I just crossed 2,000 miles with my Tesla Model 3, so I thought I’ve had enough experience with it to share some thoughts on it. First, a disclaimer: I’m not a car guy. I view cars as a way to get from where you are to where you want to go. I really don’t care …
We got a foot of snow in Boston yesterday, so everyone worked from home. I tried to find a quiet spot to work, but the kids quickly found me. Cora in particular didn’t understand why I was ignoring her. I recorded a quick video of her cute attempts to come see me. I shared it …
I decided to get a voice assistant device for our family for Christmas this year. The problem was I couldn’t decide which one to get, the Amazon Echo or the Google Home. Lots of people love their Echo, but the Google Home is the new device on the block and shows a lot of promise. …
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25 years ago(!) today, I was in a small town in France where I spent a month with a host family. It was one of the most fun experiences of my life. I recently found my mementos from that summer. I transcribed the photos and scanned the photos. Thank you to the Vial family for such a …
Ever since we made a bean bag toss game for Elliott’s 5th Birthday Party, he’s been talking about doing more woodworking projects. Today we had some time with just him and I and he decided he wanted to build a robot. Now, I think his initial thought of a robot was something that walked around, talked …
Sure, you could read one of these reviews, or you can just read this one. (I went to bed) (I was working) It tells time really well.
Since Apple hasn’t put together a comprehensive list of specs for the Apple Watch, I thought I’d throw them together based on the information collected from Apple.com and other sources. Price Starting at $349 Availability Early 2015 Dimensions 42mm (1.7in) height or 38mm (1.5in) height Storage Built-in storage Battery Life One day Display Flexible …
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The context: It’s 9 pm on Friday night. The whole family is driving to New Hampshire for the weekend. Elliott and Audrey are in the back seat. Both of them had a really busy day. Audrey is already asleep. Elliott, when he gets very tired, gets extremely grumpy and contradictory. This time I managed to …
My kids love Peggy Rathman’s book, Officer Buckle and Gloria. Reading it one night and noticing all the post-it notes behind Officer Buckle, I began to wonder if there were actually 101 safety tips in the book. I sat down one night and copied them all down. It turns out there are 101 and a …
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Buying a new car is lot of work and really not much fun, but I learned a few things during my recent experience. Mostly, I followed the awesome tips at RealCarTips, but there’s a few tweaks to their tips that worked for me. 1. Contact a lot more dealers RealCarTips suggests contacting 7 local dealers. …
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