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Chris test drives a new kind of email paradigm Hey.com (http://hey.com/) - from the creators of Basecamp Project Management softwareSidebar - The Basecamp CEO had a very popular TED talk. It is one one of Chris’ favorites EVER: https://www.ted.com/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen_at_work*How Hey works** The Screener, do you allow this person/address to have their email arrive in your inbox* The Feed is for your promotional emails, newsletters, and other casual messages.* The Paper Trail is where your retail purchase invoices, order confirmations, etc. landYay! - No Javascript, no analytics, no tracking, no bloat. Very simple.Hmmm - $100/year after a two-week trial*Hey World - Personal blog posts for the rest of us*Write an email to world@hey.com, publishes to your account, e.g. world.hey.com/chrispowell (http://world.hey.com/chrispowell) Includes a page for others to subscribe to.How it compares to Wordpress, Squarespace, Medium, and others.Doomsday scenario - What if Google ends Gmail, or Micr

PRESENT: Personal Collections ...dare I say Analog Collections *AJ** Comic Books (from Marvel to Garfield) * Video Games* #watchfam* Outdoor stuffs*Chris** Sports Cards* Hardy Boys blue hardcover books, Choose Your Own Adventure paperbacks, Encyclopedia Brown paperbacks.* LEGOs from garage sales* Guitars from garage sales* Rise of online market places, forums, and FOMO* To combat this; COLLECT FOR YOU not for speculation, or FOMO, or Instagram * CP - Have the courage to take time and have the internal conversation of why you are pursuing this collection* Bee.com (http://bee.com/)* CP - If you are collecting under the Investment mindset, are you prepared to do what it takes to sell your digital good?* NFT and blockchain tech, speculation * Is “hoddleing” just a digital “hoarder” * Feeding into addiction, the casino mentality? * Don’t be like Chris - Don’t acquire physical things with the intention of impressing people. This is a public episode. If you would li

The “Collector’s gene” and the types of Collections:* Because of the gotta-have-it (FOMO) * The flip side of this : Hoarding or the fear of being without it (FOBW)* Functionality (gear, tools, etc) * Nostalgia * Investment (CP - It might be worth a lot someday? I can sell it someday for more money than I paid for it?)* Scholarship/skills * this is where ‘memorabilia’ tends to kick in “objects kept or collected because of their historical interest, especially those associated with memorable people or events.”* Time/Place (travel or to be worldly) (CP - Attempting to garner admiration from friends or acquaintances for how exciting and adventurous a life you’ve led. See Instagram.)PAST: Background and HistoryHistory: First known ‘collections’ beyond hunting and gathering Collecting is a practice with a very old cultural history. In Mesopotamia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia), collecting practices have been noted among royalty and elit

A heartbreaking scenarioYour residence, and all your tech possessions, are destroyed in a fire, in floodiing, in an earthquake, in a robbery, you name it. However, you are given a sizable settlement check from your insurance company. What technology would you purchase if you had to do it all over again?*AJ*But first- housekeepingSupport the show #bellinghampodcast on socialShout out to Dan (@timely_moments) and the Zulu Time PodcastDrop on 31 March for patches to support the ZT show- by way of supporting charity: https://www.ssafa.org.ukZulu Time Podcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show/4JCYXahqWtuXJYtsDD0pfM Apple Camp* iPhone SE 2020* Macbook Air M1Home Automation (smart-home camp) Google Camp* OnePlus 7T (https://www.oneplus.com/7t?from=head)* Lenovo Chromebook Duet (https://www.google.com/chromebook/device/lenovo-chromebook-duet-128gb/)Camera Camp*Fuji X100V (the budget friendly powerhouse) *Leica Q2 (the Ferrari of cameras)Chris’ Camp, where everybody is paranoid of people stealing their information*

No show this week for some much need, 5 years of podcasting R&R. See you next week and thank you all for all your support This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bellinghampodcast.substack.com

It is our podcast-anniversary! No show notes- just a look back at 5 years of podcasting and our thanks to all our listeners and supporters. Read more at https://www.ajbarse.com/5-years-bellingham-podcast/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bellinghampodcast.substack.com

For the week of February 21, 2021Housekeeping* Archive.org (http://archive.org/) now has all episodes * https://archive.org/details/bellinghampodcast * https://archive.org/details/bellinghampodcastmediatech* 5 years of the show - Episode 1 = March 1, 2016....a leap year!*AJ** One of the most asked questions I’ve had professionally all pandemic * Pro-cam/iPhone as a webcam- https://www.ajbarse.com/pro-camera-as-your-web-camera/ * A watchgeeks’s approach to a connected (s)mart watch * Garmin Instinct https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/621802/pn/010-02064-00 * Baltic Aquascaphe Bronze - https://baltic-watches.com/en/products/aquascaphe-bronze-blue-gilt*Chris*What I learned during the Pandemic - “Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home” (https://balladofamerica.org/home-sweet-home/) *Coffee Shop Life in 2021**Three tough questions to ask when going to a coffee shop* * What am I there to do online? * Are you connecting a device from work to a public wi-fi n

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Definitive Albums of note*AJ**Listening background*: Listened to a lot of oldies/country growing up. Later got into jazz/classical/folk in HS because of my own guitar playing and needing to find something to study to that wasn’t the Red Hot Chili Peppers * Mason William 1968 Classical Gas* Classic Sinatra (Hits and great performances 1953-1960) (https://music.apple.com/us/album/classic-sinatra-his-great-performances-1953-1960/730297130)* Classical Guitar Masters: Variations in Measure (https://www.allmusic.com/album/classical-guitar-masters-variations-in-measure-mw0001352040); * The Postal Service: Give Up (https://thepostalservice.bandcamp.com/album/give-up)* John Gorka: The Company you Keep (https://www.johngorka.com/product/the-company-you-keep/)* Chillhop (pretty much any album) but would point to Sleepy Fish: Everything Fades to Blue (https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/everything-fades-to-blue) (and the other two albums in the three part series) to start anyone out in Low-Fi*Chris**Listening backg

Helen Jane Long: Perspective (https://helenjanelong.com/product/perspective-12-inch-vinyl/) Heyday Turntable (https://www.target.com/p/heyday-8482-turntable-gray/-/A-53734379)(bluetooth) to a Vizio soundbar (bluetooth) (https://www.vizio.com/home-theater-system/sb2920d6.html)and wireless sub. Analog/Digital sound quality debate Vox: “Vinyl’s great, but its not better (https://www.vox.com/2014/4/19/5626058/vinyls-great-but-its-not-better-than-cds)“CNET: “engineer says lp is the most accessible high res music format (https://www.cnet.com/news/mastering-engineer-says-the-lp-is-the-most-accessible-high-resolution-music-format/)“ FLAC (https://www.cnet.com/news/what-is-flac-the-high-def-mp3-explained/) : TL;DR MP3 and AAC are lossy data compression algorithms for sound files.A Strangely Isolated Place - https://www.astrangelyisolatedplace.com/homeNeither seen nor heard - A journey through Ambient Music - https://www.astrangelyisolatedplace.com/blog/2014/10/12/neither-sc

*Episode 178 for the week of January 24, 2021*Sustainable and Minimal, Part 2 - Reduce - Reuse - Repair - RecycleWe got links in our Show Notes (Drink!)Comfortable Safety Razor (https://www.amazon.com/s?k=safty+razor&ref=nb_sb_noss_2)Nothing new shoes (https://nothingnew.com/)Finisterre Pampa Recycled Boots (https://finisterre.com/products/finisterre-palladium-pampa-recycled-boots-black?variant=32968945205325)Quality AssuranceBreathe magazine (https://www.breathemagazine.com/)24/6 - The Power of Unplugging one day a week (https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781982116873)Bellingham Axe (https://www.bellinghamaxe.com/) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bellinghampodcast.substack.com

*Episode 177 ** **For the week of January 17, 2021*Sustainable & Minimal, Part 1: Reduce - Reuse - Repair - RecycleWe got links in our Show Notes (Drink!)Why is it brands insist on boxing these days? (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/fashion/watches-packaging-breitling.html)Oris Watches Clean Ocean Limited Edition diver watch (https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/oris-clean-ocean-limited-edition-introducing)Oak and Oscar Olmsted Matte (https://oakandoscar.com/pages/the-olmsted-matte)The Source Zero (https://thesourcezero.com/)Sustainable Connections (https://sustainableconnections.org/programs/think-local/) in BellinghamHELMM (https://www.helmm.com/)Bravo Sierra (https://www.bravosierra.com/)Leaf Razor (https://leafshave.com/)Klean Kanteen (https://www.kleankanteen.com/collections/insulated-bottles/products/insulated-tkwide-12oz)Reusable K-Cups (https://www.amazon.com/Reusable-Brewers-Universal-Refillable-Filters/dp/B00LGEKOMS/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=reusable+k+cups&qid=1610484773&s=home-g

For the week January 7 2021 as with last week's episode for December 31, 2020- show notes are the same across both episodes- two parter for episode 175-176Will the Pandemic cure the trend of generational ‘lack’ of ‘hobbies’? AKA, Chris’ stance that 2021 will be the analog life year? *AJ*The Analog Explorer - 2 years old, and AJ’s manifesto still stands * The Analog Explorer Mini-Series on Anchor.FM (https://anchor.fm/theanalogexplorer) * Buy The Analog Explorer - Volume One (https://www.blurb.com/b/9010009-the-analog-explorer)* Bread making cont. * Analog Audio: Eyeing a turntable and rediscovering LPs- shout out to Chillhop, the Raccoon and all his friends https://chillhop.com/ * Developing my own film in house with LabBox https://www.lab-box.it/ * Capt. GetOut....need I say more * bigger mountain adventure * Truck camping * Archery* One good pair of leather boots*Chris** Hand cramps instead of thumb fatigue * Writing more with pen on paper, tapping less

For the week of December 31, 2020 and January 7 2021- show notes are the same across both episodes- two parter for episode 175-176Will the Pandemic cure the trend of generational ‘lack’ of ‘hobbies’? AKA, Chris’ stance that 2021 will be the analog life year? *AJ*The Analog Explorer - 2 years old, and AJ’s manifesto still stands * The Analog Explorer Mini-Series on Anchor.FM (https://anchor.fm/theanalogexplorer) * Buy The Analog Explorer - Volume One (https://www.blurb.com/b/9010009-the-analog-explorer)* Bread making cont. * Analog Audio: Eyeing a turntable and rediscovering LPs- shout out to Chillhop, the Raccoon and all his friends https://chillhop.com/ * Developing my own film in house with LabBox https://www.lab-box.it/ * Capt. GetOut....need I say more * bigger mountain adventure * Truck camping * Archery* One good pair of leather boots*Chris** Hand cramps instead of thumb fatigue * Writing more with pen on paper, tapping less on a glass screen * Cu

The Resurgence of a Watch (Trend)* Looping back to the Analog Explorer pod; “chances are you probably aren’t wearing a watch...” * AE 00: Trailer (https://www.spreaker.com/user/bellinghampodcast/bhampodcast-analog-ex-promo) * AE 01: @DanC21cy (https://www.spreaker.com/user/bellinghampodcast/danc21cy-hq) (now @Timely_Moments (http://instagram.com/timely_moments/)) * AE 02: @ToxicNatos (https://www.spreaker.com/user/bellinghampodcast/toxic-natos-192) (now @UTEWatchCo (https://www.instagram.com/utewatchco/)) * AE 03: @EA8 (https://www.spreaker.com/user/bellinghampodcast/ea8-ae03) * AE 04: @_a_diaz_ (https://www.spreaker.com/user/bellinghampodcast/a-diaz-ae04) (now @alenagracediaz) * AE 05: @buyingontime (https://www.spreaker.com/user/bellinghampodcast/bot-3-22-19-12-54-pm) * AE 06: @zulualphastraps (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ae-06-zulualphastraps-watchfam/id1458078042?i=1000469817535) * The Analog Explorer Mini-Series on Anchor.FM (https://anchor.fm/theanalo

For the week of December 6, 2020Housekeeping * Chris’ guest spot on KGMI radio’s Whatcom Report available online: https://soundcloud.com/790-kgmi/whatcom-report-november-22-2020Holiday shopping, Bham-style* Local Gift Guide webpage (https://sustainableconnections.org/local-gift-guide) by Sustainable Connections - Under $10, $25, $50....for all budgets* Whatcom Think Local First (https://sustainableconnections.org/thinklocalfirst/) gift cards to give your family, friends, and neighbors. List of local vendors (https://app.yiftee.com/gift-card/bellingham/locations) accepting these gift cards.* Bay to Baker trading company. https://www.baytobakertrading.com (https://www.baytobakertrading.com/)* Fairhaven toy garden. https://www.fairhaventoygarden.com (https://www.fairhaventoygarden.com/)* Backcountry essentials. https://backcountryessentials.net (https://backcountryessentials.net/)* Cresswell Boggs *Bham Bingo*AJ * Calipso Kitchen. https://calypso.kitchen (https://calypso.kitchen/)Chris* O for Online

Housekeeping * Chris’ interview with KGMI Whatcom Business ReportBlack Friday - WHY IS THIS STILL A THING? Props to REI #OptOutside https://www.rei.com/opt-outside Christmas shopping ideas around Whatcom County* Village Books - Journal notebook and high-quality pen #AnalogLife * Libro.Fm. take away from the nas experience. * Bellewood Acres - custom hand sanitizer?...OR Gin* Wonderland Teas - https://wonderlandherbsteasspices.wordpress.com/ * Granville Island : Ca (still deliver) *Alt-Thanksgiving Ideas** Small Food Drop; farm to table literally https://smallfooddrop.com/* Stop looking at screens - play a board game * Munchkin * Exploding Cats * Sleeping Queens * Timeline * draftosaurs* * Bread making revisited; Shout out to Graham over at Peninsula Kelp Co. https://peninsulakelpco.com/Quality Assurance*Chris - EFF How to Fix the Internet Podcast - Episode 002 - Why Does Your Internet Suck?** AJ - **Balitc- Watches : GMT*https://baltic-watches.com/en/teaser-gmtNick at Orion Watches:ht

For the week of November 15, 2020Housekeeping * Chris’ interview with the Whatcom Dads Podcast (https://overcast.fm/+lZQ1OUAdk)Bringing your data home BellingHOME your data* Drives driving you mad?* Data bartering; and the price our data is actually worth*NAS vs DAS** Speed and spec * Even at $1000 real money on drives and a NAS; things are only as fast as your internal/external internal connection and the drives themselves. * How much data do you have and how long IT WILL take to get it on, indexed, and secured on a NAS * This geek took the better part of 2 weeks to migrate just short of 5TB of data * RAID and what that means for a NON geek.* Brands * Synology * QNAP * Drobo * WD MyCloud * Beyond storage * VPN /Email/ Contacts /Calendar * Video/Photo localized hosting * Plex * Website host * Dropbox replacement * Google Docs replacement *Bham Bingo*Slight edit- while we were recording Wa Gov. Inslee announced sweeping changes to our state to hel

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Housekeeping * Podcast feed updates; Internet Archive and Audible AJ's Online artshow recording and interview: Bellingham Art Walk/WWU Alumni* http://bit.ly/AJStudioTour2020Primer for future episode: Bringing your data home BellingHOME your dataRIP 007https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54761824Looping back to:* A chef’s secret to organizing your life. https://pca.st/episode/5c745efc-c61b-4cb8-998b-dfadc197f2f2 * a book called Everything in Its Place: The Power of Mise-En-Place to Organize Your Life, Work, and Mind (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y2PFG5Q/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B06Y2PFG5Q&linkCode=as2&tag=stucosuccess&linkId=FSXA3GZUT5SFDAZ4). * Dan Charnas (http://workclean.com/), writer, “realized that mise-en-place was something that could be used by everyone, and the system's three general principles and ten tools.“"putting in place" * “Importance of squaring your checklists with your calendar and