Now (August 2026)

#Now

Watching

  • Mickey 17… the first non-kids movie I’ve watched in over a year.
  • Ted Lasso… season 4
  • Silo… season 3

Reading

  • re-reading Silo Series (1-3) by Hugh Howey
  • Slack by Tom DeMarco

Working on

  • Moving this website from Django over to Astro. More details on /colophon.
  • Still working at Stryker as a “Workday Architect”. I have about 16-17 “in-flight” integrations I’m working on due between now and late November. Wish me luck.
  • Not too many house projects going on - thank goodness.
  • Exercise - still trying to run and get to the gym regularly. I don’t have any specific running events planned or that I’m training for.

Enjoying

  • Swimming - The family has been taking advantage of the new pool and swimming a lot this summer.
  • Handwriting notes - I’ve been enjoying handwriting some of my notes. It helps me a lot more with focus than retention. I try to just take down action items and leave things that I might want to search for later in Obsidian.
  • Fountain Pens - Feels very nerdy and satisfying to write with cheap fountain pens. 🙏 that one never explodes somewhere inconvenient or that my kids never run off with one.
  • Doodling - I’ve been drawing little doodles for my daughter’s lunches and that’s been fun. I haven’t tried to do a whole lot of sketching. that sort of fell off maybe nearly a year ago.