digiKam for the win!

Open source photo management is better than Apple Photos

Life is the event

“People see me and be like: ‘What’s the event?’ Today. Life is the event.” - Yassin Bey from The Guardian I rarely dress well, but have always admired Yasiin's style.

One way to help in this new dark age

In Winter 2024, I went on a sitting meditation retreat. It was a week of stillness, routine, and letting go of habitual thoughts. When I was traveling home from the retreat I had a strong sense of wanting to shift my life/work/career from mostly coding by myself toward

I finally forgot my age

Today is my birthday, and I finally forgot how old I am. Forgetting my age is not a warning sign - it's a relief. For most of my life I have kept too close a watch on that number, and measured my accomplishments against it, often disappointed in

Choosing Guitar Again

I started playing electric guitar when I was 12. But, I haven't played in about 20 years. I grew to have an adversarial relationship with the instrument. I wasn't getting better, I kept writing the same song in different ways, and didn't see a