I desperately wanted to see the world, not the one I read about in history books or heard sound bites of on television, but the real world, with all of its agony and all of its gluttony.
The Northern Lights over the Arctic Ocean (Iceland)
Photos of the Northern Lights from the Arctic Coast of Iceland.
Dialogue except from Illegal (my book-in-progress)
This is an except from my book-in-progress. I am describing some volunteer work I did in Ecuador. All the children knew I was different, but some couldn’t quite grasp the concept. “Are you going to your country now?” one boy asked when I walked my bike out of the building, getting ready to leave [...]
How Gender and Race Relations Could Learn From Gay Marriage
In the past decade the gay rights movement has made tremendous progress while race and gender equality have not moved nearly as much. The key is simplicity. The Gay Rights movement wants people to be treated equally regardless of sexual orientation. That’s it. It’s simple, and incredibly easy to get behind. In its transparency there [...]
My First Bitcoin Beer
Norwich is not a big place, so when I searched on coinmap.org I was surprised to find a bar down the block from my flat downtown that accepted Bitcoin. I’ve made some money on the price rise and wanted to share that, as well as support a local business using BTC, so I treated some [...]
How Bitcoin Could Revolutionize Media
Bitcoin makes it posible to re-organize and decentralize media funding which could shift the emphasis away from creating better consumers towards creating better content.
A Tale of Three Bike Lanes: A Comparative Analysis of Bicycle Commuting in Ecuador, New York and England
I love the world and have had the pleasure to have worked in a variety of countries. I also like to bike and it’s interesting to see the different bike cultures that exist in different nations. I will attempt to summarize my observations of bicycle commuting from the last three places I have lived: [...]