Skeptical Christian humanist | essayist | lover of family, trees, rivers, & books.
By day, I work as a technical writer and project manager. I live on seven acres in west-central Minnesota with my wife, some chickens and cats, and three human children. I write a newsletter on Substack.
Recently, I made a mini-site of historical-philosophical math explorations for my daughter.
Skeptical Christian Humanism (5% complete; last updated 06-Feb-2026) — Framework for a slightly odd religiosity
Improvisation, the Key (25% complete; last updated 06-Feb-2026) — What jazz has to teach us
Strange Life (1% complete; last updated 06-Feb-2026) — The more we learn about life & consciousness, the more we learn how strange they both are. What should we do with this?
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Justin Smith-Ruiu's The Hinternet. David Bentley Hart's Leaves in the Wind. Alan Jacobs, esp. his books. Robin Sloan, master cultivator. Ethan Iverson's incredible interviews. Gioia brothers Ted and Dana. My own brother is one of the Buddy-Buddy buddies.
One day, I hope to build a cabin in the woods just like the cabins built by Bush Radical.
Rob Beschizza, writer and indie web developer (cf txt.fyi). I loved his homepage, obviously, & cloned it as the template for my own. Manton Reece, esp. his Micro.blog and his book on the indie web. HTML Hobbyist, a great place to get started.
My zettelkasten organizes my reading, writing, and thinking. Learn from Bob Doto—book & blog, Chris Aldrich, or simply by browsing the OG Niklas Luhmann's digitized zettelkasten.
church and cinema (The Homebound Symphony)
The polity that is Bolivia? (Marginal Revolution)
Poverty and Dependency in the United States, 1939–2023 (Marginal Revolution)
Distributing Go binaries like sqlite-scanner through PyPI using go-to-wheel (Simon Willison's Weblog: Entries)
DIY culture (The Homebound Symphony)
Dragoncatcher: Found art (Robin Sloan)
Dragoncatcher: Pace layers (Robin Sloan)
Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet right now (Simon Willison's Weblog: Entries)
Technically Acceptable (DO THE M@TH)
Morning in May (DO THE M@TH)