IT engineer, builder, and professional problem solver^*

Showing up. Staying consistent. Getting better each day. This is where I share projects, ideas, notes from the messy middle, and whatever I'm working through. Some of it is technical, some of it is personal, and most of it is me trying to leave a clearer trail than the one I started with.

Latest BlogStuck on Mars but Still Laughing: My Listen to The MartianMay 4, 2026I went into The Martian having seen the movie and fresh off Project Hail Mary, and I was...Latest MovieMasters of the Universe2026After being separated for 15 years, the Sword of Power leads Prince Adam back to Eternia.Latest BookWool (Silo, #1)Hugh HoweyThis Omnibus Edition collects the five Wool books into a single volume. It is for those who arrived late to the party and who wish to save a dollar or two while picking up the same stories in a single package. The first Wool story was released as a standalone short in July of 2011. Due to reviewer demand, the rest of the story was released over the next six months. My thanks go out to those reviewers who clamored for more. Without you, none of this would exist. Your demand created this as much as I did. This is the story of mankind clawing for survival, of mankind on the edge. The world outside has grown unkind, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. But there are always those who hope, who dream. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple. They are given the very thing they profess to want: They are allowed outside. An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here .