How Fresh Does Your Data Actually Need to Be?
A large organization spent nearly $1 million processing data that mostly had not changed.
Read →FACT?
Nonfiction, more or less: current essays, old Reddit answers, stories that actually happened, and things that probably sounded more reasonable at the time.
Your App Is Rude
Not every menu, account, reservation, rewards program, or ordinary interaction needs native software.
Read →What an Old RPG Taught Me About Data Architecture
Lessons from a JavaScript RPG written for an iPhone 3G that still apply to real-world data systems.
Read →Shashlik
Lamb, fire, vodka, ceremonial meat swords, and several hard-earned lessons about plumbing.
Read →Why A Motorcycle?
Time, money, freedom, risk, attention, and why I kept riding.
Read →What Bike Should I Get?
Choosing a first bike, fit, size, budget, gear, maintenance, and figuring out what actually works for you.
Read →FICTION?
Stories ranging from fairly normal human behavior to reality giving up entirely.
Alien Power Struggle
What begins as a teenage fight between two half-alien lovers becomes something much, much bigger.
Enter the problem →COLLECTION
Tales from an Empty Lot
A select collection of stories I wrote years ago. I have not reconstructed the full contents yet.
ART?
The question mark is doing some work here.
Some old comics I drew
Including artifacts created on computers considerably less capable than the device you are probably reading this on.
See them →REVIEWS
Occasionally somebody else's work causes enough thoughts to escape that they become a page.
A Story Worth Living
A review from the older CrashRhinoceros collection.
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