I adopted some new quests during my big trip

In a recent development that will shock absolutely no one, I adopted a few more travel quests during our 100-Day Adventure. Here are five new goals: Smallest Country on Each Continent (3/6) It’s too bad that we had to cut out Maldives from our trip, as that would have been a nice objective to complete. ... Read more

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Places I’d like to travel to that I haven’t visited—yet

25 destinations I'd like to visit—a response to WeblogPoMo AMA Challenge question in Nov 2024.

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Content creators vs influencers

Content creators and influencers are different things—in purpose, activities, and incentives—though people often act as both.

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Forums are still alive

Three examples of Internet forums that still serve up quality communities.

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Walking Across Phoenix

A project I’d like to tackle in early spring 2026 is a Walk Across Phoenix—from one edge of the city limits across to the other—which appears to be roughly 55 miles in total. I had originally planned on doing this in 2020, but of course we all know how that year went. The general idea ... Read more

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How I met our tailgating crew

The story behind how I accidentally met our ASU tailgating group.

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Five ways to explore where you live

Learning more about your local area can help better connect you to where you live. Here are some ways to spark that.

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A scavenger hunt in your neighborhood

A list of 30 items you can hunt for while exploring the local area in which you live.

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September 10, 2024

It’s been awhile since I updated this /now page, in large part because I’m not sure that my original vision for this—something updated perhaps every 2-3 weeks—is the right way to go. I’m considering shifting this to more seasonal or quarterly approach, possibly offloading those more frequent distillations as mid- and end-month notes, which will ... Read more

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Being the “smallest house on the block” in your friends group

Some thoughts on where you fit in your various friend groups, and whether you're pushed to be a better person as a result.

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Comment on Small social networks are everywhere (still) by Lou Plummer

It's remarkable how smaller theme-based communities work. My wife's ultrarunning coach, who is also her friend, is friends with practically every well-known person in the ultra community, giving her one degree of separation from her sporting idols. It's such a niche sport, that all but the very most elite of the elite all have day jobs and are just regular people. They all know one another. I think it's great.

Comment on Why GPS sucks for roadtrips, and why I’ll still never drive without it by Lou Plummer

My mom's famous GPS quote "I only use my GPS when I know where I'm going"

Comment on Repurpose your old laptop into a simple web browsing computer for an elderly person by Lou Plummer

You are a good man, Scott Jones!

Comment on The Largest City Parks in the United States by rscottjones

In reply to <a href="https://rscottjones.com/the-largest-city-parks-in-the-united-states/#comment-879">Lou Plummer</a>. Jacksonville definitely has one of the largest (perhaps the largest?) overall municipal park systems. The largest "park" I found was called the Loblolly Mitigation Preserve at 4199 acres (so, just off the top 15 I limited it to), which seems to be related to a public-private endeavor that earns "wetlands credits." But the preserve doesn't seem to be listed by the city along with its other parks or even "Environmental Parks," so even if it fell within the top 15 I listed here, I probably wouldn't have included it.

Comment on The Largest City Parks in the United States by Lou Plummer

I wonder what kind of system Jacksonville, FL has. When it comes to land size, it's pretty sprawling

Comment on Meet an online friend each month by rscottjones

In reply to <a href="https://rscottjones.com/meet-an-online-friend-each-month/#comment-874">Lou Plummer</a>. That's great, Lou! I also trail-angeled for someone I counted in this challenge who was doing the Arizona Trail; met up to resupply him a couple hours northeast of Phoenix and bought him a couple good beers (and a bad burger?) at the shitty dive bar in the trail community we met up in. We ended up meeting up again in Seattle a couple years later while we were both in town on a trip.

Comment on Meet an online friend each month by Lou Plummer

I tried to leave a comment, but I think your web page ate it. Anyway, I'm just waving the me too flag, not quite at your scale though.

Comment on Meet an online friend each month by Lou Plummer

I had some really good experiences with online friends who became Trail Angels for us on the AT. I even met a friend who drove over the border from Donegal to meet us in Derry when we went to NI. I also have some people who I met IRL twenty years ago but now only have an online relationship with and it's still good.

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