hyperbole and a Half from Flickr http://flic.kr/p/q1aVLH

Tomorrow! Adulting with Brunch!

Sleep in an extra hour tomorrow because of Daylight Savings Time and then join us at Adulting with Brunch for a 5K run, vegan brunch, and then co-working in the style of Pomodoro Poker. I wanna see you there! https://www.facebook.com/events/1702439296647199/

“Will this MAX take me home?”

I’m just a poor little piece of the PDX airport carpet, all lost. Do you think this red line MAX will take me home? [caption id="attachment_439" align="aligncenter" width="680"] I think this is my train…[/caption] [caption id="attachment_441" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Wait, am I PDX airport carpet or SEXY PDX airport carpet?[/caption] [caption id="attachment_440" align="aligncenter" width="638"] I’ll just run and…