web01.fireside.fm Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:42:46 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Hobby Horse https://the.hobbyhorse.club Mon, 12 Nov 2018 19:46:05 -0800 Interviews with notable people talking about something they're not normally known for, or outside their normal purview, how they got into it and what they love most about it. Any sort of hobby, side-gig, or obsession is fair game. en-us © 2026 Matt Haughey episodic Interviews that go elsewhere Matt Haughey Interviews with notable people talking about something they're not normally known for, or outside their normal purview, how they got into it and what they love most about it. Any sort of hobby, side-gig, or obsession is fair game. true Matt Haughey mathowie@gmail.com yes Episode 20: Steven Masuch is a pog slammer https://the.hobbyhorse.club/20 9b90a5b1-c69a-4712-9409-b6d060f4d6fc Mon, 12 Nov 2018 19:00:00 -0800 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey Steven Masuch is a "character actor of the web," working on a variety of projects but hosts the Slam for Hope Pog Tournament each year in Vancouver BC, Canada. 41:12 true Steven Masuch is a "character actor of the web," with a variety of projects under his belt and a day job building iOS apps. He hosts the Slam for Hope Pog Tournament each year in Vancouver BC, Canada, with the 5th one coming up (and still accepting players and donations) on November 22nd. We go deep on something I completely missed while growing up (because I was 20 years old already). It's everything there is to know about pogs.

Some pogs:
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The Canadian (evil) Justin McElroy:
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Last tournament's surprise champion:
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]]> pogs, ios Steven Masuch is a "character actor of the web," with a variety of projects under his belt and a day job building iOS apps. He hosts the Slam for Hope Pog Tournament each year in Vancouver BC, Canada, with the 5th one coming up (and still accepting players and donations) on November 22nd. We go deep on something I completely missed while growing up (because I was 20 years old already). It's everything there is to know about pogs.

Some pogs:
smasuch-pogs

The Canadian (evil) Justin McElroy:
canadian-mcelroy

Last tournament's surprise champion:
pog-champ

Links:

]]> Steven Masuch is a "character actor of the web," with a variety of projects under his belt and a day job building iOS apps. He hosts the Slam for Hope Pog Tournament each year in Vancouver BC, Canada, with the 5th one coming up (and still accepting players and donations) on November 22nd. We go deep on something I completely missed while growing up (because I was 20 years old already). It's everything there is to know about pogs.

Some pogs:
smasuch-pogs

The Canadian (evil) Justin McElroy:
canadian-mcelroy

Last tournament's surprise champion:
pog-champ

Links:

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+v2CySxOJ ]]> Matt Haughey Episode 19: Erin McKean has sewn hundreds of dresses https://the.hobbyhorse.club/19 f851dddf-13be-446f-8347-ec9eb1704ade Sat, 10 Nov 2018 16:15:00 -0800 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey Erin McKean joins us to talk about her Dress-a-Day project, her lexicographer and developer relations past and sewing in general. 50:53 true Erin McKean is a lexicographer, writer, speaker, and maker that started Dress A Day about 13 years ago to chronicle her sewing projects. If you've ever seen Erin at a conference, chances are you've seen her in a really cool print fabric dress she made herself. We talk about her career, how she sews her dresses, as well as tips on how anyone can learn to sew their own clothes too.

One of Erin's dresses, complete with bright red piping:
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]]> sewing Erin McKean is a lexicographer, writer, speaker, and maker that started Dress A Day about 13 years ago to chronicle her sewing projects. If you've ever seen Erin at a conference, chances are you've seen her in a really cool print fabric dress she made herself. We talk about her career, how she sews her dresses, as well as tips on how anyone can learn to sew their own clothes too.

One of Erin's dresses, complete with bright red piping:
erin-piping

Links:

]]> Erin McKean is a lexicographer, writer, speaker, and maker that started Dress A Day about 13 years ago to chronicle her sewing projects. If you've ever seen Erin at a conference, chances are you've seen her in a really cool print fabric dress she made herself. We talk about her career, how she sews her dresses, as well as tips on how anyone can learn to sew their own clothes too.

One of Erin's dresses, complete with bright red piping:
erin-piping

Links:

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+deVe-QG7 ]]> Matt Haughey Episode 18: Dan Benjamin knows what time it is thanks to his watches https://the.hobbyhorse.club/18 ee3704c9-5456-4f53-babf-b9fc02b29583 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 19:00:00 -0700 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey Dan Benjamin on everything he loves about watches. 1:12:16 true dans-watch

Dan Benjamin is the creator of the 5by5 podcast network and the podcast hosting service Fireside.fm and he is really into mechanical watches. We talk about his career in podcasting and how he got started, when he fell in love with watches, and how he wears and collects them today.

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Dan Benjamin is the creator of the 5by5 podcast network and the podcast hosting service Fireside.fm and he is really into mechanical watches. We talk about his career in podcasting and how he got started, when he fell in love with watches, and how he wears and collects them today.

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Dan Benjamin is the creator of the 5by5 podcast network and the podcast hosting service Fireside.fm and he is really into mechanical watches. We talk about his career in podcasting and how he got started, when he fell in love with watches, and how he wears and collects them today.

Links:

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+M75aTIAs ]]> Matt Haughey Episode 17: Darius Kazemi explains his love of anime https://the.hobbyhorse.club/17 9f7e2c54-b87e-4439-ba37-c251fa111186 Sun, 16 Sep 2018 15:15:00 -0700 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey Darius Kazemi, programmer, bot author, and Mozilla fellow is into anime and has a podcast about his favorite show. He explains it all to me, a person that has never really gotten into it. 58:43 true jojos

Darius Kazemi is a programmer and bot author and all-around internet artist that has a podcast with two fellow cohosts about an anime series they all love. Darius explains how he got into programming, gaming, bot authoring, and the social network mastodon, before we dive into the ins and outs of anime, what kinds of shows he likes and how one would go about getting started.

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Darius Kazemi is a programmer and bot author and all-around internet artist that has a podcast with two fellow cohosts about an anime series they all love. Darius explains how he got into programming, gaming, bot authoring, and the social network mastodon, before we dive into the ins and outs of anime, what kinds of shows he likes and how one would go about getting started.

Links:

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Darius Kazemi is a programmer and bot author and all-around internet artist that has a podcast with two fellow cohosts about an anime series they all love. Darius explains how he got into programming, gaming, bot authoring, and the social network mastodon, before we dive into the ins and outs of anime, what kinds of shows he likes and how one would go about getting started.

Links:

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+VsxFB0HC ]]> Matt Haughey Episode 16: Todd Hamina is a winemaker that raced his bike across America https://the.hobbyhorse.club/16 fd81daae-bb8d-4e88-813b-485f39743dd9 Sun, 29 Jul 2018 13:00:00 -0700 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey Todd Hamina has been making wine for 26 years and riding his bike for the past decade. 42:12 true winery
☝️Todd's winery

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☝️Todd's bike for the Trans Am Race

Todd Hamina has been making wine under different labels for 26 years in the Pacific Northwest, from farming his own grapes to owning his own winery. We chatted a bit about how the wine industry works in Oregon before transitioning to bikes. Todd's been riding his whole life, but in June of 2018 he decided to participate in the Trans America (self-supported) bike race from the coast of Oregon all the way across the US to the Atlantic Ocean in Virgina.

He pulled out of the race in Colorado after nearly 1800 miles over the course of a couple weeks riding over 130 miles per day all on his own. He had to quit due to cramping in his hands and shoulders that took away his ability to use his brakes. We talk about how he trained, what his setup was like, and how he attacked each day of the race.

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☝️Todd's winery

todds-bike
☝️Todd's bike for the Trans Am Race

Todd Hamina has been making wine under different labels for 26 years in the Pacific Northwest, from farming his own grapes to owning his own winery. We chatted a bit about how the wine industry works in Oregon before transitioning to bikes. Todd's been riding his whole life, but in June of 2018 he decided to participate in the Trans America (self-supported) bike race from the coast of Oregon all the way across the US to the Atlantic Ocean in Virgina.

He pulled out of the race in Colorado after nearly 1800 miles over the course of a couple weeks riding over 130 miles per day all on his own. He had to quit due to cramping in his hands and shoulders that took away his ability to use his brakes. We talk about how he trained, what his setup was like, and how he attacked each day of the race.

Links:

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☝️Todd's winery

todds-bike
☝️Todd's bike for the Trans Am Race

Todd Hamina has been making wine under different labels for 26 years in the Pacific Northwest, from farming his own grapes to owning his own winery. We chatted a bit about how the wine industry works in Oregon before transitioning to bikes. Todd's been riding his whole life, but in June of 2018 he decided to participate in the Trans America (self-supported) bike race from the coast of Oregon all the way across the US to the Atlantic Ocean in Virgina.

He pulled out of the race in Colorado after nearly 1800 miles over the course of a couple weeks riding over 130 miles per day all on his own. He had to quit due to cramping in his hands and shoulders that took away his ability to use his brakes. We talk about how he trained, what his setup was like, and how he attacked each day of the race.

Links:

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+AyLoKudh ]]> Matt Haughey Episode 15: Lucy Burningham spent a year becoming a beer sommelier https://the.hobbyhorse.club/15 447e9be5-8a68-4654-a0c4-e96bc92f774e Wed, 25 Jul 2018 19:00:00 -0700 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey Writer, author of My Beer Year and certified cicerone 39:05 true lucy
☝️Lucy outside of the StreamPDX trailer where we recorded

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☝️Lucy's book along with the three beers we sampled during the show

Lucy Burningham is a writer, editorial director at Cozy, and spent a year getting certified to become a master beer taster and wrote a book about it. She brought 3 beers to the Airstream trailer at Stream PDX where we recorded and we were a bit punchy and goofy by the end.

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☝️Lucy outside of the StreamPDX trailer where we recorded

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☝️Lucy's book along with the three beers we sampled during the show

Lucy Burningham is a writer, editorial director at Cozy, and spent a year getting certified to become a master beer taster and wrote a book about it. She brought 3 beers to the Airstream trailer at Stream PDX where we recorded and we were a bit punchy and goofy by the end.

Links:

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☝️Lucy outside of the StreamPDX trailer where we recorded

beer-stuff
☝️Lucy's book along with the three beers we sampled during the show

Lucy Burningham is a writer, editorial director at Cozy, and spent a year getting certified to become a master beer taster and wrote a book about it. She brought 3 beers to the Airstream trailer at Stream PDX where we recorded and we were a bit punchy and goofy by the end.

Links:

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+dllm6VZS ]]> Matt Haughey Episode 14: Tiffani Ashley Bell is a Formula One Fan https://the.hobbyhorse.club/14 37560356-223b-4a0c-a3b1-704466e6ffd9 Fri, 13 Jul 2018 17:00:00 -0700 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey Tiffani is into really fast car racing around the world 41:30 true tiffani-ferrari
☝️Tiffani driving a Ferrari California in Dubai

Tiffani Ashley Bell is the founder of The Human Utility, which helps prevent water shut-offs in Detroit and Baltimore, all using a donation platform she's built. It's a fascinating project that was one of the first non-profits to go through Y Combinator.

Tiffani is also into F1 racing and as a car guy myself, I was curious to hear what makes it exciting and how one goes about following all the action.

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☝️Tiffani driving a Ferrari California in Dubai

Tiffani Ashley Bell is the founder of The Human Utility, which helps prevent water shut-offs in Detroit and Baltimore, all using a donation platform she's built. It's a fascinating project that was one of the first non-profits to go through Y Combinator.

Tiffani is also into F1 racing and as a car guy myself, I was curious to hear what makes it exciting and how one goes about following all the action.

Links:

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☝️Tiffani driving a Ferrari California in Dubai

Tiffani Ashley Bell is the founder of The Human Utility, which helps prevent water shut-offs in Detroit and Baltimore, all using a donation platform she's built. It's a fascinating project that was one of the first non-profits to go through Y Combinator.

Tiffani is also into F1 racing and as a car guy myself, I was curious to hear what makes it exciting and how one goes about following all the action.

Links:

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+k7El2Kct ]]> Matt Haughey Episode 13: Amber Castaldo is a roller derby jammer https://the.hobbyhorse.club/13 b7928710-3fa1-48df-b87e-3218fc1ac00c Fri, 06 Jul 2018 12:00:00 -0700 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey Amber tells us everything there is to know about roller derby 37:58 true amber-rollering
☝️Amber apex jumping a turn

Amber Castaldo is a recently retired veteran of roller derby, from one of the top teams in the world, based in Portland, Oregon. We spend much of the time getting into the nitty gritty details of roller derby rules, and talk about how much work it is to stay competitive.

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☝️Amber getting a roundhouse kick to the stomach

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☝️Amber apex jumping a turn

Amber Castaldo is a recently retired veteran of roller derby, from one of the top teams in the world, based in Portland, Oregon. We spend much of the time getting into the nitty gritty details of roller derby rules, and talk about how much work it is to stay competitive.

amber-kick
☝️Amber getting a roundhouse kick to the stomach

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☝️Amber apex jumping a turn

Amber Castaldo is a recently retired veteran of roller derby, from one of the top teams in the world, based in Portland, Oregon. We spend much of the time getting into the nitty gritty details of roller derby rules, and talk about how much work it is to stay competitive.

amber-kick
☝️Amber getting a roundhouse kick to the stomach

Links:

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+apSAMOic ]]> Matt Haughey Episode 12: Dinah Sanders rolls for initiative https://the.hobbyhorse.club/12 9a01268c-09e5-42e4-a92a-0ab16f399787 Sat, 23 Jun 2018 13:00:00 -0700 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey Dinah shares her knowledge of D&D, how to be a DM, and how to get into the game. 1:03:37 true dnd

Dinah Sanders has been playing D&D for nearly 40 years, and has been a dungeon master going all the way back. Her current weekly game has a handful of players that have continuously played the same campaign for the past few years.

We cover Dinah's early history in blogging, her two books and her plans for a future one as well as diving into all the ins and outs of D&D with me, someone that's never played.

P.S. The week after we recorded this, I did get to join her weekly D&D night to play my first game ever, and it was a blast. The photo above is a shot from that night.

P.P.S. There's a new theme song and I added a bit of story I forgot to cover in the John Roderick episode so stick around to the end to hear it.

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Dinah Sanders has been playing D&D for nearly 40 years, and has been a dungeon master going all the way back. Her current weekly game has a handful of players that have continuously played the same campaign for the past few years.

We cover Dinah's early history in blogging, her two books and her plans for a future one as well as diving into all the ins and outs of D&D with me, someone that's never played.

P.S. The week after we recorded this, I did get to join her weekly D&D night to play my first game ever, and it was a blast. The photo above is a shot from that night.

P.P.S. There's a new theme song and I added a bit of story I forgot to cover in the John Roderick episode so stick around to the end to hear it.

Links:

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Dinah Sanders has been playing D&D for nearly 40 years, and has been a dungeon master going all the way back. Her current weekly game has a handful of players that have continuously played the same campaign for the past few years.

We cover Dinah's early history in blogging, her two books and her plans for a future one as well as diving into all the ins and outs of D&D with me, someone that's never played.

P.S. The week after we recorded this, I did get to join her weekly D&D night to play my first game ever, and it was a blast. The photo above is a shot from that night.

P.P.S. There's a new theme song and I added a bit of story I forgot to cover in the John Roderick episode so stick around to the end to hear it.

Links:

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+EA3cDo0t ]]> Matt Haughey Episode 11: Andy Baio has been eaten by a grue https://the.hobbyhorse.club/11 760ffd16-61a9-465c-88a1-839a61e984e6 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 12:00:00 -0700 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey Andy Baio and his love of the text adventure 53:53 true infocom

Andy Baio is a veteran of the early web, creator of waxy.org, upcoming.org, and playfic.com. He was the first CTO for Kickstarter and went on to create the XOXO Festival in Portland Oregon.

He's also into collecting original 1980s Infocom games and still plays them today despite owning modern computers and video cards that can do so much more.

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Andy Baio is a veteran of the early web, creator of waxy.org, upcoming.org, and playfic.com. He was the first CTO for Kickstarter and went on to create the XOXO Festival in Portland Oregon.

He's also into collecting original 1980s Infocom games and still plays them today despite owning modern computers and video cards that can do so much more.

Links:

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Andy Baio is a veteran of the early web, creator of waxy.org, upcoming.org, and playfic.com. He was the first CTO for Kickstarter and went on to create the XOXO Festival in Portland Oregon.

He's also into collecting original 1980s Infocom games and still plays them today despite owning modern computers and video cards that can do so much more.

Links:

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+l7LHP43v ]]> Matt Haughey Episode 10: Marcin Wichary quit his job for his love of keyboards https://the.hobbyhorse.club/10 7ea10864-ac2a-4f6c-80e0-858597aa6188 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 15:00:00 -0700 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey Our first "success story" (that is still in progress) where Marcin's hobby became so important he quit his job to pursue writing full-time, to write his first book about the history of typewriters and keyboards. 1:08:27 true typewriter-museum

Marcin Wichary (MAR-cheen ve-HAR-ay) is a brilliant writer, coder, and speaker famous for going deep on everything he does. We discuss his entire history from college through joining Google, to creating the famous playable Pac-Mac google doodle, to joining Medium, and ultimately becoming so obsessed with typewriters and keyboards he took a sabbatical from work to begin writing a book, then he never looked back. The first draft of his book is done and now he's in the editing and publishing phase, hoping to release it next year.

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Marcin Wichary (MAR-cheen ve-HAR-ay) is a brilliant writer, coder, and speaker famous for going deep on everything he does. We discuss his entire history from college through joining Google, to creating the famous playable Pac-Mac google doodle, to joining Medium, and ultimately becoming so obsessed with typewriters and keyboards he took a sabbatical from work to begin writing a book, then he never looked back. The first draft of his book is done and now he's in the editing and publishing phase, hoping to release it next year.

Links:

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Marcin Wichary (MAR-cheen ve-HAR-ay) is a brilliant writer, coder, and speaker famous for going deep on everything he does. We discuss his entire history from college through joining Google, to creating the famous playable Pac-Mac google doodle, to joining Medium, and ultimately becoming so obsessed with typewriters and keyboards he took a sabbatical from work to begin writing a book, then he never looked back. The first draft of his book is done and now he's in the editing and publishing phase, hoping to release it next year.

Links:

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+uZDcp-Vi ]]> Matt Haughey Episode 9: Alex Cox enjoys some weed https://the.hobbyhorse.club/9 9ca4215a-2c82-496a-9d80-5b292f7e01c4 Sun, 03 Jun 2018 13:00:00 -0700 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey Duuuuuuude. Dude. Dude. Duuuude. 58:36 true alex-iphones

Alex Cox is an Apple aficionado, technologist, and staff member of the Cards Against Humanity empire. She's currently working on four different podcasts that cover a wide range of topics but we figured out her recent obsession with smoking/eating weed is something she hadn't talked about before and would make a good subject to chat about for an hour.

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Alex Cox is an Apple aficionado, technologist, and staff member of the Cards Against Humanity empire. She's currently working on four different podcasts that cover a wide range of topics but we figured out her recent obsession with smoking/eating weed is something she hadn't talked about before and would make a good subject to chat about for an hour.

Links:

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Alex Cox is an Apple aficionado, technologist, and staff member of the Cards Against Humanity empire. She's currently working on four different podcasts that cover a wide range of topics but we figured out her recent obsession with smoking/eating weed is something she hadn't talked about before and would make a good subject to chat about for an hour.

Links:

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+5bMchfea ]]> Matt Haughey Episode 8: John Roderick on the last frontier: Alaska https://the.hobbyhorse.club/8 ba3d74c7-92c6-48b7-ac54-a2424e285c08 Mon, 28 May 2018 22:00:00 -0700 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey John Roderick teaches us all the basics of the 49th state added to the union 1:26:38 true alaska

John Roderick is the creator of the band The Long Winters and a prolific podcast host and guest. He grew up in Alaska and sits down to explain every aspect of the state. He is not a man of few words. In our nearly 90 minutes of talking, we cover when to visit, what to do, and where to go, what the culture is like and why it's worth trekking to the most remote places. Don't miss John's tips on how to select and broker a deal with a bush pilot. Also we talk about bears.

Most of the links in this episode are to Google Maps and because Alaska is such a huge, varied place, it makes a lot of sense to click and open them up to know what parts of the region we're talking about at each moment.

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John Roderick is the creator of the band The Long Winters and a prolific podcast host and guest. He grew up in Alaska and sits down to explain every aspect of the state. He is not a man of few words. In our nearly 90 minutes of talking, we cover when to visit, what to do, and where to go, what the culture is like and why it's worth trekking to the most remote places. Don't miss John's tips on how to select and broker a deal with a bush pilot. Also we talk about bears.

Most of the links in this episode are to Google Maps and because Alaska is such a huge, varied place, it makes a lot of sense to click and open them up to know what parts of the region we're talking about at each moment.

Links:

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John Roderick is the creator of the band The Long Winters and a prolific podcast host and guest. He grew up in Alaska and sits down to explain every aspect of the state. He is not a man of few words. In our nearly 90 minutes of talking, we cover when to visit, what to do, and where to go, what the culture is like and why it's worth trekking to the most remote places. Don't miss John's tips on how to select and broker a deal with a bush pilot. Also we talk about bears.

Most of the links in this episode are to Google Maps and because Alaska is such a huge, varied place, it makes a lot of sense to click and open them up to know what parts of the region we're talking about at each moment.

Links:

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+89FVBbe5 ]]> Matt Haughey Episode 7: Erika Hall on what it takes to be a triathlete https://the.hobbyhorse.club/7 2c3e5527-e5c9-4e4f-b060-bc9772187f32 Sat, 19 May 2018 08:00:00 -0700 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey Erika Hall talks about out how much work it takes to follow a sport even though "Triathletes are worse than people who go to Burning Man." 58:49 true erika-book

Erika Hall, the author of the new book Conversational Design, sits down to talk about how she got into doing triathlons and all the work it took to get there.

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Erika Hall, the author of the new book Conversational Design, sits down to talk about how she got into doing triathlons and all the work it took to get there.

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Erika Hall, the author of the new book Conversational Design, sits down to talk about how she got into doing triathlons and all the work it took to get there.

Links:

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+MfjMkNFR ]]> Matt Haughey Episode 6: Jessie Char and her love of Disney Parks https://the.hobbyhorse.club/6 51f61500-7d09-4eda-8f9f-0b507d249bdc Fri, 11 May 2018 21:00:00 -0700 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey Jessie Char, co-founder of the iOS design conference Layers goes deep on her love of all things Disney parks. 46:23 true Jessie and friends bounding as Mouseketeers from The Mickey Mouse Club
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Jessie Char is co-founder of the Layers Conference, taking place in San Jose on June 4-6th next month, which brings a bunch of design leaders talking about iOS design during the week of WWDC. Previous she worked on Pacific Helm, an iOS design studio.

Jessie's also way into Disney Parks and is an annual pass holder even though she lives in the Bay Area. She still makes it out to the parks a couple days each month, thanks to short cheap flights and having a cofounder in Long Beach.

During this talk we cover how she fell in love with Disney Parks growing up, how she rediscovered them as an adult, and what she likes to do there on a typical day. We go over our favorite places to eat and share strategies to have a fun time at Disneyland and California Adventure.

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jessie-gang

Jessie Char is co-founder of the Layers Conference, taking place in San Jose on June 4-6th next month, which brings a bunch of design leaders talking about iOS design during the week of WWDC. Previous she worked on Pacific Helm, an iOS design studio.

Jessie's also way into Disney Parks and is an annual pass holder even though she lives in the Bay Area. She still makes it out to the parks a couple days each month, thanks to short cheap flights and having a cofounder in Long Beach.

During this talk we cover how she fell in love with Disney Parks growing up, how she rediscovered them as an adult, and what she likes to do there on a typical day. We go over our favorite places to eat and share strategies to have a fun time at Disneyland and California Adventure.

Links:

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jessie-gang

Jessie Char is co-founder of the Layers Conference, taking place in San Jose on June 4-6th next month, which brings a bunch of design leaders talking about iOS design during the week of WWDC. Previous she worked on Pacific Helm, an iOS design studio.

Jessie's also way into Disney Parks and is an annual pass holder even though she lives in the Bay Area. She still makes it out to the parks a couple days each month, thanks to short cheap flights and having a cofounder in Long Beach.

During this talk we cover how she fell in love with Disney Parks growing up, how she rediscovered them as an adult, and what she likes to do there on a typical day. We go over our favorite places to eat and share strategies to have a fun time at Disneyland and California Adventure.

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]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+Kh-Eci8N ]]> Matt Haughey Episode 5: Jeff Atwood really loves his Yo-Yos https://the.hobbyhorse.club/5 d2437a34-2247-4b00-959c-90be177e3103 Sat, 05 May 2018 14:00:00 -0700 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey The co-founder of Stack Overflow and founder of Discourse.org shares why he loves yo-yos so much, how big his collection is, and why he keeps sending yo-yos to everyone he knows. 43:29 true calvin-hobbes-yoyo

The four shapes of yo-yos:
Types of YoYos

A wall rack showing off some of Jeff's 200-300 yo-yos he currently owns:
Jeffsyoyos

Jeff Atwood is the co-founder of Stack Overflow and the Stack Exchange network of Q&A sites and in 2012 started his company Discourse to build software and services around better forums.

In September of 2017, his son got a yo-yo and Jeff was instantly hooked, playing with yo-yos for the first time since he was a kid in the 1980s, and it quickly became an obsession and a collection with hundreds of yo-yos. Recently he's been sending out gift packs to everyone he knows online and we talk about how he came to yo-yos, what's great about them, and why he's spreading the gospel of yo-yos to anyone who wants to listen and try.

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The four shapes of yo-yos:
Types of YoYos

A wall rack showing off some of Jeff's 200-300 yo-yos he currently owns:
Jeffsyoyos

Jeff Atwood is the co-founder of Stack Overflow and the Stack Exchange network of Q&A sites and in 2012 started his company Discourse to build software and services around better forums.

In September of 2017, his son got a yo-yo and Jeff was instantly hooked, playing with yo-yos for the first time since he was a kid in the 1980s, and it quickly became an obsession and a collection with hundreds of yo-yos. Recently he's been sending out gift packs to everyone he knows online and we talk about how he came to yo-yos, what's great about them, and why he's spreading the gospel of yo-yos to anyone who wants to listen and try.

Links:

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The four shapes of yo-yos:
Types of YoYos

A wall rack showing off some of Jeff's 200-300 yo-yos he currently owns:
Jeffsyoyos

Jeff Atwood is the co-founder of Stack Overflow and the Stack Exchange network of Q&A sites and in 2012 started his company Discourse to build software and services around better forums.

In September of 2017, his son got a yo-yo and Jeff was instantly hooked, playing with yo-yos for the first time since he was a kid in the 1980s, and it quickly became an obsession and a collection with hundreds of yo-yos. Recently he's been sending out gift packs to everyone he knows online and we talk about how he came to yo-yos, what's great about them, and why he's spreading the gospel of yo-yos to anyone who wants to listen and try.

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]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+bbuucpvF ]]> Matt Haughey Episode 4: Erica Baker on Ancestry and Genealogy https://the.hobbyhorse.club/4 424e4303-491b-4197-b9ad-a3c893ee7dba Fri, 27 Apr 2018 21:00:00 -0700 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey Erica tells us why family is important. 58:45 true Erica Baker is a Senior Engineering Manager at Patreon and has spent the last ten plus years tracking down her family tree from every source imaginable, including family, online databases, microfiche, and documents sitting in libraries. Some may look at ancestry and genealogy as a silly hobby, but for Erica, it's about filling out the story not just for her own family but hopefully someday for every other African American family as well.

]]> Erica Baker is a Senior Engineering Manager at Patreon and has spent the last ten plus years tracking down her family tree from every source imaginable, including family, online databases, microfiche, and documents sitting in libraries. Some may look at ancestry and genealogy as a silly hobby, but for Erica, it's about filling out the story not just for her own family but hopefully someday for every other African American family as well.

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]]> Erica Baker is a Senior Engineering Manager at Patreon and has spent the last ten plus years tracking down her family tree from every source imaginable, including family, online databases, microfiche, and documents sitting in libraries. Some may look at ancestry and genealogy as a silly hobby, but for Erica, it's about filling out the story not just for her own family but hopefully someday for every other African American family as well.

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]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+khyMPqNN ]]> Matt Haughey Episode 3: Cal Henderson and his sneakers https://the.hobbyhorse.club/3 7c80562c-5031-4ec2-986e-f70d11e64095 Sat, 14 Apr 2018 18:00:00 -0700 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey Slack CTO and web pioneer Cal Henderson used to be known for wearing flip-flops everywhere, then he found sneakers. 24:10 true Cal Henderson is really into shoes, currently owning about 100 different pairs. His criteria is whatever looks cool to him, and he makes a point of wearing all his shoes instead of merely collecting them.

Cal's favorite shoes, special edition of Nike Air Max 97s
shoes and keyboard

Cal's storage solution where he's currently got about 100 pairs of shoes (every cubby is now filled)
cal's-collection

]]> Cal Henderson is really into shoes, currently owning about 100 different pairs. His criteria is whatever looks cool to him, and he makes a point of wearing all his shoes instead of merely collecting them.

Cal's favorite shoes, special edition of Nike Air Max 97s
shoes and keyboard

Cal's storage solution where he's currently got about 100 pairs of shoes (every cubby is now filled)
cal's-collection

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]]> Cal Henderson is really into shoes, currently owning about 100 different pairs. His criteria is whatever looks cool to him, and he makes a point of wearing all his shoes instead of merely collecting them.

Cal's favorite shoes, special edition of Nike Air Max 97s
shoes and keyboard

Cal's storage solution where he's currently got about 100 pairs of shoes (every cubby is now filled)
cal's-collection

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]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+cIB7v_GE ]]> Matt Haughey Episode 2: Jessamyn West on trivia leagues, pub trivia, and puzzle hunts https://the.hobbyhorse.club/2 1a5aee6b-1ab2-4aa7-9dcb-3e3995cda973 Sat, 07 Apr 2018 14:00:00 -0700 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey My old pal Jessamyn sits down to talk about what draws her to trivia and gaming and puzzles. 38:39 true It was fun to catch up with Jessamyn as we chat about non-librarian or online community things. We went deep into Learned League, the shadowy internet nerd trivia league with what I consider impenetrable rules and traditions.

]]> It was fun to catch up with Jessamyn as we chat about non-librarian or online community things. We went deep into Learned League, the shadowy internet nerd trivia league with what I consider impenetrable rules and traditions.

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]]> It was fun to catch up with Jessamyn as we chat about non-librarian or online community things. We went deep into Learned League, the shadowy internet nerd trivia league with what I consider impenetrable rules and traditions.

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]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+T70HPoL8 ]]> Matt Haughey Episode 1: Jason Kottke on Alto's Odyssey https://the.hobbyhorse.club/1 ec2562dd-9fad-4de9-8d5e-a8b659322e60 Thu, 29 Mar 2018 18:00:00 -0700 mathowie@gmail.com (Matt Haughey) full Matt Haughey OG Blogger Jason Kottke goes deep on how and why he's one of the top players of Alto's Odyssey in the entire world. 46:41 true I play Alto's Odyssey and love it, but Jason Kottke really loves the game, so much so he's got one of the highest scores in the world. We go deep on the game for 45 minutes, talking about he got into it, what sets his playing apart, and what role games play in our lives.

]]> I play Alto's Odyssey and love it, but Jason Kottke really loves the game, so much so he's got one of the highest scores in the world. We go deep on the game for 45 minutes, talking about he got into it, what sets his playing apart, and what role games play in our lives.

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]]> I play Alto's Odyssey and love it, but Jason Kottke really loves the game, so much so he's got one of the highest scores in the world. We go deep on the game for 45 minutes, talking about he got into it, what sets his playing apart, and what role games play in our lives.

Links:

]]> https://fireside.fm/player/v2/ywWIZR2k+lbJ55wVb ]]> Matt Haughey