Archive - Sam's Newsletter

The Road to the Hardrock 100

The road ends Friday at 6am!

Jul 11, 2023 •

March 2023

Years of Backlog, Quitting X, Twins!

What I've been up to since the Spot Check :)

Mar 27, 2023 •

July 2020

Spot Check: Boulder to Long's Peak

Why drive when you could run?

Jul 27, 2020 •

May 2020

Computing the Universe

Physics, Math and sometimes-seeing the future.

May 26, 2020 •

Memento Mori for the Hardcore

What would you write on your own grave?

May 21, 2020 •

Maps, Paths and Fairy Circles

How do you take on big goals without getting lost in the preparation?

May 14, 2020 •

Practice, Knitting, and The Two Selves

Creative work is more like knitting than archaeology.

May 7, 2020 •

Music in the Time of Coronavirus

Some thoughts on composition, and building musical instruments.

May 3, 2020 •

January 2020

Newsletter Warmup; Building the Airplane, still, endlessly.

Well, here we are, close to 18 months after I left my job at Stripe and put out the call for subscribers to this newsletter.

Jan 2, 2020 •

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