Segment Fault

The Gits, They Keep a Going

Crossing the half-way mark of 2021 has brought some changes, not the least of which are the ways in which the bills get paid. So long to the ripples of financial technology and hello back to the familiar ways of code hosting... hello GitHub!

Moving

Suburbia Shuffle

After a year living in midtown by music row, a year of living downtown on 2nd avenue, and two years of living in trendy five points east nashville, I'm diving headlong into suburbia. Moving south of Nashville... way south, to a house with a yard, and space, and a slower

3D Printer Build... That Wasn't

Parts all accounted for, inventory reviewed, instructions reviewed, weekend blocked off - check, check, check and check! 15 minutes into building my RailCore II 300 ZLT I discovered that I clearly didn't know enough about how to tap a threaded hole in metal and brought my plans to a halt.

The Night Life is My Life

Willie Nelson once wrote “when the evening sun goes down, you’ll find me hangin’ ’round. The night life ain’t no good life, but it’s my life.” I have tried to be a morning person, tried to appreciate the early rising ways, and it just isn’t for

Sane-at-Home

Being stuck at home under a "Safer-at-Home" ordinance means that I need a project to work on durring my "down" time instead of navel gazing or aimlessly surfing the internet in order to remain "Sane-at-Home." I decided to take this time and start tackling a subject that has intrigued me

Career

The Ripple of Changes

Today I dive headlong into a new role at a new company! I'm excited to join Ripple as a Staff Platform Engineer who will be shaping and driving CI/CD.

Humanity

Respect

Any time I hear that word my mental jukebox punches F0312 and Aretha Franklin starts to play. I saw this the other day on a friends feed and it was took good not to crib. Sometimes people use "respect" to mean "treating someone like a person" and sometimes they use

Growing Up

Moving to the East Side

Every since I was a little kid I wanted to live in a major metropolitan city, buying fully into the John Lennon quote that "If I'd lived in Roman times, I'd have lived in Rome. Where else? Today America is the Roman Empire and New York is Rome itself." I've

Humanity

Good Deeds

“In battle, in forest, at the precipice in the mountains, On the dark great sea, in the midst of javelins and arrows, In sleep, in confusion, in the depths of shame, The good deeds a man has done before defend him.” – J. Robert Oppenheimer translating the Bhagavad Gita

OneWheel

One Wheel Death Machine

Sounds like the perfect name for a metal band doesn't it? Instead it is the latest contraption that I have found to check out.