My business cards from Moo arrived yesterday, and I am very pleased with the results. Although their cards are more expensive than some, the quality is amazing. The best part of Moo Cards is that they offer a system called "Printfinity", which allows for contact information on one side and a series of photos on the other. The photos are printed on high-quality, thick paper stock and are exactly as ordered. Now, when someone stops me on the street to ask about Chesky or approa

When John Steinbeck traveled around America in 1960, he saw a very different racial makeup than the one I am going to see. In fact, according to a Pew Research study on the changing racial tapestry of America, the US has gone from approximately 85% White and 12% Black in 1960 to 62% White, 17% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 5% Asian in 2016. According to the study, White population in the US will decline to 43% by 2060. The study attributes the demographic changes to the immigratio

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Between my sophomore and junior year of college, I spent a glorious two nights camping in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It was the best campground I have ever been in: perched high in the pines along a scenic lake, shady and quiet, the campsites spread out and private. The air was crisp and clean and cool. It was during the Sturgis time of year in South Dakota, which means that tens of thousands of Harley riders converge on Devil’s Tower or the Badlands to rev their engine

Warning: this interactive map is a time sink! The map of contiguous US counties below allows the user to see what counties in the US share a name with any clicked county. Mapbox posted this application in their developer examples (for Mapbox GL JS), and I thought it worth sharing. Mapbox does a very nice job with interactive maps, and their applications are fast and responsive. Hover over any county and immediately see what other counties in the US share a name with it, along