sprout Summary
A running list of things that sound fun to do but require a medium-to-high amount of effort to plan. If you want to participate in any of these, contact me!
train retreat
Inspiration:
- the scenic route, a blog post by Jasmine Sun about doing exactly this
- I’ve done SJ→Seattle, Seattle→Vancouver, and SJ→LA on Amtrak. Some of my best and most memorable in-transit experiences so far.
Details: Amtrak from San Jose Diridon to either Seattle/Vancouver or Denver. Stay a couple days at the destination, fly back.
Buy-in: find a group of people who:
- likes trains
- are excited by the idea of sitting in one for 24+ hours with no internet
- have an infinite backlog of things to read/write/think about deeply
Run an ARG/treasure hunt
Inspiration:
- Jet Lag: The Game
- Alternate reality game: Wikipedia
- A friend hosted a scavenger hunt in SF (2025/04) and it was so much fun + really well organized! Alamo Square → Ocean Beach, ~8 miles walking/running over 3 hours.
- Could build a slightly larger-scale game in a few ways
- Allow bikes/transit. Make it advantageous to have local knowledge on how to most efficiently get from point A to point B.
- Have some form of interaction between teams (like challenges, CTF-style things, sabotage)
- if ARG-style, can have it go over multiple days with no time pressure.
- Could build a slightly larger-scale game in a few ways
Buy-in: looking for organizers (and time).
Yosemite climbing
This is a recurring event that will hopefully happen ~1x a year.
Inspiration:
- Free Solo (2018). lol jk. unless?
- The macOS X 10 default wallpaper.
- Continued possession of the ability to rebut anyone who unironically “V1 in my gym“‘s by falling off every V0 at Camp 4.
Details: Yosemite trip template
- Bonus: go to Bishop or Red Rocks at some point
Buy-in: always in high demand. contact me to join the list!
Opensauce Exhibition
Details: https://opensauce.com/exhibit-application/
- Make a really, really cool hardware project.
- Now soliciting wacky ideas.
- They also seem to have an indie game space (new this year), so that’s another possibility
Buy-in: already acquired, just need to find time 
bike across the netherlands
https://www.holland-cycling.com/
Inspiration:
- I’ve done chunks of this (namely Aachen → Maastricht → Roermond) and would like to do the whole thing at some point.
- Best country to bike around by a long shot. Nothing even comes close.
Details: 500+ km of (very flat lol) cycling from one side of the Netherlands to the other.
- Amsterdam to Maastricht via Rotterdam/Maasfietsroute
- Rent the fanciest Swapfiets ebike. €74.90. https://swapfiets.nl/en-NL/ebikes
- Take the train back to Amsterdam at the end.
Buy-in: anyone willing to fly to Amsterdam and spend an entire week riding a bike
hiking/backpacking in big sur
or surfing, or camping. to be decided!
flower piano
Every year in ~September, Golden Gate Park transforms into a public concert hall. It would be fun to perform there!
making music in general
idk what this will look like exactly yet, but if anyone wants to jam lmk!
computational art
multimodal creativity through computers and the internet.
List of inspiration, people, and orgs to track: