The Prepared Archive • 5 min read 2022-10-24 Kane Hsieh on waste-to-energy power plants, artificial ski surfaces, and V5 motorcycle engines.…
The Prepared Archive • 5 min read 2022-07-25 Kane Hsieh on fish, frosted light bulbs, and the urban explorer's code of conduct.…
The Prepared Archive • 5 min read 2022-04-25 Kane Hsieh on sharing tools, radar interference tracking, and why all the creme ends up on one side of a twisted-apart Oreo.…
The Prepared Archive • 5 min read 2022-02-14 Kane Hsieh on messy knowledge transfer, McFlurry machine litigation, and Patek Phillipe industrial timekeeping systems.…
The Prepared Archive • 4 min read 2021-11-08 Kane Hsieh on the the Orfield challenge, gashapon, and reviving Roman concrete.…
The Prepared Archive • 4 min read 2021-08-16 Kane Hsieh on the metaverse, E-Prime, and weird plant growth patterns…
The Prepared Archive • 5 min read 2021-06-21 Maybe it was the global pandemic, or maybe it’s just getting older and feeling my own delicate corporeality: I’ve started...…
The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2021-03-08 It’s the 10th anniversary of Steve Jobs' passing, and I re-read a fascinating piece on the first iPhone keynote and all the planning that went into...…
The Prepared Archive • 4 min read 2020-12-21 I’ve been counting silver linings as we approach the end of a chaotic year, and one that stands out is that I’ve had a lot more time to read...…
The Prepared Archive • 4 min read 2020-09-21 Notes, 2020-09-21. Recently I’ve been spending a lot of time curating multireddits around hobbies and side projects, and have…
The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2020-06-22 Notes, 2020-06-22. It’s Kane again, guest editing from sunny San Francisco. Things feel more uncertain than ever, but there’…
The Prepared Archive • 3 min read 2020-03-23 Notes, 2020-03-23 Hello friends, Kane here. It feels strange to guest edit this week knowing there is clearly one thing…