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White Folks for Obama

One of the many things I love about my dear wife is her patronage of the arts. After too many…

The Caladium Project

I love growing orchids, and I’ve had some luck with it. But orchids are the toy poodles of indoor growing…

Linden Lane, Flickr Wow, and BRB

Today I dropped by Blue Bottle on Linden Lane to recaffientate and noticed a particularly awesome wall of, well, let’s…

Self-Portrait with Squid

About a month after I started the process, and a couple weeks since Jason at Cyclops did the shading (less…

Chihuahuas and Children, a Story in Three Parts

Photo by Heather 1. Heather’s traveling for work, which means that I’m on Early Morning Walk duty. The dogs are…

Happy Anniversary, Baby

Today is our 4th anniversary, which is apparently the iPhone 3G anniversary. Best wife ever. I love you, baby.

Run Heather Run

My darling wife is running a half marathon in October to help raise money for charity. She’s looking for sponsors…

On Permanence and Scars of Choice

The thing that gives me pause about getting a tattoo is all the awful things I would have gotten tattoos…

Not Just One Thing

Michael Craig gets it. The reason for my interest has not been due to some gloriously fabricated business facade, but…

How Pixish Happened

With some stories, it’s hard to know where to begin. I could start with my obsession with photography and magazines…


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Hi, I’m Derek. I live in San Francisco. I’m the cofounder of Fertile Medium and editor of Fray. I sometimes post things to Flickr and Twitter. My dog’s name is Bug. More.







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