https://tynan.comMy name is Tynan. I love life and I explore its limits by ignoring common sense and seeing what is really possible.https://tynan.com/tmbhttps://tynan.com/tmbTue, 29 Sep 2026 22:10:48 +0000Somehow this blog has (d)evolved into just being about hiking and buying Teslas, but here we go. Ten years ago some of my good friends Todd and Elaine organized a hike around Mont Blanc...https://tynan.com/freefsdhttps://tynan.com/freefsdFri, 04 Sep 2026 15:15:57 +0000Full Self Driving on Teslas is so good now that it has fundamentally changed how I think about cars. Before FSD was good I considered Teslas to be perhaps the worst option. The fit and...https://tynan.com/aihttps://tynan.com/aiWed, 15 Jul 2026 14:28:00 +0000Within the past few weeks, something changed in AI. Every release is better than the last, sometimes in obvious ways, sometimes in a way that feels like placebo. But this time, with Ant...https://tynan.com/atadvicehttps://tynan.com/atadviceFri, 08 May 2026 22:04:02 +0000I decided to hike part of the Appalachian Trail this year. I made it forty miles before my heels couldn't take it anymore (bad shoes), but loved the experience and learned a lot. This p...https://tynan.com/athttps://tynan.com/atTue, 28 Apr 2026 17:16:43 +0000About ten months ago I was sitting at my computer and I just had the thought, "I need to get outside more". I dug up my old camping gear that I took to Salcantay, drove out to the deser...https://tynan.com/amazinghttps://tynan.com/amazingWed, 18 Mar 2026 23:09:27 +0000For a long time I wanted to make a port guide for every cruise port. I wasn't happy with any of the existing ones I'd find through search, and there were certain things I wanted to know...https://tynan.com/gear2026https://tynan.com/gear2026Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:57:18 +0000First, for future people who are going to ask me next year when the gear post is coming: it will come as soon as I can get it done. I'll do a gear post every year until I die or stop tr...https://tynan.com/genzhttps://tynan.com/genzTue, 13 Jan 2026 17:40:28 +0000I read a really good article the other day about why the younger generations are so into sports betting and prediction markets. The general thesis is that now through social media peopl...https://tynan.com/goodbye2025https://tynan.com/goodbye2025Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000Another year, another wrap-up! I'm an absolute broken record on these things, but you haven't read one in a year so maybe you don't remember that I write basically the same thing every...https://tynan.com/teslahttps://tynan.com/teslaMon, 29 Dec 2025 16:12:13 +0000About five years ago I wrote about why I chose to buy a BMW i3 instead of a Tesla like everyone else. I still love the i3 and think that it was the right choice at the time, but things...https://tynan.com/nephewhttps://tynan.com/nephewThu, 30 Oct 2025 19:20:08 +0000My nephew is getting old enough that his little personality is starting to come out and I can imagine him going through the different phases of life. He's still too young to need or to...https://tynan.com/chicagohttps://tynan.com/chicagoTue, 12 Aug 2025 21:49:28 +0000In 2024 I was sitting at my laptop watching YouTube videos and saw one about the Pinball Expo in Chicago. It was only a day old and was covering the first day of the expo. I checked fli...https://tynan.com/the-ai-window-is-nowhttps://tynan.com/the-ai-window-is-nowWed, 09 Jul 2025 22:54:58 +0000I had about twelve hours to kill in Vancouver yesterday. I went to my favorite tea place there (Vancha), played some pinball, and then went to a movie for the first time in five years o...https://tynan.com/gear2025https://tynan.com/gear2025Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:17:00 +0000Oops, I was so proud of getting last year's post out early, and then this year's is the latest yet. I got a lot of positive feedback on the photos last year and it was difficult for me...https://tynan.com/tealabelshttps://tynan.com/tealabelsMon, 27 Jan 2025 16:06:00 +0000My life sometimes seems to consist of long periods of intense effort to help me save seconds or minutes from my day. This latest project must be the most extreme example of that. I stor...https://tynan.com/goodbye2024https://tynan.com/goodbye2024Wed, 08 Jan 2025 17:48:52 +0000I think these yearly updates were a lot more interesting when I was younger and my life changed drastically year by year. Now it's just a steady climb upwards, better every year but not...https://tynan.com/yurtroofhttps://tynan.com/yurtroofTue, 15 Oct 2024 19:32:01 +0000As you may remember, eleven years ago a group of friends and I bought a five acre island near Halifax, Nova Scotia. We only visit it a few times per year, but those visits are the perfe...https://tynan.com/eatlesshttps://tynan.com/eatlessSat, 03 Aug 2024 22:46:16 +0000I'm sitting in a van in China, full of people who are speaking in Chinese, so I can't really be part of the conversation. I speak just enough Chinese that if I strain with sufficient ef...https://tynan.com/having-a-good-marriagehttps://tynan.com/having-a-good-marriageTue, 11 Jun 2024 17:07:00 +0000I've had a lot of thoughts on marriage for a long time, but have hesitated to write about it because I wanted to wait until I had more years under my belt. And while I know there's stil...https://tynan.com/solargpswatchhttps://tynan.com/solargpswatchWed, 17 Apr 2024 21:24:25 +0000Last year I went on a lot of cruises which took me to remote places. As I always do when I travel, I wore my trusty Breitling Transocean Unitime. I bought the watch eight years ago beca...