![pile of lumber](/town-hall-0018-wood.jpg)

![boxes of food containers](/town-hall-0018-pots.jpg)

![cabbage sprout growing in food containers](/town-hall-0018-seedlings.jpg)

![small trees growing in food containers](/town-hall-0018-saplings.jpg)

![random sunflower](/town-hall-0018-sunflower.jpg)

# Town Hall #18: Sunflower

[^note]: [Subscribe to Taylor's Town Hall via email](https://newsletter.taylor.town).

Some nice folks destroyed our wood deck. I'm eager to turn that pile of lumber
into a wobbly table.

We've been hoarding food containers. Cabbage, kale, eggplant, etc. thrive in old
tins of baby formula.

Evergreens and oaks sprouted in unwanted places. Those trees have unwittingly
become bonsai, confined to makeshift plastic pots.

Other trees will be spared from plastic pots. They may become decks or wobbly
tables one day.

Meanwhile, a sunflower wandered into our yard without permission.

## Writings

[^note]: I try to make stuff worth [$1/hour](/dollar-per-hour).

- ☆ [The “Cheap” Web](https://potato.cheap)
- ☆ [Paying Netflix $0.53/h, etc.](/dollar-per-hour)
- [The most frustrating thing in your life](/frustrating-thing)
- [Santa Prefers Wealthy Sick Children](/santa-prefers)
- ☆
  [Scientists find exciting new way to talk about nothing in press releases](/exciting-new-way)
- [“All foods are either protein or candy.](/protein-or-candy)
- [Santa Claus is not a god… yet](/santa-claus-god)
- [/wish](/wish)
- ☆ [Make a /wish page!](/wish-manifesto)
- [How to Observe Buydays](/buyday)
- [You Buy; They Fly](/you-buy-they-fly)

## Projects

[^note]: Consider [supporting me via WishWell](https://wishwell.io/u/taylor.town).

- **[the cheap web](https://potato.cheap):** Published! Let me know if you know
  of any good links to add to the sidebar. Lots of folks have volunteered to
  help out with some of the proposals, so stay tuned!
- **[scrapscript](https://scrapscript.org):** Thanks to
  [Max](https://bernsteinbear.com) and [Chris](https://www.chrisgregory.me),
  we've actually got
  [a scrapscript implementation](https://github.com/tekknolagi/scrapscript)!
- **[blogs.hn](https://blogs.hn):** Could somebody help me merge all the linked
  feeds into one "mega" feed? Preferably one JS function that fetches RSS feeds
  and stores to Cloudflare KV, and another function that reads from KV to
  construct mega RSS feed.
- **[wishwell.io](https://wishwell.io):** Launched! If you're a creator, please
  consider applying for your own donation page!

## Appearances

- [Changelog & Friends "#25: #define: game theory, dude"](https://changelog.com/friends/25)

## Questions & Answers

_If you have questions or answers,
[send me an e-mail](mailto:hello@taylor.town?subject=Hello)._

- Do you give to any charitable organizations? If so, which ones, and how much?
- Washing produce is annoying and seems ineffective. How do you wash your fruits
  and vegetables?
- I'm working on projects that require illustration work. Do you know any humans
  I could connect with?
- Do you use swear words? If so, why or why not?
- I've got tons of questions about batteries and electric motors, particularly
  the ones used in handheld drills. Does anybody have experience with physics,
  electrical engineering, etc?

## Recommendations


[^note]: You can also scour my entire history of [book reviews](/books),
[album ratings](/music), and [active podcasts](/podcasts). You may also want to
[read about my rating system](/2-stars).

### Books

|       |                               |                                 |
| ----: | ----------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
|  ★★★★ | [review](/books#train-dreams) | _Train Dreams_ :: Denis Johnson |
| ★★★★★ | [review](/books#white-teeth)  | _White Teeth_ :: Zadie Smith    |

### Videos

- ☆
  [I removed most of the syllables from english...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRbcw2sGkJw)
- [LEVELS (Basic Version)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kse87ocS0Uo)
- [Dyalog '18: Rectangles All The Way Down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK2WUDIY4hk)
- [100 gecs - Hollywood Baby - ukulele cover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd_mFtmU48c)
- [A bunch of women choir singing Creep by Radiohead except its pitched up and in low quality](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXJvc7_VKnE)
- [think maybe thoughts ideas thinking brain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DsMBCcO63g)