Programmer and writer.
"O que?" I had again been asked something in Portuguese, a language that at the time I did not speak with any fluency. I sat in the corner of a cramped living room in Brazil, while the other adults in the room continued their conversation. I felt completely lost as words and phrases flowed around me, just out of reach. The odd collection of sounds registered in my brain, which desperately tried to…
At the beginning of April, a notice went out to owners of older Kindle models that their devices would no longer be supported . As an owner of a 3rd generation Kindle Keyboard that would soon be deprecated, it made me think about how long I've had the device, and how amazing it is that after 15 years, it's still working and in pretty good shape. I purchased my Kindle Keyboard in 2011, while…
A broken Robin's egg
A small tree sprout growing next to a large tree.
A flower growing out of a crack in the sidewalk.
A small black and brown dog smiling
An American flag mask dropped on the ground and dirty.
Crossing a small stream at the beach.
A sad face spray painted on the side of a yellow building. The paint dripped, so it looks like it's crying.
"I think we should start looking for other people." It was around 9 AM on Tuesday, May 24th, 2022. The internet was still out at home, despite my best efforts to resolve the problem. I had called CenturyLink, but the earliest a technician could come out was that Friday. I had finished making breakfast, and was busy getting myself out the door, not something I had typically done in the morning…
Rainbow around the sun over trees.
I have a long-running interest in taking technology that is either old, or underpowered, and pushing it as far as I can. I have fond memories of my EeePC 701 from the mid-2000's, with it's 4GB of storage, and trying to figure out how to make it do something useful (I think I got Skype working on it). A later edition, the EeePC 1000HA, came with a bit more power, but running Windows XP in 2008. I…
Artificial intelligence, as we regrettably know, is everywhere. I see articles praising it for its speed and efficiency at getting work done, but I also see article after article talking about how AI is doing more harm than good , if it is doing any good at all . I'm not going to try to convince you one way or the other, in part because I regularly feel torn about it. As a technology, it doesn't…
A person looking out at the water during sunset.
I often feel like I don't have much to write about, much less something to write about that others will find interesting. I'm hoping to break that pattern this year, but it's something that has stopped me from joining in conversations online (such as on Bluesky) on more than one occasion. I'm just someone online, after all; why would anyone read what I have to say? The same is true of other…
Dog prints in the sand at the beach.
A small frog toy on a tree branch, holding a sign that says, "Resist."
Frost on a log bench, slowly melting towards the bottom of the frame.
It's been awhile since I just wrote a blog post, and a lot has happened. My last actual blog post was a review of 2022, which was probably the worst year of my life. Since then, I've gotten married, I have a new job that I love, and have discovered that I was probably hyperfixating a bit too much on tech. I've always been into technology (I've previously written about it ), but it was in early…
A clay pot on a spinning wheel, with one side collapsed.
A red petal with a couple drops of water resting in it like a bowl. It stands out from the black gravel beneath.
Monitor at the entrance to a hotel ballroom, but rather than showing who is scheduled for the meeting it has a network configuration screen that is displayed sideways. Maximum capacity 150.
A handmade snow flake hangs from a Christmas tree, lights glowing in the background.
Ripples on the water, with a reflection of trees.
A sign on a tree above an old bell, which reads, "Make a wish then ring the bell."
A kid posing with a red leaf they found on a trail.
Radiance glancing over their shoulder at the beach, smiling slightly as they see their photo is being taken.
Sunrise over the city, with tall buildings illuminated from behind by the sun, the sky lit with golden light.
The moon surrounded by clouds in the night sky
Sunset over Council Crest Park.
Reflection of the KOIN tower across the street.
File folders on a rack.
San Diego from above.
Benches in the fog overlooking Mt. Tabor.
Clouds over a dry field.
Radiance on a bridge! ❤️
Feather on a trail.
Soft clouds with lovely rose gold highlights, as the sun is setting for the day.
As fall returns, the world returns to stillness. Photo of fallen leaves in a park, gathered into a small pile.
Popcorn popping in an air popper.
The view of Crater Lake overlooking Wizard Island.
Crater Lake, from the Discovery Point trail.
Pattern in the tree bark of a tree on the hike up to Watchman Tower at Crater Lake.
Jason Lengstorf is a content creator and founder of Code TV. In this first in-person episode, Jason shares his experience managing an emo band, and how that led into building software. He shares his views on finding the "adjacent possible", and the...
Flowers from Noble Woods.
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