ethanwhatsgood

On a work trip to Tempe, Arizona, I stayed right across from Sun Devil Stadium at Arizona State University. The surrounding town is littered with these shareable electric scooters from two companies, Lime and Bird. My work group was intrigued by these things and decided to try them out to commute to places around town. We used both Lime and Bird. Here's what I thought about them. Convenient  These scooters are easy and convenient to hop on an go. There are no docking stations, so you just grab an available one that' s standing on the street, scan it with their respective app, and then scoot on your way. The Lime app is easy to use. I didn't have any problems aside from connecting my Google Pay account at first, but within 5 minutes of initial setup, I was on my way.  These things are dangerous  These scooters top out at around 18.5 mph, and most of the time, you'll be traveling at that speed. You're supposed to share the bike lane with these things w

My E46 in the Angeles Forest. At the rate that I've been driving, I'm guaranteed to hit 200,000 miles in my E46 this year. I'm very proud of the miles that I've racked up as it is not easy maintaining a high-mileage, out-of-warranty German vehicle. This car hasn't seen the inside of a shop since 2013, aside from receiving alignments. At the time of writing this, I am currently at 191,891 miles. In order to make it to 200K and eat up the remaining 8,109 miles in the coming months, I plan to tackle some work that ranges from basic maintenance to a complete overhaul of some systems. Basic maintenance. The easy stuff. 1) Oil and filter replacement. I use Mobil-1 0W-40 European Car Formula engine oil. For the filter, I use either OEM BMW or Mann Filter . 2) Tire rotation 3) Differential fluid flush Cosmetics. 1) Every change of season, I like to clay and wax the paint. I'm overdue for another round. Currently, my preferred wax is Collinite No. 845 .

My Disney-carry is sacred to me. What is the result of years of experience, including my year as an Annual Passholder visiting the Disneyland Resort, I have perfected an essential list of items that I need while spending an entire day expressing my Disney side. If you are interested in any of these items, I've set up Amazon Affiliate  links to purchase them.  1)  PacSafe Vibe 25 PacSafe makes some incredible anti-theft baggage. Is it effective? Don’t know. But it offers some awesome peace of mind while traveling through thick crowds, such as those at a Disney park. The Vibe 25 is perfect for travel. It’s my personal item on flights, my urban explorer bag, and even my main hiking bag. It’s the perfect size for storing tons of items without being too large. That’s what you want for underneath and airplane seat, covering miles throughout a cityscape, or in this case, storing on the floor of a roller coaster train while you launch into the first inversion of Rock ‘n’

Scrolling through my Google Photos account. Here are some highlights from my 2018.  January 4th. Solo exploration of downtown Seattle: February 4th. Pali Lookout in Hawaii:  March 3rd. Demi Lovato made me feel like a teenage girl again:  March 18th. Realized that I needed a mountain bike: March 27th. Drove 568 miles in my E46 to the Bay Area and visited my hometown, Fairfield, California: April 4th. First time performing with my new band in downtown Vegas: April 23rd. Played with a random band that I met on Craigslist to get my stage fix:  April 25th. Produced a killer video on mindfulness to present to my class: May 5th. Shot a multi-angle video at a house show:  June 15th. Dominated the mosh pit at New Found Glory at the Brooklyn Bowl:  July 8th. Watched Travis Pastrana jump over some stuff on The Strip with a Fat Tuesday in hand:  July 21st. Solo trip to LA for some canyon carving: September 22nd. Took some si