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Choosing another new car

Posted on 2020-01-01 by Mark Doliner

Edit, 2021-12-31: I’ve made no attempt to keep this info up to date and it’s from January 2020. Since then the availability of EV vehicles has certainly changed. Ford sells the Mustang Mach-E. Polestar has cars on the market. There … Continue reading →

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Assorted music suggestions

Posted on 2019-07-17 by Mark Doliner

NPR hosts things called “Tiny Desk concerts” about twice a week. A band or musician plays a short set of 3 or 4 songs in the NPR office and they post it on YouTube. The quality is high and I’ve … Continue reading →

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Laptop shopping

Posted on 2019-07-05 by Mark Doliner

I bought a laptop four months ago. A 13″ MacBook Air with Retina display, 16 GB memory and 256 GB SSD. I was laptopless after leaving Honor. I have a great desktop but I knew a laptop would be useful … Continue reading →

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Interesting ideas, technologies, and companies

Posted on 2019-05-12 by Mark Doliner

I’m in the market for a job! I left my old job at Honor in San Francisco at the end of February. I love Honor, loved working there, I’m proud to have been a part of their growth over the … Continue reading →

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An idea: A Wikipedia-like site for collaborative law drafting

Posted on 2019-05-12 by Mark Doliner

Let me explain the idea first. I’ll get into why I love this idea further down. I envision a public forum for the drafting of laws. “Crowd-sourced” is another way to describe it. The goal is to create turnkey legal … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on health insurance

Posted on 2019-05-01 by Mark Doliner

Last month we left our jobs and moved to a new state and we’ve been trying to figure out what to do about health insurance. The best way to sum up the experience is “ugh.” More thoughts: First let me … Continue reading →

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Move process takeaways

Posted on 2019-04-18 by Mark Doliner

The final month would have been easier if we had been more vigilant all along about getting rid of unneeded things: Clothes we no longer wear, infant clothes, toys, and other things that we no longer need, kitchen bowls and … Continue reading →

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Moving update, the final week

Posted on 2019-04-12 by Mark Doliner

We did it! we’re in North Carolina now. The final week in California was definitely the hardest, but no major problems, so that’s good. Took Edie to her one year doctor appointment. Took Toro to the vet to get a … Continue reading →

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