My name is Joshua Jenkins and this is debris; a collection of tiny snapshots into my life. I make websites in Portland. I like bicycles, coffee, cities, running, beer, and letters. I like other stuff too.

If you're feeling sassy you can ask me a question.

 

  1. It’s hard to tell but that is the craziest pitcher of beer, ever, at Grand Central Bowl.

    It’s hard to tell but that is the craziest pitcher of beer, ever, at Grand Central Bowl.


  2. Last week I decided to start using my bicycle as my primary mode of transportation. I attribute the decision largely to a post on one of the Portland bicycle blogs about bicycle mode share taking a little dip last year. It bummed me out a bit, but who was I to say anything since I had only taken the bicycle out on excessively convenient occasions? Now I’m trying to do my small part to help the situation, and myself. Aside from my trip to Central Oregon last week and one evening out with my roommate spent trying to find a restaurant we could get into without reservations I have used my bicycle exclusively over the past ten days. It’s not much, but it’s starting to feel like a habit. I’m dragging my ass out of bed earlier to get to work, but it’s a wonderful way to start the day and wake up. I don’t really even need the caffeine any more (not that I’m stopping). Small hills still kick my ass and I get winded like it’s my job, but I have to assume it’ll get easier eventually. I’ve logged close to seventy-five miles and saved fifty dollars in parking (not to mention the daily $6 Starbucks runs) over the past few days. It’s nice being a drop in a larger bucket of positive change in a city I love. If you have the means, I sincerely recommend ditching the car for a bit and seeing how much better life feels.

    Last week I decided to start using my bicycle as my primary mode of transportation. I attribute the decision largely to a post on one of the Portland bicycle blogs about bicycle mode share taking a little dip last year. It bummed me out a bit, but who was I to say anything since I had only taken the bicycle out on excessively convenient occasions?

    Now I’m trying to do my small part to help the situation, and myself. Aside from my trip to Central Oregon last week and one evening out with my roommate spent trying to find a restaurant we could get into without reservations I have used my bicycle exclusively over the past ten days. It’s not much, but it’s starting to feel like a habit.

    I’m dragging my ass out of bed earlier to get to work, but it’s a wonderful way to start the day and wake up. I don’t really even need the caffeine any more (not that I’m stopping). Small hills still kick my ass and I get winded like it’s my job, but I have to assume it’ll get easier eventually. I’ve logged close to seventy-five miles and saved fifty dollars in parking (not to mention the daily $6 Starbucks runs) over the past few days.

    It’s nice being a drop in a larger bucket of positive change in a city I love. If you have the means, I sincerely recommend ditching the car for a bit and seeing how much better life feels.


  3. If you’re into 100+ page PDF’s about the future of interurban rail transportation in the Pacific Northwest and Portland Union Station’s future as a multimodal transportation hub then you will enjoy this link. If that sentence made you throw up in your mouth a little then it probably isn’t for you.

    LINKPortland Union Station Multimodal Conceptual Engineering Study →


  4. Constantly falling in Love with Portland.

    Constantly falling in Love with Portland.