Posts
Occasionally I'll write a post about my day, including something I learned, updated, or just wanted to share but not commit a full article's worth of writing for. If you'd rather explore by topic, try the Map of Contents.
| Date | Topic | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-26 | Coding | 2025-07-26 | ð§âðŧ Reflecting on the progress I've made in becomming a programmer, and the projects I've completed including games, apps, tools, and other things I've learned to the software development lifecycle. |
| 2025-07-22 | Aviation | ðĐïļ Airplane camping trip report flying in a Cirrus SR22-Turbo G6 to KORS on Orcas Island, WA in July 2025 |
| 2025-03-07 | Coding, AI, LLM, SPITS | A custom Google Sheets formula function to query a Large Language Model (LLM) about data within the sheet. |
| 2024-05-18 | Hierarchy of Fulfillment | â 2024-05-18 | Uncommitting |
| 2024-05-11 | Aviation | 2024-05-11 | ðĐïļ A Mostly Boring Flight |
| 2024-05-04 | Mountaineering | A photo-essay of moss-covered trees on a hike in the Pacific Northwest that look like monsters. |
| 2024-04-27 | Aviation | A look inside an FAA-authorized Advanced Aviation Training Device (AATD) flight simulator for Cirrus aircraft, and how it's used for training, proficiency, and currency. |
| 2024-04-20 | Coding | 2024-04-20 | Building a Roguelike in Rust's Bevy Game Engine |
| 2024-04-13 | FIRE | 2024-04-13 | FIRE: How much do I need? |
| 2024-04-03 | Aviation | 2024-04-03 | Quick Lunch Flight in Cirrus SR22 Turbo from Renton, WA to Gig Harbor, WA |
| 2024-03-30 | Coding | 2024-03-30 | How I replaced my vendor with a very small C# script | Mistaking an Opportunity as a Problem |
| 2024-03-20 | Hierarchy of Fulfillment | 2024-03-20 | My 2023 Hierarchy of Fulfillment Report Card |
| 2024-03-16 | Mountaineering | A photo-essay of a hike in the Pacific Northwest and a campfire on a pleasant March weekend. |
| 2024-03-09 | Video Games | A photo-essay and review of the survival sandbox video game Valheim, highlighting the building and crafting aspects. |
| 2024-03-02 | Coding | 2024-03-02 | Embedded 'Hello World' in Rust with a Raspberry Pico |
| 2024-02-23 | TIL | A one-year reflection on creating and maintaining the 'Today I Learned' (TIL) public digital garden, covering learnings, content evolution, and future plans. |
| 2023-08-01 | Coding | A post about participating in 'Blaugust' and the challenges of learning Rust, including setting up the development environment in WSL and dealing with dependencies. |
| 2023-07-31 | Coding | A post about starting the Rust programming language tutorial, covering installation, Cargo, and the 'hello world' program. |
| 2023-07-28 | Coding | A post about setting up Git and version control for a new Rust project using VSCode and WSL. |
| 2023-07-27 | Coding | A post about setting up a development environment with WSL and VSCode for Rust, and a hiking trip up Mount Si with a mountain goat encounter. |
| 2023-07-26 | Coding | A post about starting the journey from being a hobbyist coder to a professional programmer, choosing to learn Rust and setting up a Linux development environment with WSL. |
| 2023-07-12 | Video Games | A post about a custom birthday cake based on the cake puzzle from the video game 'The 7th Guest'. |
| 2023-07-11 | Video Games | A review of the video game Pillars of Eternity after completing it, and a note about starting Valheim next. |
| 2023-07-09 | Camping | A post about camping at Dashpoint State Park in Federal Way, Washington. |
| 2023-06-20 | 3D Printing | A post about 3D printing a custom trophy award based on Bandit, the dad from the TV show Bluey, at a local library's maker space. |
| 2023-06-13 | Hypecycle | A reflection on technology hype cycles, from crypto and blockchain to the current wave of AI, LLMs, and 'spicy autocomplete'. |
| 2023-06-06 | Philosophy | A philosophical exploration of 'Cursed Knowledge' - information that, once known, cannot be unknown and may carry a burden. |
| 2023-06-02 | GTD | A post about creating personal productivity charts from Gqueues task manager data using Python and Pandas. |
| 2023-05-27 | TIL | A Today I Learned (TIL) post about Dijkstra Maps, their application in video game pathfinding AI, and their connection to graph theory. |
| 2023-05-25 | Coding | Updates to the TIL page regarding RSS feeds, learning the Rust programming language, and working with DoubleLoop. |
| 2023-05-17 | Running | A personal reflection on running, identity, and achieving personal bests. |
| 2023-05-14 | TIL | A Today I Learned (TIL) post about visiting Snoqualmie Falls, its connection to the TV show Twin Peaks, and the impressive hydroelectric power plant at the site. |
| 2023-05-13 | Coding | A Today I Learned (TIL) post about implementing a toy DNS resolver in Python, inspired by Julia Evans' zine. |
| 2023-05-12 | Uses | A post about receiving a new Fitbit Charge 5 and updating my 'Uses' page. |
| 2023-05-08 | TIL | A Today I Learned (TIL) post discussing the efficiency of different programming languages and the concept of the 'Liar's Dividend'. |
| 2023-04-28 | TIL | A Today I Learned (TIL) post about the word 'phatic' |
| 2023-04-19 | TIL | A post about the Doom WAD 'myhouse.wad' and a Today I Learned (TIL) section on the creation of synthetic helium. |
| 2023-04-18 | TIL | A Today I Learned (TIL) post about how the card game Magic: The Gathering is Turing complete, and its connection to Prolog and Datalog. |
| 2023-04-17 | TIL | A Today I Learned (TIL) post about the connection between ray-casting, ray-tracing, and Binary Space Partitions (BSP) from the game Doom. |
| 2023-04-08 | TIL | A Today I Learned (TIL) post about the concept of Emergence in systems thinking and digital gardening. |
| 2023-04-07 | Hierarchy of Fulfillment | Learning about 'Eudaimonia', 'Ikigai', and their relation to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and my own Hierarchy of Fulfillment framework. |
| 2023-02-23 | TIL | A Today I Learned (TIL) post about the 3D rendering technique 'Affine Texture Mapping' used in the classic video game Ultima Underworld. |