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Good morning. Writing you from a hotel lobby. Only had my phone with me, and now Rose is watching cartoons on the phone, so this newsletter is being outlined on the receipt paper from the cold brew order. We walked here from the skate park, where Olivia and Isaac are still skating, where Sleepy Silver Door was playing, and where all the other kids were doing very impressive tricks on bikes, boards, and scooters. As always, I hope this letter finds you well.

Infrastructure

Let’s bring it home. I started the month by explaining The Laboratory: I decided to build a new website to tell stories again—a place where the

August 31, 2025 at 7:01am

The Terminal

is the information hub for the site, sitting just below the header and above the posts. It delivers three things at random: recent blog

August 30, 2025 at 12:25pm

Walk the World

The app sells itself: as soon as I opened it and saw the places I could visit today, it immediately clicked. The simplicity is in

August 29, 2025 at 11:00am

Extractor // 08.29.25

The iPhone 17 event is on September 9th, with the release date a few days later on the 19th. Silksong releases next week, finally after seven years.

August 29, 2025 at 5:45am

A Good Day For Twins: The Origin Story That Sparked My Return

It started with a children’s book. “A Good Day For Twins” is the name of that book. Each page was just simple moments that kept happening throughout

August 28, 2025 at 4:30am

Some Health Apps

Happy Scale keeps it simple with monitoring your weight each day. Here’s a graph showing how my weight dropped from a year ago. All you need is the

August 27, 2025 at 6:30am

The Artifact is Alive

My website came alive yesterday, the result of an experiment spanning over 100 interactions with the machine. I created the code and backstory of a

August 26, 2025 at 6:30am

The Red Dot

I built a simple button at the top right of my website. Best part about it, when I’m offline, nothing at all shows up there. Business as usual. But

August 25, 2025 at 5:00am

Going Live

Spent some time yesterday setting up my new office for live-streaming (microphone, camera, capture card, Switch 2, OBS Studio, screen capture from

August 24, 2025 at 7:00am

Backstage: 8.22.25

Last night, after setting up my new office, I started recording music to test everything out. I could only record for about ten minutes before a

August 23, 2025 at 5:30am

My New Office

I spent most of yesterday setting up a new office at home—pulling things from the attic, closets, and the back apartment, bringing a few items from

August 23, 2025 at 5:00am

Ulysses

My yearly Ulysses subscription renewed today, which gave me a moment to reflect on its value in my life. It’s probably the most important app I use

August 22, 2025 at 5:20am

Backstage and Tribune

I spent some time yesterday building out foundational features for the website. Things I’ve been preparing for months. There are now four links at

August 21, 2025 at 5:00am

Creating On the Fly

AKA The Morning Coffee Landing Page and Why Blogging Makes More Sense Now. When returning to creating in public again, I decided to start blogging

August 20, 2025 at 12:00am

Extractor // 08.19.25

This is the start of a series I’ll be doing, called Extractor. I imagine someone traveling the world, before the internet, scavenging resources and

August 19, 2025 at 10:53am

Preparing For the iPhone 17

We’re about a month away from the iPhone 17. I’ve been prepping my current phone so the transfer would be easy. Purging my phone and getting rid of

August 18, 2025 at 9:00am

Building Printable Templates With ChatGPT

It’s easy to use ChatGPT daily for basic questions, but don’t forget that it has the power to do so much more. Give it instructions on what you want

August 17, 2025 at 7:40am

EDC For Twins

This is my daily carry going forward. Had to reduce it down to just the essentials for the twins (since their diaper bag is replacing my backpack).

August 17, 2025 at 5:00am

Roman is coming home today

After a dozen two-hour drives to the NICU, Roman is coming home today. About two weeks later than his brother. Currently in the waiting room with

August 16, 2025 at 10:50am

Croissant

I don’t like using social media, but I know it’s importance with sharing my work. Croissant strikes a balance that lets me send the same message to

August 15, 2025 at 12:00am

The Library

Rose’s favorite daddy-daughter dates are at the libraries. We try to go once or twice a week. To play. To build in the sensory room. To look at all

August 14, 2025 at 5:30am

Extractor // 08.13.25

This is the start of a series I’ll be doing, called Extractor. I imagine someone traveling the world, before the internet, scavenging resources and

August 13, 2025 at 10:10am

Under the Hood

Looks good! What are you using under the hood? The website is running on Blot: A tool that turns a folder into a website. A simple way to publish

August 13, 2025 at 6:15am

Custom Shoes

I customized my own shoes and been wearing them every day since. A few weeks ago, I turned some all white converse into some teal ones (my favorite

August 12, 2025 at 12:00am

YouTube Shorts

Today is day two of me posting a video to YouTube. A simple YouTube Short. How you doing? Thank You Lord I’ll be doing this experiment with a lot

August 11, 2025 at 12:00am

Show Up Daily

Show up daily. In life. With your family. For yourself. For your job. In the gym. In the studio. On the court. For your step count. For your word

August 10, 2025 at 12:00am

Office Hours 1-9

I’ve made these little mixes on Apple Music throughout the last few years, when I’m inspired. Here’s what I wrote on March 3rd, 2023 for the first

August 9, 2025 at 12:00am

Featured

I’m looking forward to using tags with the new blog. Being able to connect different posts together will be helpful. Like the new Featured tag I’ve

August 8, 2025 at 12:00am

Rose and Her Backpack

I guess my packing skills have rubbed off on Rose. At three years old, she loves packing her backpack, for pretend or when going somewhere. She

August 7, 2025 at 9:00am

Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase (August 7th, 2025)

I enjoy following live events and documenting what was shown. Today was Nintendo’s latest Indie World Showcase. Here’s what was announced: Mina the

August 7, 2025 at 8:20am

August 6th, 2025

Starting this morning earlier than usual. Adjusting to this new sleep schedule. Arrived at the hospital at 3:30 a.m. to start my work day. Went into

August 6, 2025 at 12:00am

Morning Coffee: April 22nd

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