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Introducing Lichess Puzzle Timer: A browser extension to help you do chess puzzles slower

I created a little browser extension that adds a timer to the lichess puzzle trainer. Unlike other timers, this one prevents you from making a move until the timer expires to try to help you force yourself into actually calculating all variations.

I ran 40km and knit a hat for my 40th birthday

For my 40th birthday I decided to run over a mile every hour for 24 hours. And knit a hat. And do 600 chess puzzles.

Things I made in 2023: A Year of Knits, Crochet, and 3D Creations

I'm still knitting (and crocheting (and 3d printing!)))

2023 Denver Open

My best chess tournament performance so far.

Knit & Crochet Finished Object Roundup 2020-2022

I started knitting again, again

Tournament Report: DCC Fall Classic 2022

A report from my fourth classical chess tournament at the 2022 Denver Chess Club Fall Classic. I finished with 3.5 points out of 5 games for 6th place in my section and a new provisional USCF rating of 1501.

Race Report: Imogene Pass Run 2022

I ran the 49th annual Imogene Pass Run (September 10, 2022)

Quit Your Job Like Andrew Kelley

An excerpt from a recent interview with Andrew Kelley, creator of the Zig programming language, about quitting his job.

I Hate Magento

A rant about an open-source ecommerce platform.

Deranged Sinterklaas: The Math and Algorithms of Secret Santa

How to generate uniformly random derangement for secret santa purposes.