Alexis, Oakland, and the Port
In ways that are almost spooky, Oakland ends up concentrating so many of the problems of the Bay Area
Reliability Compounds
The magical fact isn’t that we have jet planes. It’s that modern airliners are reliable to the tune of one accident per 1.13 million flights.
Postcards, Part 10
Doing it badly, over and over.
Notes, 2025-03-03
If you want to make a strong slingshot out of wood, you need to find a good forked branch to start with.
Postcards, Part 9
Their answer was noncommittal.
Postcards, Part 8
Nontoxic enough that the FDA will allow it to be included in alcoholic beverages up to 5%