Here’s what it looks like, @amerpie.

Downright absurd: I still haven’t posted about it on my website!

There’s a multi-layered backstory to all of this. One part of it is that my wife had secretly organized several friends to fly to Alaska for my last park, and our Aniakchak visit nearly ruined it.

This is really going to add a wrinkle into those Visit Every Timezone quests! White House directs NASA to develop lunar time standard

My favorite card.

Day 3 of challenges.micro.blog

A scattered pile of annual passes to US federal public lands

Day 2: Flowers for challenges.micro.blog

Wildflowers in the foreground with a mountain ridge in the distance in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

I really like the idea of a digital shoebox, for random things you want to hold on to but don’t really fit anywhere else.

“As I travel, I collect files that people want to let go of. I ask each participant to delete the file they’ve given me, so that the only remaining copy exists on a USB I carry. In return, I take their files on a tour of the mountains and the oceans. When the USB fills up, I will delete the files. You could think of this website as a memorial to files.

I have a bunch of Microsoft Streets & Trips .eps files that I’d love to open. Here’s a free online converter and here’s a more impressive paid option (that has a free trial).

“AI can’t kill the job of artist, because making art, like playing chess, is an activity people would do even if money didn’t exist. It won’t ruin socializing. But it will ruin the “game” of social media. And we’ll be better for it.” - Future Grandmasters of The Attention Game: How the coming flood of AI-generated content might actually free the soul of Internet

Where on Earth is Ralf? Every day Ralf travels to a new destination. You have 30 minutes and some helpful hints to locate Ralf on the map.

Find people to talk to or collaborate with by searching across the /about, /ideas and /now pages of personal websites.

Are you a digital nomad that wants to maintain your US citizenship? Here are instructions for how to change your residency to South Dakota, which is a no state income tax state and has a special “permanent traveler” residency status.

Make 2024 The Year You Practice Maximum Enthusiasm!!!!

Frommers tests then ranks the 10 Best (and Worst) Airfare Search Sites for 2024. Spoiler: the top aggregator spot goes to Momondo.

Personal relationship management of your social network using plain-text Markdown files. Think of it like a Personal CRM on steroids. You’ll need steroids and patience to create the Markdown files but they’ll be yours forever.

This is a nice little guide to running your own small social network for your friends. I agree with a lot of the advice, especially keeping it small.

This cut-up comic was a surprisingly entertaining but terrifying read, and has finally made me switch from Chrome to Safari. If you browse the web with Chrome, you owe it to yourself to spend a few minutes reading this to the end.

Yikes! Almost half of British teens self-report feeling addicted to social media study says.

Businesses around the country are naming themselves "_________ Near Me" (eg, Thai Food Near Me" Barber Near Me, etc) to try to outsmart Google search. Reminds me of of all the businesses named “AAA _______” to be first in the yellow pages.

There should be lots of different, human-scale alternative experiences on the internet that offer up home-cooked, locally-grown, ethically-sourced, code-to-table alternatives to the factory-farmed junk food of the internet. And they should be weird. Rolling Stone: The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again