Intro to /now/

/now/^[1] is a monthly updated page listing some, but not all, of the projects I've been working on, whether closed-ended or ever-green.

👩‍💻 Coding

• Mega Man 2: Puzzle Attack - 🦀 Carcinized, a Tetris / Mega Man 2 mashup fan game ported to Rust from the Python version by Mark Pulver
• 🎄 Advent of Code
• ✅ Gave my first ever software developer talk:
  "I Carcinized my friend's Tetris game": Learnings from porting my friend's Tetris / Mega Man 2 mash-up game from 🐍 Python to 🦀 Rust

🏔️ Hiking & Mountaineering

• ✅ Monthly family hike on local trail

🛩 Aviation

• 🔁 Recurring Monthly Currency flights and SIM training
• ✅ Flew in the sim

FIRE

• 2025 Tax Year Planning & Payments
• Looking at foreign investments
• Donations and giving. See: Gift-Supported Tools, Orgs, and Creators

Misc. Projects

• Looking in to international residency options
• Looking at local schools for my kiddo
• Trying out intermittent fasting
• Planning 2026 Projects, Calendar, etc.

Media

Shows

• Re-watching Fallout Season 1, before Season 2 comes out

Movies

• The Martian (2015)

Podcasts

• 🔁 Opposing Bases
• 🔁 Aviation News Talk w/ Max Trescott

🎮 Video Games

• ⏳Elden Ring - new play-through before going into Shadow of the Erd Tree expansion. Whips + Magic build.

Recently clipped articles

• Non-linear value of Savings
  "Whatever more money and marginal quality of life gains that come after [financial independence] are nice, but they just aren't worth risking losing that incredible luxury of owning your own time for the rest of your life ever again."

• A reading list for young systems thinkers
  "Long before we learn the language of systems thinking, many of us encounter its ideas in stories. The best children’s and young adult books entertain while expanding our minds. Here are some books that—in hindsight—helped us on our journey."