Some of you might be familiar with the term Third-Places. This term was coined by sociologist Ray Oldenburg and refers to informal public gathering spots outside the home (“first place”) and work (“second

The recent Coldcard wallet hack is super concerning, to be sure. It was a sad day for crypto and I feel horrible for those who lost money using a product they were led to believe was safe. What is even

I received the first draft of the layout for my next book, Walking with the Muse, yesterday from the book designer, Lubosh Cech. There’s nothing quite like the process of seeing your book being born

My wife and I went to see a show the other night at one of our favorite Twin Cities’ venues, The Dakota Jazz Club. I have sort of a love/hate relationship with this place because it spoils you. When you

It’s been an interesting past few days in the crypto-world. The BitMex and BitMart exchanges have both recently announced they’re winding down. There are now reports of frozen withdrawals on BitMart—which

If we’re paying attention, life begins to reveal little (and sometimes LARGE) lessons to us as we’re traveling down our individual paths. Within the past few years I’ve learned that how a person perceives

Sequestered in a corner that keeps folding into other corners, I lose myself in thoughts that no longer belong to me. They have surrendered to the wallpaper and to the ether, breathing slow botanical patterns

The raging wildfires and the air quality fiasco that’s followed in this part of the world got me thinking about how bad the quality of the air was for us every single day in the 1970s. Back when I was

Look, I've spent enough of my life hauling gear through customs lines and stumbling, jet-lagged, down narrow foreign streets to know a few things. One of them is this: most of what we own today is garbage.

Morale has been at an all time low here on Hive lately and I realize when token prices and engagement are low it’s sometimes tough to muster enthusiasm. But recently I had a wake up call that had a way

The manuscript for my upcoming book, Walking With The Muse has officially been handed off to the book designer today! These past few weeks have been wonderfully tiring. It’s been a joy sifting through

I couldn't be more happy with the progress I'm making on my new book, Walking with the Muse. This week has felt a little like time-traveling. As I've been combing through almost thirty years of

I was thinking the other day about how irrational and quirky us humans can be sometimes. This can be both endearing and/or frustrating, depending on the specific situation. Sometimes we can’t even explain

During a recent roadtrip it dawned on me that my passport was set to expire next year. Considering the reports of long backlogs for US passport renewals there was no way I was going to risk being grounded.

It’s strange how quickly certain aspects of life fall into place once you make up your mind and state your intention. Here I am just about a week-and-a-half after deciding to publish another book and I’m

How can it have been eleven days since my last post? We have a lot to catch up on since I last wrote. First of all, over the last week-and-a-half we took the Model Y on another road trip down to Ohio to

Prior to 2016, if you would have told me a relatively niche, decentralized social media platform that paid in cryptocurrency would have been the key to making my dreams come true I would have told you

I wanted to wish a happy Heavenly Father's Day to one of the toughest, most kind-hearted, and funniest people ever to walk the planet. He could fix anything, was always ready to help, he always wore cologne

The algorithms had already perfected the metaphorical herding of humanity a decade ago. By 2032 the machines knew everything there was to know. By this time we were left with two options: to choose to

For me, the week of my birthday has always been a time of contemplation. About life, my place in the world. The time serves as an annual check-in, a tallying up of wins and losses. This week I’m spending