Notes from Iowa Code Camp 2026, where I focused on sessions about AI and NixOS.
Free programming books, starting with the Competitive Programmer's Handbook, and places to practice what you read.
A plan for getting into modern board games, with friends and strangers, here in Omaha, NE.
Thinking about pride vs. joy, and intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation.
Reading Angela Duckworth's second book, Situated, on how we can engineer our surroundings to foster success.
5 to 7 minute speech about warfare innovations in Ukraine
Volunteering for the 7/7/26 speaker slot with talks on 44Net, CYD with MicroPython, and possibly Defined Networking.
Thoughts on human organizational patterns from Monty Python to XKCD to academic models
An overview of steganographic tools for hiding data inside audio files
Getting started with the ESP32 C3 Super Mini — flashing MicroPython and connecting via serial.
Sharing my Deno lunch and learn presentation
Why AI-powered license laundering services like Malus.sh represent a fundamental threat to open source and should be illegal.
A nice CGI video from the Ambient Outpost YouTube channel.
Nebraska Public Media brings NPR programming to Omaha on 101.9 FM
Post started with Claude.ai
Post started with Gemini
Wearable technology tutorial I'd like to work.
Wow! What wonderful wasm widgets!
Setup two new tunnels to a Debian 12 VM.
Working with time, and tasks is tricky.