I Earned the Carnegie Medal For Best Dad.

Presented to me for services performed from 2006-Current. I’m still in service. My wife and the kids know what they will endure, sustain, and embrace when I’m around. Sure, they always ignore the fine print, but it is there. I’m the guy whose hand drifts toward the…

Diamonds

Diamonds not the stone, the doctrine Fortune I can taste like copper on my tongue Out in the open where the wolves run Every empire's just a casket coming undone I crave what pharaohs couldn't bury deep enough The gleam ain't greed, it'…

ZooTopia 2

Went to Zootopia 2 expecting silly popcorn nonsense. Left emotionally compromised by cartoon mammals. When the credits rolled I wanted to stay and watch it three more times. That's not normal. That's not how kids movies are supposed to work. 10 out of 10 happy snakes…

Nefarious

Nefarious is a rollercoaster. Not because it takes you somewhere. Because you get on thinking you know what ride this is, and then the floor disappears. Two people talking in a room. That's it. The darkness here isn't aesthetic. It's structural. You're…

The Unraveling

What I find interesting about everything you tried to put my family through is how much we saw you unravel by your own hand. We'd been warned. I disregarded it I didn't know them. I didn't know you. You were just my neighbor who…

I Invented Facebook in 1997. Then I shut it down

I've never had a good answer for "why I'm in software engineering." It's like asking why breathing is awesome. In 1994 I found Geocities, Perl and Javascript. These combined, was a dopamine hit of instant creation. I built for fun. Then for…

2.5 Of 5 Senses Don't Work

Since my accident and rehab, my vision was wrecked, my hearing in one ear was down to ~30%, and my taste and smell were gone. My vision healed and came back to 20/20 within about 6 to 7 months. I was told that although surgery could be performed on…

I Wrote Another Book!

A study put out by "Jake Toolson University" cites that "..being predictable is boring." - 1981, LIFE. In an interview conducted with their chief DGAF, Jake Toolson.. . Actually, he walked away from the interview. The people with answers are usually selling something. Stop being boring ❤️ Jake…

Cheaper Than A Divorce

"Him paying you to not sue him is probably cheaper than a divorce" someone said. Apparently a lot of divorce talks were happening, according to neighbors. Perhaps related to the multiple times cops were at their house. "If we pay you, will this be done?!" his…

Your Life Depends On Their Package

We built a global infrastructure on the assumption that some guy in Oakland would keep paying for his domain registration. Remember when an npm package broke the internet with a single deploy? I do. FORK. YOUR, DEPENDENCIES. VENDOR. THEM. VERSION LOCK THEM. Yes, it feels paranoid but know what else…