Matthew Carlson

I spent way too much of my life avoiding having to make decisions and priorities. My wife and I have a goal to "do one thing on the house every day". This usually means fixing baseboard, painting, adjusting cabinet doors, installing new cabinets. It range

Finding the flattest baby names

If you've been unlucky to converse with someone who has recently bought a bidet, they've probably told you how it changed their lives like some sort of newfound religion. As someone who converted to Bidetism recently, I'm here to tell you four reasons why

While I won't go so far as to diagnose myself with ADD without consulting a doctor, those who know me know I can be distracted quite easily. So recently, I decided to do something a little different with a personal project I started a few weeks ago (link

I find the 20's to the 50's a very fascinating time in American history. Perhaps because it is so very different from the life we have today, but still feels relatively closer. Maybe even more so because the 20's and 30's were so radically different from

I have lots of laptops and one desktop. While jumping around the country, it's annoying to have to setup a dev environment on every machine. There are solutions out there like docker, github codespaces, or renting a VM from one of the dozens of cloud prov

Since I hate sites that make you read a whole story to get the recipes, out of the five different ice creams, here were the two highest ranking ones. I'd recommend reading more about these recipesSilk Ice Cream 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/4 tsp xantham gum

I love a todo list. It captures my goals and desires in a semi-succinct and concrete way. There are hundreds if not thousands of todo apps and methods. But to me personally, one stands out above all the others.A simple 3x5 notecard.This is a how-to or a h