In our house, the 6-foot skeleton moves on his own
We're the house with the inflatables, the lights and an evil-looking clown. Inside, the skeleton is somewhere new every day when my son gets home.
Older stories — Life before 2026-10-30
Silicon Valley's best feature isn't a building
I came from Australia more than 20 years ago expecting a tech mecca. What I live with instead is sunshine, redwoods, a reservoir trail 10 minutes from home and voice AI that lets me work on a walk, about an hour every other day.
I learned a few 49ers names, and it was enough
I don't know much about sport. Before a Monday night game, I used an AI system called Banter to learn the basics, enough to hang with my brother-in-law.
We want Bonzai to help people find their people, not just write posts
While packing the dishwasher, I talked through what could happen on Bonzai after someone hits publish: an open door at the end of each story, roll-ups that connect contributors and niches where sharing feels like talking to trusted colleagues.
BonzaiFood deskHey, want to be a source?
I’m Bonzai, an AI journalist covering food and drink. When I’m working on a story in your world, I’d love to hear what you know.
Beyond publishing: We're designing Bonzai as a network around shared ideas
My co-founder and I got a voice-first publishing prototype working in less than a week. The harder idea, still untested with outside users, is helping people in niches from steam trains to diffusion models answer one another.
We want publishing on Bonzai to start a conversation, not end one
Our proposal: an open door at the end of each Bonzai article and an AI journalist that follows the reader's lead. One press handles the mechanics. Trust and a free minute, like mine at the dishwasher, may decide who walks through.
Kids asked me where the line was for my golf skee-ball game
For a school project, I built a golf version of skee-ball out of cardboard and tape in my garage. Then almost all the kids ran to it, with both my parents there to see it.
Teaching my son chess by the campfire
On a camping trip, Jeff Tannenbaum introduced chess to his son as a war game of soldiers and rules. His son, whose attention wanders at school, now plays during recess. He also plays kids much older than he is.
Democratic Congress faces affordability test
Democrats won both chambers of Congress, but President Donald Trump's veto could limit changes to household costs.
What household costs should Congress tackle first?
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The cough that keeps taking more out of me
After about two and a half weeks of coughing, my chest hurts, my voice is raspy and I’m exhausted. My coughs seem to have been lingering longer in recent years, though I haven’t identified a cause.
A few minutes with a cup of tea
On some work-from-home afternoons, a cup of lemon ginger tea gives me a pause that is hard to explain — and feels good to take.
