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About Me

Hello and welcome to this remote outpost. I'm a software developer and a musician. I also have a couple of degrees in math and one in engineering too. I guess I like learning stuff. To reach out use the contact form.

  • Featured,  in detail,  Journal,  Tribute

    Engines Guest Episode

    October 30, 2020 / No Comments

    No pressure, but can you, a complete radio novice, write and record a tribute episode for your dad that will air nationally?

  • books,  Featured,  in detail,  Journal,  Tribute

    An Unearthed Journal Joins Social Media

    May 6, 2017 / 1 Comment

    A lost journal discovered. The fates of books. The fate of fate.

  • Featured,  in detail,  Journal,  learning

    Brain Drains

    January 4, 2017 / 2 Comments

    Learn, forget, learn, repeat

  • Journal,  learning

    Brain Gains

    October 8, 2016 / No Comments

    A few years ago, I stumbled on a free online course from Yale University called The American Novel Since 1942, a self-paced, semester-long study of the so-called Great American…

  • in detail,  Journal,  photos,  travel

    Oregon

    June 2, 2016 / No Comments

    My family travels into two rental cars across Oregon. What a state. The place is nice too.

  • Featured,  in detail,  Journal,  learning,  Organic Chemistry

    The Orgo Experience

    May 10, 2016 / 1 Comment

    It's Wednesday, 5pm, and I'm nervously awaiting my grade in Organic Chemistry, the class I've been quietly suffering through since January. I've been getting anxious, speculative texts from classmates…

  • books,  Journal,  music-o-mat,  review-o-matic

    Houston Rap, The Book

    June 30, 2014 / No Comments

    On the Walker/Beste book, "Houston Rap"

  • Journal,  music-o-mat,  Tribute

    No Rhyme, No Reason: Farewell, George Duke

    August 6, 2013 / No Comments

    We all have our idols and today one of mine fell. George Duke, the veteran pianist, producer, and songwriter, passed away last night in Los Angeles at the age…

  • Journal

    Leonard(o) on the Move

    October 16, 2012 / 2 Comments

    A chunk of Limestone, Leonardo Da Vinci, Underwood typewriters, Latin, David Benioff, Sunsets.

  • Journal,  music-o-mat,  studio-o-mat

    Arctic

    December 30, 2011 / 4 Comments

    A soundscape that uses a Melodica and Arvo Part influences.

  • Journal,  rand-o-mat,  The Others

    25 Things, a meme reborn

    November 18, 2011 / 7 Comments

    During the year that I was on Facebook (2009), I participated in the viral survey called “25 Random Things About Me”. The idea behind it was simple: you list…

  • Journal,  software

    Cloud Shmoud

    October 24, 2011 / 1 Comment

    Spent today immersed in the software side of social media and mobile. Very timely stuff of course, though I couldn't get as excited as everyone else about putting web…

  • glam,  Journal,  The Others

    Manolo

    May 17, 2011 / No Comments

    Last night we ditched a planned movie outing to go wandering through the Galleria. The appeal of the Apple Store is always great, and yet it always disappoints. There,…

  • Featured,  in detail,  Journal,  Tribute

    The Zachary Breaux Jazz Fest (Jazz Where Least Expected)

    June 13, 2010 / 2 Comments

    Many years ago, guitarist Zachary Breaux took a vacation with his wife and three daughters to the sandy beaches of Florida. As they meandered along the shore the group…

  • in detail,  Journal,  rand-o-mat,  The Others

    The Bufos are Back

    May 1, 2010 / 1 Comment

    It’s late spring and the toads have returned. Every April thousands of breeding-obsessed amphibians invade our neighborhood for an extended game of Where’s-the-tadpole? These fat little lumps, better known as the…

  • ARP 2600
    Featured,  Journal,  music-o-mat,  Synthesizers

    For the Love of You, ARP 2600

    March 12, 2010 / No Comments

    It’s my sad confession. I once had a crush on a machine. I was an impressionable teenager and the ARP 2600 was my pinup girl. I loved this thing…

  • Journal

    Wide-Awake in the Hotel

    March 11, 2008 / No Comments

    Tonight I sit upright in a hotel in Austin, wide-awake after sleeping during the gloaming and eating obscene amounts of pasta hours later. It could have gone differently. I…

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