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Welcome to my blog! Since 2001 I've written 663 posts about software/personal development, technology, minimalism, FIRE, movies, startups and my life. These span three separate blogs, with all articles linked from here.

This blog Focuses on exploring the intersection of minimalism, mindfulness and technology + my journal.

Combined-Shape Created with Sketch. Minafi Financial indepenence, investing and my journey to retire early (or at least a sabatical from 36-42).

Hardcover Building a social network for readers

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#highlights: My hand-picked favorite posts I've ever written.

2025 6 articles

New house, new job, new dog, new schedule and staying grounded during a stressful year.

My love for designing systems started from an unlikely game.

Time for a major life change.

My top themes of the year were personal fitness & health, Hardcover, and house. 🏡

2024 2 articles
2023 9 articles

Hardcover, physical therapy, and having fun with friends.

How I tore my ACL, how much it cost to repair and rehabilitate it and how I'm challenging myself.

How I used Stable Diffusion to generate art nouveau inspired portraits of my wife.

Twitter was one of the first tech giants to embrace the developer community. That goodwill is now gone.

2022 5 articles

Some of the top themes for this year were growing closer with friends, knee surgery & recovery, loss, Hardcover and finding balance.

Here's a look at what I'm thinking about for my 40s.

2021 3 articles

My yearly recap of everything that happened during the previous year.

A look into what's stood out from 3 years of early retirement life.

We set out to hike 100 miles across the mountains of Utah at altitudes above 10,000ft. What happened next wasn't planned.