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Drake Kirby
Drake Kirby

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Jun 1, 2022

One quarter later: impressions on life with public transit

TL:DR — I have a troubled relationship with car-centric infrastructure, and for years have longed to live somewhere with viable public transit. For the last two months, I’ve been in Berlin, so that fantasy is real! I commute an hour a day, 5 days a week, on the subway. I…

Berlin

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One quarter later: impressions on life with public transit
One quarter later: impressions on life with public transit
Berlin

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Apr 8, 2022

Update: I’m alive! And moving to Germany

Disclaimer: I’ve actually been in Berlin for a week and a half now, but I wrote this immediately beforehand and then let it sit. Alas! Real updates from Berlin coming soon, too. Anyways. I’m still terrible at finishing/publishing things, and college is hard; however, in exciting news, I’m going abroad…

Autonomous Vehicles

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Autonomous Vehicles

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Apr 4, 2021

The Great DIY Scam

I already told you about my stupid plans to build out a Unimog, so you can consider this the 8-months-later-update, featuring a DIY culture rant and the car we bought instead. Enjoy! Back to the beginning. It was covid. I spent too much time staring at walls. Life sucked, and with nothing interesting to…

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The Great DIY Scam
The Great DIY Scam

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Jan 3, 2021

I wrote a love letter to a car like a weirdo and look what happened

Another overcast June day, in traditional Pacific Northwest fashion — not quite chilly, not quite muggy. Birds belting out their melodies from every direction, deer prowling the neighborhood for someone’s prized primroses. The sweetish smell of blossoms, tinged with wet asphalt. Or maybe just the wet asphalt. …

Cars

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Cars

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Dec 20, 2020

The Unimog Guy

Hopefully you already know what a Unimog is, because they’re spectacular. But if you don’t, it’s worth taking a second to go browse Google (or better yet, Youtube) and have your mind blown. Hell yeah. Now that you’re up to speed: This story was inspired by one of the most…

Cars

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The Unimog Guy
The Unimog Guy
Cars

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Dec 18, 2020

The Grandest of Introductions

I’ve been dragging my feet on this for an incredibly long time, although I don’t know exactly what I’ve been waiting for. Some sort of fundamental readiness, some viola moment where suddenly I have everything for my car blog to immediately flourish. But! A wise man once told me: Don’t…

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Drake Kirby

Drake Kirby

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Car enthusiast. Environmentalist. Enigma.

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