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Stuff I've done and remembered

Split design with “Ashes and Echoes – Songs from the Playa” album cover on the left, bold blog title on the right, telling how I built a music company in 90 days with AI.

From Sparks to Steel: How AI Helped Me Build a Music Company and Release an Album in 90 Days

Silhouette of a USAFA cadet in service dress facing right, “A Jedi Standoff at the Air Force Academy – The kind of battle no war college prepares you for"

The Jedi Standoff

A father and his adult son prepare to ride bikes into the sunrise across the Burning Man desert. The older man gestures forward, passing down tradition under a glowing sky.

We Ride Together: Passing the Torch at Burning Man 2025

A beige 1990s CRT monitor displaying the Mosaic web browser with terminal commands for SLIP tunneling below the page.

Surfing the Web in 1993: How I Ran Mosaic Over Dial-Up with a CRL.net Shell Account