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Thoughts on Modern American Society

This has been a horrible week for America and the tensions within this country have been highlighted rather publicly. Yes, I’m talking about the brutal murder of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. I think the fact that I’m hesitant to speak my mind about this speaks a lot to the culture of America right […]

September 15, 2025 Read More

Human Endeavors Enhanced By Artificial Intelligence

A lot of people think I’m nuts. Which it’s true that I am. But I don’t know if they think I’m nuts, or I just know I’m nuts and it leads me to believe that everybody else knows it, too. For my whole life, I’ve always known that I could get rich off my own […]

August 25, 2025 Read More

RIP to My 2018 MacBook Pro

My 2018 MacBook Pro has finally been retired in favor of a 2024 MacBook Pro. I found a good deal on Amazon that landed me a 14 inch MBP with M4 Pro, 24gb RAM, and 512gb disk space for $1800 after tax. Comparing that to the $2500 I spent on my 2018 model, this was […]

August 20, 2025 Read More

Dredging Through Slop to Victory

I’m still down here in the trenches, determined to finish Data Machine and release it to the world. The project has taken me much longer than I could have expected. Last month, I was in upstate NY at a friend’s bachelor party, and on my way back I thought I was ready to release the […]

August 12, 2025 Read More

Notes from the Trenches: Finishing Data Machine

A lot of guys in the Build in Public community on X post about shipping apps in a single weekend that start making money immediately. If it’s true, then I’m a little jealous, because I certainly can’t ship an app in a single weekend that is of any quality. My assumption is that these apps […]

August 6, 2025 Read More

Getting Projects to the Finish Line

One of the biggest challenges in my life is finishing projects. I always have a million different ideas, and often set off working on new ones before taking the time to complete the one that I had previously started. This leaves me with a lot of loose ends to tie up at the end of […]

July 8, 2025 Read More

Clarity and Joy: My Compass to Success

The times in my life when I’ve felt the most successful are when I was completely focused on my goals to the point where I chased them on autopilot, and I knew exactly what needed to be done. On the other hand, when I’ve felt the least successful was when I work on things without […]

March 4, 2025 Read More

When a Personal Blog Becomes a Sales Engine

I am in the process of building out this website to be the ultimate freelance portfolio and sales engine for myself. This journal entry is for organizing my thoughts and figuring out a game plan to make this site into the organic lead magnet that it needs to be. So, a few weeks ago I […]

March 1, 2025 Read More

Like a Bug Under a Rock

As a captain who has been sailing since I was a little kid, I am at a place in life where I don’t want to drive a boat for someone else. It is an endless grind with a ceiling. Trading your time for money is never going to make you rich or self-sustainable. You will […]

February 18, 2025 Read More

Musing on Life at 2am

I used to have this notion that I had lots of good ideas all the time. When I was young I thought I would become rich off my own endeavors. I still think I have good ideas, and can get rich off my own endeavors, but I’m way less young now, and I’m not a […]

December 17, 2024 Read More