Now (or Recently)
The "now page" concept comes from an idea by Derek Sivers to have people communicate what they're focused on now at this point in their lives.
Find all past media reviews on my Reviews page.
Current Personal Status
I just finished Sonoko Machida’s 2020 book “The Convenience Store by the Sea”, and I wish I had more. I think she has sequels. I’ll have to see if they’ve been translated or not. I wouldn’t mind owning them in Japanese also, but I’m a painfully slow novel reader in Japanese.
Current Projects
- Learning Korean
- Expanding Paradigm’s client base and launching its vulnerabilty management service
- Building up my running distance again
Stuff I’ve recently enjoyed
Podcasts
Podcast episodes without links are members-only but I think are interesting enough to post in case you want to investigate them.
Signal Hill – ESSAY | The Snail
Signal Hill – FEATURE | The Learning Play
Signal Hill – CALL-IN | On the Family Group Chat
Talk To Me In Korean – Level 1 Lesson 2
Talk To Me In Korean – Level 1 Lesson 1
Learn Korean Language – Learn Korean Language Episode No 01
Sales Logic - Selling Strategies That Work – The Most Important Sales Trends of 2026
Whisky Whiskey – 151: Amber Lane Liquid Amber Single Malt Whisky
Talk Python To Me – #532: 2025 Python Year in Review
The Weekly Planet – 607 The Best & Worst of 2025 Awards
Books
The Convenience Store by the Sea • First Time Read • 2020 • Sonoko Machida • I didn’t know what to think of this book initially. It felt slightly stilted, whether due to translation or not, I’m not sure. But I kept reading. And it started drawing me in by brilliantly building intertwined moments of social interactions and vignettes of character development. • Loved It!
Grid to Glory • 2025 • Alex Jacques • Alex Jacques is one of my favorite F1 commentators. His personality shines, and he’s clearly a hard worker who knows what he’s doing. The stories he’s chosen for this book are compelling, but the writing style pulls me out of them. He uses sentence fragments instead of commas, and sometimes the background explanations are slightly muddled. Good, not great. • Decent
First Contact • 2025 • Becky Ferreira • A delightful look at the science, superstitions, stories, and suppositions behind the search for alien life throughout history. • Loved It!
Movies
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy • 2011 • Tomas Alfredson • They don’t make many movies like this anymore. Both intelligently written and yet not overly- wrought with twists and surprises, it’s a subtly played movie staring Gary Oldman at his best, but with a stellar cast in general. Highly recommended. • Loved It!
Wick Is Pain • 2025 • Jeffrey Doe • A fun look behind the scenes and lives of the people who made the John Wick movies. Really only these people could have made these movies. • Loved It!
