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55 for 55

55 for 55

I now have somewhere around 39% of my time left on the planet. Simple math: 55 divided by 90 puts me at roughly 61% done.

Apr 23, 2026 · 3 min read
Espresso Shots 4-19-26

Espresso Shots 4-19-26

AI's boiling frog effect on cognition, resurrecting a 1992 MUD, agentic systems and bottlenecks, secret recordings of 10,000 concerts, and why a project will save you.

Apr 19, 2026 · 6 min read
Espresso Shots 4-12-26

Espresso Shots 4-12-26

Corporate chaos, dopamine chasing, health rabbit holes, locker dives, a Civil War submarine mystery, and Mr. Brightside.

Apr 12, 2026 · 7 min read
Espresso Shots 4-5-26

Espresso Shots 4-5-26

AI augmentation and generative AI vegetarianism to the resilience paradox, chocolate heists, the slow death of new music, mazes and labyrinths, and doing what you want.

Apr 5, 2026 · 6 min read
Espresso Shots 3-29-26

Espresso Shots 3-29-26

From inner life to stupid ideas, the magic of streaming radio, the case for slowness, and why automating broken things just breaks them faster.

Mar 29, 2026 · 6 min read
Espresso Shots 3-22-26

Espresso Shots 3-22-26

Quiet things, optimized selves, AI psychosis, sync music, lightning strikes, beautiful questions, and why making has always been about mattering.

Mar 22, 2026 · 7 min read
Espresso Shots 3-15-26

Espresso Shots 3-15-26

Claude Code, phantom fluency, gut instinct, block universes, and the noble path of building things for each other.

Mar 15, 2026 · 6 min read
Espresso Shots 3-8-26

Espresso Shots 3-8-26

Zen motorcycles and David Lynch's Star Wars to Earth's secret soundtrack, philosopher thinking, MacGyver creativity, and the river of endless scroll.

Mar 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Espresso Shots 3-01-26

Espresso Shots 3-01-26

zagging creators and omoiyari to curating people, Sunday self-meetings, NYT games dominance, and satellites enshittifying orbit.

Mar 1, 2026 · 5 min read