May 31, 2026

Finally

There is no “finally” in big tech, at least not in the way they’d have us believe. No one is waiting for a calendar solution in the same way they’re waiting for real change and safety.

April 30, 2026

Letting the Space Live

We’ve been trained to treat silence as waste — by algorithms, by productivity tools, by influencers who cut every pause from their videos. But the space between things isn’t dead air; it’s what makes everything around it land.

March 31, 2026

Creating for an Audience of One

A three-day-long playlist, built by hand, as a creative outlet for an audience of one. I was here. I made this. This is what I think.

February 28, 2026

I Learned the Word “Palimpsest” This Week

When a song survives but the memory of finding it doesn’t — and the strange, ghostly feeling that leaves behind.

January 26, 2026

We Used to Sleep on the Beach

In post-rock, there’s a build and there’s a break. We’re watching the slow crawl toward the break in real time, as ICE — and our government — is murdering innocent observers in Minneapolis.

December 30, 2025

35 Minutes In

I’ve been watching 90s commercial compilations on YouTube, and it often feels like rock bottom … until I remember that nostalgia is not escape — it’s a place to rest so we can keep fighting the good fight.

November 30, 2025

Playlisting as Craft

After years of watching my family MAKE things with their hobbies, I am planting a flag for the idea that playlist creation is also a craft, actually.

October 31, 2025

On the Zipper Merge and Complying in Advance

Construction has forced our fair city into learning — and, in most cases, actively resisting — how to zipper merge. Turns out it’s not just a problem with traffic.

September 30, 2025

Apple Music’s Bad Playlist Art

Apple Music’s automated playlist cover art is bad, and it’s one of the few differences between services I can’t quite handle — so I adapted, because differences are all we have to keep up with each other.

August 31, 2025

Four Things I Learned this Month

I learned about the solar system, great horned owls, new tabletop role playing games, and Devo, and I am happy about the things I learned, despite the rest of it all.