Active Projects
Welcome to my blog! Since 2001 I've written 532 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.
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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#photos: Posts that contain some photos! This is specifically reserved for photos that I've personally taken or been involved with in some way – not just photos downloaded and used in posts.
Hardcover, physical therapy, and having fun with friends.
December 29, 2023
How I tore my ACL, how much it cost to repair and rehabilitate it and how I'm challenging myself.
July 19, 2023
How I used Stable Diffusion to generate art nouveau inspired portraits of my wife.
February 22, 2023
Twitter was one of the first tech giants to embrace the developer community. That goodwill is now gone.
January 20, 2023
Some of the top themes for this year were growing closer with friends, knee surgery & recovery, loss, Hardcover and finding balance.
December 31, 2022
My yearly recap of everything that happened during the previous year.
December 31, 2021
We set out to hike 100 miles across the mountains of Utah at altitudes above 10,000ft. What happened next wasn't planned.
October 24, 2021
Each month I chose a theme, like "Focus", "Finish" and "Routine".
February 28, 2021
COVID-19, South Utah hiking trip, misinformation, Minafi.
December 31, 2020
December 27, 2020
December 1, 2020
August 9, 2020
Create a list of local spots you can drive to that inspire you.
July 27, 2020
July 5, 2020
June 2, 2020
May 1, 2020
December 31, 2019
July 15, 2019
My mom passed away when I was 23, yet through an odd series of events she gave me birthday present 9 months after her death that surprised me and delights me to this day.
May 20, 2019
December 31, 2018
My thoughts on everything from religion to politics, from education to finance and everything in between.
September 10, 2018
August 20, 2018
March 30, 2018
February 28, 2018