Thoughts
IT, projects, photography, and whatever else is on my mind.
July 3, 2026
From an Arby's counter to managing IT for a medical-device company - 25 years, and not a straight line among them.
The US is celebrating its 250th birthday this week, and while I do not have quite that many years under my belt, it got me thinking about a smaller milestone of my own: 2026 marks 25 years since I first entered the workforce. I started at 15 as a cashier at Arby's and worked my way up to shift...
June 2, 2026
Found a stack of Windows 95 disks in an IT closet today. Couldn't throw them out. Here's why.
I found a stack of Windows 95 installation disks while cleaning out an IT closet at work today, and I couldn't quite bring myself to throw them all out. So I've had one sitting on my desk for half the day, making me smirk every time I look at it. It's completely worthless. You can download Windows...
February 22, 2026
A new corner of the internet, built the way I wanted it.
Every few years I get the itch to own my own space on the internet a little more intentionally. This time I actually did something about it. This site is built with Astro, hosted on Cloudflare Pages, and connected to a GitHub repo. No WordPress, no Adobe Portfolio, no monthly subscription to...
February 22, 2026
I built this site with AI. Here's why I'm not sorry about it.
AI is overblown - that much is true. Every company is scrambling to slap it on something, and most of what comes out is marketing slop. I get the frustration. But here's where I land on it: at its core, AI has this remarkable cantilever-like ability to help people punch above their weight. When I...