Small fragments. Things I read, heard, or couldn't stop thinking about. These are too short for essays but too good to lose. Sort of like commonplace book meets tumblelog.

524 bits, and counting.

In the last 45 days, I've traveled for work to Italy, Sweden, Germany, China, New Zealand, Australia, and now I'm in Israel. I'm sitting on a pretty awesome collection of photos and memories. Going to share a bunch from Oz.

Spent last week in Shanghai - one of the most architecturally interesting cities I've visited this year.

Long exposure from Jaffa, Israel about a week and a half ago. Glad I brought my ND filter and a tripod.

Post-modern Apple Store. Shot in Stockholm last weekend.

When it comes to leverage: Twitter > Email > Slack

Last week's contemporary forest bath in Long Beach. 🌳🛀

Go to Manly Beach, they said. Bring a film camera, they said.

Last week's sunrise from the top of Mount Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand, Earth.

Woke up with serious jet lag yesterday at 3:30am in Wellington, New Zealand and decided to hike up Mount Victoria. Doing so required weaving through the city center, up some switchbacks, where I was ultimately delivered to a lookout at the top. Here's a 30-second long exposure.

Typing text on a screen and reading it out loud does not count as teaching. An audience reading text off the screen does not count as learning.

— McDreeamie Musings

The sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room.

— Pascal

You tell me things aren't fair
Like I was unaware
So who told you, you could change your mind
And run back when the stars aligned
My brother and I found ourselves negotiating over a beat up Mitsubishi Pajero with two decades worth of dents and scratches. It had a broken door, no air-con, and a quarter million kilometers to it's name. It was perfect.

— Indiegogo

Read 2 books this week: The Dark Forest (5/5) and Meet Me in the Bathroom (4/5). Both wildly different and extremely entertaining. I'm excited to complete The Remembrance of Earth's Past Trilogy. But first, some non-fiction.