Twin boys. Toddler daughter. Hospital Tech Support. Writer. Runner. Gamer. Creating in public again.*

EMAIL // TRIBUNE // BACKSTAGE // RSS


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 the top of my site. Two of them are new. Let me explain.

  • EMAIL: The simplest way to get in touch.

  • TRIBUNE: For readers of my work. If you’re here for the daily writing, the Tribune is a discreet, super simple pay-what-you-want link — a modern coin in the hat that helps keep things running. The services that help the site operate add up, so if you value what you’re reading, that’s where you can show support.

  • BACKSTAGE: For listeners of my music. A space with archived albums and hundreds of unreleased songs. For the first time, all of my public albums are also blog posts with their original release dates. You can scroll them all by using the Albums tag. But if you want all the songs that were recorded around those albums, that’s where Backstage comes in.

  • RSS: Add the link to your reader app and follow along daily. (I haven’t missed a day since the twins were born).

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 instead of focusing on a weekly email. I wanted to create on the fly with a feedback loop that’s instant. Rather than waiting a week to share a thought, it can now land on my blog immediately.

The story grows more organically now. Since starting this a few weeks ago, there’s already a woven thread developing. I’m able to build on each thought over time and connect them together with tags.

With the twins here, my personal time has been reduced, so creating has to happen in short bursts. Micro-blogging is the concept—just small nuggets to share each day.

This post will show up like any other recent blog post, but I wanted to use “/mc” for this one, for those that are here because of the QR codes at coffee shops or links around the internet with the permalink “mc”.

Go to the homepage to see what I’ve been working on.

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 returning home with everything that he found while he was away.

It’s been interesting finding ways to compartmentalize all the different areas of my life. Finding balance in each family member. With myself. With writing. With running. Some moments are a scramble. Some moments are flowing like a well-oiled machine. Both are a blessing.

Here’s a 45 minute Kirby Air Riders Direct from this morning. This is how Brian Menard started a YouTube channel. Watch Basquiat’s work ethic. Two good albums came out a few days ago: Dijon’s Baby and Chance the Rapper’s Star Line. Levi Allen has a new studio build.

AYN announces Thor, a dual screen handheld. Casey interviews Kepano, Obsidian’s CEO. Silksong has a special announcement in less than two days. TheRadBrad play Cronos. The new Digg is available to download, but accessing is invite only. I have a few codes to give out. Get in touch before they’re gone.

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 anything that I don’t want carried over. I’m currently using a cracked and broken 13 Pro with a mic that barely works. The phone is slow and begging to be replaced. This is the longest I’ve went without upgrading. Usually I get the new one each year. The plan is to go with the iPhone 17 Pro with 256 GB of storage. 1

  1. This was completely written in Field Notes. I then took a photo of what I wrote, of the notebook with the writing, and told ChatGPT to transcribe the notes and illustrate the photo for a blog post. I copied and pasted everything from those instructions. Interesting experiment.↩︎

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 the Amiibos near the front entrance. To use the elevator. To walk around. To observe. To think. To have a conversation. To check out books.

We found the book adaptation of My Neighbor Totoro and she learned about the manga-style reading that’s opposite of our books. It’s her first book that she flipped through that was right to left.

As we were leaving the second floor, I noticed a huge puzzle on a table that someone was putting together. Bigger than anything she ever built.

“Look, there’s a big puzzle we could make. Maybe one day we can do a puzzle here,” I said.

“Do you have enough energy for that?” Rose asked.

“No.”

“Me either.”

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 returning home with everything that he found while he was away.

Currently in the passenger seat, headed two hours away to see one of the babies. Putting the finishing touches on the links I’ve gathered.

Listening to the big five-hour podcast from Into the Aether about the PlayStation Portable (PSP). Using the Croissant app to write to multiple locations on the internet. Been inspired by what Brendon Bigley is doing with his Wavelengths platform. Watching Colin and Samir interview Josh Johnson, a comedian that’s taking over YouTube. Listened to Brett Terpstra discuss how he uses OmniFocus.

Hell Is Us demo out. Preparing for Dijon’s upcoming album by watching the Absolutely film. Adam Savage shows how he organizes his thoughts. Been enjoying Myke Hurley’s new blog. A new app called Cassette was just released that makes flipping through your videos in the Photo app feel like you’re watching old VHS tapes.