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I have waay too many bookmarks in Firefox. Here they are. Some I use 20 times a day, some I haven’t touched in years. I’ll let you figure out which is which.

This was posted to the Burning Man NYC mailing list today. I’m flying to Reno tomorrow. Plaid just got a call from a friend who is out on the Playa helping with infrastructure. the latest report is that is has been raining so much in the last three days that there are only about 500 […]

I got a solar panel kit for our Burning Man adventure THAT STARTS TUESDAY! I got it firstly to power my CPAP, Megan’s medical equipment, all our crazy bike lights, and phones. After testing it out for the last 2 nights, I now have the very satisfying feeling that we can power all of our […]

I had a great discussion with friends about towing capacities. Summarized: An Audi Q7 is likely ALMOST but not quite capable enough to tow a 6,500lb travel trailer with family. The Q7 comes in just a hair below the towing capacity of a 1/2 ton pickup. Towing 6,5000 lbs of trailer is a job for […]

ISO desert electrolyte replacement drink recommendations. Our family is going on a trip to some dry places… Death valley, grand canyon, places like that! When I have been to very dry places like a desert (ahem, Burning Man) I’ve done very well drinking sport drinks like Cytomax. I recall one time in the desert drinking […]

A friend from middle school just Friended me on Facebook and asked “Catch me up on the last 30 years” My response: Went to Tufts University, stayed in Boston working tech until a breakup made we want to move away. NYC for a few years with a few relationships til the dot-com bust. Moved home […]

Write your California Assemblyman to stop a bad flame effects bill from becoming law. In brief: In response to Elon Musk selling a flame thrower (actually, not really, it’s more of a big propane torch), a California assemblyman wrote a bill to “stop all that nonsense”. But it doesn’t even do that. It just… well […]

Eventually, you’ll grow up and stop believing in magic. And then eventually, you’ll grow up and believe in magic again. – Me after going to Burning Man 2009

OMFG, It’s Therm! I am REALLY excited to hear that Therm is producing a new piece of fire art for Burning Man called Le Attrata! Their work has defined the pinnacle of fire art for me for over a decade. They have a Kickstarter… watch the video! Contribute to the project! Enjoy the art! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1530767649/le-attrata […]

I am pleased to say that Mark Rosin is a friend of mine. He’s recently been honored… Mark Rosin Receives 2015 AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement With Science Mark Rosin Receives 2015 AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement With Science 8 February 2016 Andrea Korte AAAS | AWARDS | PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT Mark […]