Chronicles

The Apple Watch Beats the iPhone. Fight Me.

Why the hell has it taken you this long to just put a cell phone in the thing” — my actual reaction the day cellular finally arrived. Plus the MTM watch Jack Bauer wore on 24 that I was too scared to buy, and why Apple Watch Cellular is the single best product Apple has ever made.

Chronicles

The Guy on the Sidewalk with the “45”

Rolling past a guy sitting next to what looked like a loaded 45 will rearrange your priorities fast, especially when concealed carry training is part of how your brain processes it — turns out it was “just” a BB gun, and he’s lucky nobody found that out the hard way.

Chronicles

The Rat-Rod Skunkworks

A bar in Madison, a band called Flat Atom, and a single beer that changed everything. Two decades later, Recluse Studios is a rat-rod skunkworks building local-first audio software with the philosophy that the tool should belong to you.

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The $50,000 Blind Date: Buying a Wheelchair in America

When you spend $50,000 on a car, you test drive it first. When you need a $50,000 power wheelchair, insurance hands you a brochure, refuses to cover basic independent living features like seat elevation, and leaves you praying the custom seat cushion doesn’t destroy your hips for the next five years. Here is the absolute absurdity of trying to buy a modern mobility device in America.