I was on a roll. I was blogging everyday. I was feeling good about it. There were cool things I wanted to add to the site. And then… Nothing. Absolutely nothing. It made me think about the pressure I felt to keep blogging. I was having fun, but apparently there was a little bit of me that felt pressured into keeping...

Ich bin—zusammen mit J—gerade etwas im Riso-Fieber, diesem japanischen Druckverfahren der gleichnamigen Firma, das egal, was man druckt, artsy und wunderschön aussehen lässt. Den Anstoß gab wahrscheinlich Jenny, aber mittlerweile habe ich eine gespeicherte Suche auf Kleinanzeigen und lese alles über Riso, was mir in...

Cybernetics Image Library schema_of_cybernetics.jpg Cybernetics saves the souls, bodies, and material possessions from the gravest dangers.—Socrates according to Plato, c. 400 B.C.E. Junitedness As June closes and the last-half of the year quickly approaches, I want to share posts I had pleasure (re)visiting during...

AKA know when it's time to stop everything and go get a drink.

Weeknote #7, seven-eleven, seven-eleven, seven even back do' Lil' Joe. Some Links Worth Sharing These Maps Reveal the Hidden Structures of ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Books Open Season (NYT gift link): Here’s to not feeling guilty about however you spend your summer. Yes, I Texted the Number on the Sign The...

We live in a world that worships the sleek and the weightless. Laptops get thinner, phones lose their heft, and everything is made of some space-age polymer that feels like a hollow lie in your hand. We’ve been convinced that substance is a flaw. I am here to lodge a formal protest. I am here to sing the praises of...

Some notes on how to set up restic backups to Catalyst Cloud

I thank the Heavenly Father for three good things: friends who feel comfortable inviting themselves for breakfast (R&M); solid sleep; inner peace and contentment that comes from peace with the Lord. ¶ The meeting of the whole group to start organizing what I've called the New Project Reach has been postponed until...

Table of Contents Why Chinese? How to Study How I Studied Thoughts on the Language The Future This is part of a series of posts written during or shortly after my visits to the mainland of the People’s Republic of China in the summer of 2025. Why Chinese? There are a multitude of reasons why I wanted to study...

Earlier this month, my wife Sarah and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary, and since we never had a proper honeymoon (aside from a thrilling post-nuptials weekend at Universal Studios before going right back to my new job on Monday), we thought that 25 was a solid enough number to do something special.

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: John 3:1, The Bible Poem: Nicodemus Rabbi, you do miracles That can only come from God; How can I be born again? Go back inside my mom? With the last couple posts I've posted, it may seem like Pharisees were always proud and publicans (and...

July 26, 2025 | 🧑‍💻 Two Years In: Becoming a Programmer [!topics] Topics: Coding, Blog Chain: Write An App (2023) My Github contribution graph for 2023 A Personal Development Goal On July 26, 2023, I wrote that I'd started a journey to turn my hobby of coding into a profession of programming: For a long time, I've...

Drum and Bass and Irish Punk and piano covers of hymns.

I am delighted and proud and actually a bit surprised to have been awarded an honorary Professorship at Aarhus University.