Bellingham Podcast

Coming soon, AJ and Chris give their observations of post-pandemic travel from Bellingham. Stay tuned to the feed or to KMRE 102.3fm or KMRE.org

Shipwreck - Seattle Times

Chris’ Analog Book Report - Three takeaways

“…the objective of automation is clear - it is to relieve body and mind of the burden of labor.”

Robert Hassan, Analog (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) book

“For those companies that went remote in the pandemic, the debts accrued by their surrender to digital continue to mount: a debt of talent and creativity, of ideas, culture, and the interpersonal ties that make a companymuch more than the work it does.”

David Sax, The Future is Analog book

“The analog businesses succeeding today, despite digital competition, are those that have been able to really create and emphasize credibility.”

Arrigo Berni, The Revenge of Analog book

Analog Tools - Fix, Make, Create, Explore

Primer

Earnest Elmo Calkins - OG homie behind planned obsolescence or consumer engineering thorugh consumerism and advertising circa 20s

Maker

* Sewing machine- Got a hole, need a patch?

* Cricut machine

* Drummel “rotary” tool

Household stuff/toys

* Chris’ ubiquitous screwdriver set - Boxer Tool 30-piece precision set

Around Bellingham

* Shoe Stop - Bellis Fair

* Doucet Guitar Works - State Street

* Hardware Sales - Bellingham

Tech

iFixIT- mobile devices

Watchmaking

* Time Concepts - King Street by Lakeway Fred Meyer

* Roldorf & Co - Vancouver

Quality Assurance

AJ - Hodinkee | Watches in the Wild

Chris - Two alternative sites

* LibRedirect - Alternative websites for big tech companies

* FarSide.link - Up-to-date alternative websites for big tech companies, but self-hosted by folks around the world

This marks 7 years of the Bellingham Podcast 🍻- thank you each and everyone of you who have followed, listened, and supported AJ and Chris and the Bellingham Podcast.

Analog Notes - More than just Pen and Paper

Zettelkasten method - Created by Niklas Luhmann, a personal tool for writing and thinking that creates connections to thoughts and produces insights

Paper Dreams - AJ & Chris’ primary source in Bellingham for journals, notepads, and other paper to get your thoughts down

Jetpens.com - An extensive site for writing tools and materials

Vaultz - Storage container for index cards, in Chris’ case 4x6 index cards

Lamy Safari Rollerball Pen - It’s 2023. You deserve more than a standard Bic pen with a chewed cap. Plus, when you spend $20 on a writing tool, your mind shifts to serious mode when you begin writing. #AnalogMindset

Time Blocking by Cal Newport - Dedicated time to triage scribbles and accumulated thoughts during the day or week

Luchttrum 1917- Outline notebook- water resistant paper

Skilcraft B3 aviator pen - the perfect compact trifecta of pencil, black and red pen

Analog note-taking inspiration

Ryan Holiday - Popular author of Stoic-related books, accomplished note taker

Maria Popova from Brainpickings.com - An outstanding method to capture ideas from reading books to quickly distill and recall later

Quality Assurance

AJ

🤿Nitrogen narcosis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_narcosis

Clarkson’s Farm- or “Jeremey’s love-letter to British Farming” available on Prime streaming

Chris - Max Richter’s Sleep: Tranquility Base - A 30-minute EP of slow soundscapes to augment your focused analog life.

Chris | The Cribbage Master, Double Solitaire Extraordinaire

AJ | The Geek and Gamer Dad

Places to go in the PNW for games/gaming (West, North, East)

* Seattle/Bellevue | Mox Boardinghouse https://www.moxboardinghouse.com/

* Spokane | Dragon Parlor Games - https://dragon-parlor-games-llc-624662.shoplightspeed.com/

* Bellingham | Aegis Games (formerly Dark Tower) - https://aegislgs.com/

* Fairhaven | Cardhaven - “…place to buy cards, play games, and enjoy a full bar.” -

https://www.cardhavengames.com/

History of gaming (from the educator’s perspective)

* Teaching rules, math, strategy, patience, focus, attention

* History

* The “rise” in popularity of “tabletop game” genera https://stonemaiergames.com/top-10-reasons-for-the-rise-in-popularity-of-tabletop-games/

* How old is old games? https://www.oldest.org/entertainment/board-games/

* Oldest still-played game | Mancala

Declutter your closet with games you DON’T play, and those childhood ones (Candyland isn’t as cool as you remember). #Minimalism

Classic Games

* Backgammon (about 3000bce)

* PNW made edition https://orcasislandleather.com/collections/featured-leather-kits/products/travel-backgammon-board

* Cribbage (around 1600s)

* History https://www.britannica.com/topic/cribbage

* PNW made edition

The Wood Merchant in La Connor https://www.woodmerchant.com/product_search_results.cfm

* Local cribbage scene?

* Menace Brewing - Learn Cribbage and Wednesday Cribbage nights https://www.bellingham.org/eventdetail/25228/cribbage-learning-night-at-menace

* Shout-out to Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center’s formerly-annual “Compete for a Cause” Cribbage Tournament, last held in 2019 at Boundary Bay Brewery.

Card Games

* Deep Sea Adventure - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/169654/deep-sea-adventure

* Here To Slay - https://www.unstablegames.com/collections/here-to-slay

* Poetry for Neanderthals - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/312786/poetry-neanderthals

Tabletop Games

* Sea of Clouds - http://seaofclouds.iello.fr/en/

* Diamant (Incan Gold here in the USA) - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15512/incan-gold

Co-op

* Forbidden Island - https://gamewright.com/product/Forbidden-Island

Quality Assurance

Gamemaster-

The Perfect Bid documentary - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6854248/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Happy holidays everyone! Thank you so much to each of you for another year os support! Welcome to the final episode of 2022!

Updates

* Analog Explorer Podcast x Zulu Time podcast crossover episode 14

* Podcast sponsor Anchor.fm

* Thank you to AE Substack and Patreon paid subscribers

New in Bellingham

Ritual Records - https://www.ritual-records.com/

* Previously Reported EM Closing after 17 years https://www.westernfrontonline.com/article/2022/06/everyday-music-closing

Nomad Charcuterie and Wine - https://www.instagram.com/nomadbellingham/

* For the non-drinker who enjoys bitters :

* Hella - https://hellacocktail.co/pages/bitters-soda

COF& - 784 Kentucky St and on 1203 Cornwall Ave

* https://www.cascadiadaily.com/news/2022/mar/02/the-roots-of-cof-bellinghams-new-colombian-coffee-shop/

LOCUS - Where Coffee meets Beer “Casual, colorful cafe providing sandwiches, wraps & snacks, plus creative desserts, coffee & drinks.” closes around 8pm 120 W Holly St, Bellingham, WA 98225 https://locusofbellingham.com/

* Founder: Kaycee Originating from Yelm, Washington, Kaycee came up north to attend WWU, achieving a Bachelor’s in Kinesiology and minor in sport psychology. After settling here with her husband, she fell in love with Bellingham even more and began toying with the idea of starting her own business. She has been in the service industry for 12+ years and making delicious espresso for 10. One of the first to graduate college and the first woman entrepreneur in her family. If you do not find her working on her next big move in business, she loves to go on walks with her two dogs or secretly curling up to the fire with a glass of wine devouring a box of pizza!

Looking forward

AJ-

* Some Analog Explorer related stuff being prototyped

* Word of Note | Misogi- Japanese Shinto practice of ritual purification- that is often referenced to Shugendo - the “Way of Trial and Practice”

* Diving

* Travel

Chris-

Have a great holiday season, and see you next year!

Sincerely,

AJ & Chris

The Bellingham Podcast is a listener supported podcast. For full show notes with links, photos, videos, and more be sure to support AJ & Chris and consider becoming a subscriber to the Bellingham Podcast on Substack | BellinghamPodcast.Substack.com.

The Chatter

AJMeeting a GPO 🐙 in the wild | www.analogexplorer.substack.com/p/meeting-the-gentle-giant-of-the-pnw

* Typsim Watches - Seattle Wa. USA

The News

Guess who’s back? “Now open for pierogi pickup, takeout, and a limited menu for inside or sidewalk dining.” Sat/Sun 9.30 - 2 pm. https://www.magdalenascreperie.com -

* and celebrated her 13th year as a restaurant reopening the week of her original opening

Scone Grone + Quantum Leaf

KMRE Raise the Antenna fundraiser and auction

“Saving Christmas Town” @MBT December 3 & 4

Shoutout to @NoBoxNoPaper for question to the show

The Upcoming Holidays - A Different Mindset

AJ-

WildMaterials- Lissa Clear 2500 Elm St Suite 10

Board Games for the family

* DragonWood (mentioned before)

* DragonRealm (think DragonWood part 2)

* Orcas Island Leather Goods - Travel Backgammon board

Adagio Teas- find a tea themed for anyone

Seattle made watch- Typsim”The design, fabrication, and testing of Typsim watches is a worldwide production. Components are fabricated in Switzerland, Hong Kong, & the United States of America, chronometer certification happens in France, but at the center is the Typsim workshop located in Seattle, WA, USA where the design, assembly, and final quality assurance takes place.”

* AJ’s Deep dive 🤿 with Typsim on wrist |

* Noir (pre-sale)

Chris -

Monthly gifts or experiences in 2023, aligned with the Five Love Languages.

* One book a month from Village Books from your special someone’s reading wishlist. https://www.villagebooks.com

* #Gifts #WordsOfAffirmation (your message inside the book to your recipient)

* A pint a month for your special someone (over 21) at a different location in Bellingham. https://www.taptrail.com/locations

* #Gifts #QualityTime

* A new board game a month for your little, also found at Village Books.

* #Gifts #QualityTime

* A massage a month for your special someone. Locations all around Bellingham.

* #Gifts #PhysicalTouch

Rad or Sad

AJ - Is it the end of the late night coffee shop?

* Makeworth closes by 3pm

* Woods downtown closes by 5pm

* Lettered Streets Coffee closes by 3 pm

Chris - The decline of big tech companies.

* New Yorker article

* Slate Article

* Washington Post article

Quality Assurance

AJ

* If you are a fan of Clive Cussler (RIP) Sam and Remi Fargo Adventure series or Jason Heaton’s Depth Charge Series | Deep Shadow by Nick Sullivan (The Deep Series) [Libro.FM Link here]

* https://www.tropicalauthors.com/

Chris

* How to Resist Amazon and Why by Danny Caine - non-Amazon link to purchase the book

* A solar-powered website - https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com

* An article of note - How and Why I Stopped Buying New Laptops

Be A Canvas Insider

Chris and AJ are back after a much…MUCH longer than anticipated break.

The News |

Episode 217 [for the month of October] marks the fist episode for the show moving to its new schedule, both in podcast and on KMRE 102.3 FM, as a now monthly podcast. After 6 years of being weekly, yes Chris and AJ still gregariously enjoy each-other’s company on the mic, but unfortunately work-home-life balancing isn’t as nimble as it used to be for scheduling even 3 years ago. So to keep an actual sustainable production schedule, the Bellingham Podcast will be a monthly show from this episode moving forward.

Thank you, all of YOU! For all your continued support and listenership wherever you like to tune into us.

What’s been keeping Chris and AJ busy and not podcasting?

From AJ | Meet the Charlotte

From Chris | Be A Canvas Insider

Visku - An Icelandic word for wisdom.

AJ’s Visku - for you!

Philosophy | The Mountain Doesn’t Care. It doesn’t care if we live, if we die. If we summit, or turn around. And in the end, when we are all long gone, it will out live us all. SO, learn from that. Find your grounding wherever you are with nature.

Finances| Stay within your means and perhaps evaluate the utility cost over time

* HODINKEE Radio Episode 4: Om Malik

Photography | Get your photos printed. Carry one in your wallet even (you might even be hip to do so, cool to be so retro?)

Food | Evaluate not just what you eat, but WHY you eat what you eat.

Chris’ Visku - it’s true!

Parking in a grocery store parking lot - backing in

Assuming other drivers will speed through the right lane and merge quickly ahead of you as two lanes become one. Visku gives us the ability to let them go ahead of you.

Files on your computer | back them up or they never existed.

Time-shifting your workday - 30 minutes earlier

Twins- Pro tip, twin base guitars to hot swap between them in the middle of performances

Crowing about Content

AJ

Analog Explorer | Available now on Substack

Chris’ Greyman Technology newsletter, Canvas Insider newsletter and podcast

Aikoku - A Japanese word for grief, mourning, or lamentation

A Proposed Playlist to Embrace your Inner Mope

* David Bowie - Changes

* Bob Dylan - The Times They Are a Changin’

* Elton John - Sad Songs Say So Much

* Boyz II Men - It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye

* Lukas Graham - 7 Years

Where are AJ and Chris experiencing Aikoku in Bellingham?

AJ

Magdalena’s Creperie in Fairhaven - Aug 2, 2022 *Restaurant closed but: see this update*

The pandemic has helped so many hit the trails | the Aikoku of this, is that so many now are out on the trails. Twin Lakes | Winchester

Everyday Music - Closes mid-Aug 2022

Chris

Black Drop Coffeehouse - January 2022

Fairhaven Pizza - March 2022

Film is Truth - April 2022

Uisce Irish Pub - End of August 2022

15 minutes to anywhere in Bellingham

Scheduling appointments with your doctor, vet, counselor, or other professional within one week’s time.

Coffee shops playing music conducive for conversations or work/study, and staff who used their “inside voice” when chatting with co-workers.

Walking along trails without hearing other people’s bluetooth speakers playing their music loudly.

Free parking in downtown Fairhaven

A non-intrusive experience browsing in a retail store on Meridian Street.

Tips to avoid unnecessary Aikoku

In the rush to be “first to report.” don’t immediately believe everything you read in online news sites #Corrections

Resist the urge to mean-tweet or mean-post.

Check the Bellingham sub-reddit for updated comments while maintaining a cautious mindset.

Bellingham Farmers Markets

* The original on Railroad Avenue - Celebrating its 30th anniversary! | Saturdays 10 am to 2 pm. [Chris’ early connection with the Farmers Market]

* Waterfront June 1 - Sept 14 | Wednesdays | 4-7 pm @ 300 West Laurel St

* Barkley Village Market | Thursdays | 11:00am -2:00 pm @ Barkley Village Green, 2215 Rimland Drive

* lunch, live music, and local vendors. Bring your picnic blanket and the rest of the family to enjoy the live music, check out the amazing food truck options for lunch, or shop the various local vendors all distanced for safe shopping and dining.

Chris - International Man of (Traveling) Mystery

* Tips for heading north of the border 🇨🇦🇺🇸

* ArriveCan is your homey - you don’t need their app

* A phone with multiple profiles, one for travel?

* The Essentialist’s tech travel gear

* Get ready for new travel requirements in 2023 (at least in Washington State) ID2023.com (may not work with VPNs…boo hiss)

* Another trip around the sun

AJ

* back from NEA Eczema Expo conference. AJ’s family backstory with his son’s conditions across the life of the podcast

* https://nationaleczema.org/eczema-expo/

* https://nationaleczema.org/

* Kids and family friendly | shout out to the young lady who paints toys for kids with eczema

* Shout out to Jeremy

AJ open water scuba diver

* Gone Diving dive shop in Bellingham

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Quality Assurance:

AJ - DragonWood

Chris - Bellingham Public Library’s Newsbank - Read newspapers for free on your browser