about me

tl;dr

a technologist-for-hire, building technology that helps people help people
- a chatbot to take bureaucratic busywork off special education teachers' plates
- a device to help alzheimers patients improve sleep
- a device to monitor and evaluate a student who is learning CPR
- a tool to extract structured data from unstructured surgical reports
i enjoy listening to music, moving my body, making computers do useful things, mindfulness, ultimate frisbee, large language models, and the color yellow
my current favorite fictional characters are uncle iroh and elle mcgibbons

karaoke, anytime, anywhere
catching musicals and punk shows irl
dreaming about the future together
rupaul's drag race season 18
working on perfecting our "signatures"
- cocktails: need to decide on something with gin (possible name: 'the perennial'), a classic wisconsin old fashioned, a s'mores chocolate brandy drink, and chocolate martinis
- appetizers: large pretzel with good cheese sauce, spring rolls
- meals: pork schnitzel with spätzle, rice bowls with chipotle-inspired mix-ins, taco meat + salad kit + tortilla chips
- desserts: crème brûlée, molten chocolate lava cake

minecraft, roblox, and survivor for days
movie nights (recently watched space jam, cool runnings, and three ninjas... all still hold up)
song and dance performances around the house
working with my daughter toward our black belts in kung fu (working on our blue belt)
walking home from school and discussing italian brainrots with my son

every day, no matter what, i do 100 sit-ups
signed up for arnold's pump club, gonna give the bodyweight foundation plan a shot
i want to be more flexible, so i want to start stretching every night while watching TV

remember how to do drywall repair lol
design some sort of cabinet door to maintain the easy access to the shower shutoffs on the other side

current vibes include the rezillos, the beths, the cords, mumford and sons, the b-52s, system of a down, blink-182, and cheekface.
i've got my "key albums" collection (a constant work in progress) listed on this this janky, vibe-coded page that reads directly from my plex library

weed through my instapaper and youtube watch later queues
go through 1password and delete accounts that i no longer use
prune through my documents folder (like, do i really need copies of my cingular wireless bills from my first gen iphone?)
build the graveyard site (a monument to physical items that are emotionally difficult to discard)

attempt sealing the gutter again (find disposable gloves)
finish mario kart trophy (can I 3d print a plaque?)
figure out how to 3d print containers for these things
- work gloves
- the ifixit kit
- the new screwdriver kit i got for christmas
- [and more?]

organize the kid's corner of the garage
create a stage that folds down. when upright, it holds all my tools and whatnot.

still in the dreaming phase here, but i keep thinking about this mockup of a physical winamp player and i want that to exist

the vibe:
- that scene from hey arnold! where arnold is in his room listening to his tape cassette player.

This about page was last updated on 2026-04-16.