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
This is a good look at Flock and the damage they’re doing to our civil liberties. We seem to have an abundance of self-appointed sheriff wanna-bes who just happen to be getting rich by subjecting us all to mass surveillance. I don’t know who raised these kids, but they failed. Flock Safety Loses Another City After CEO’s Email Backfires - YouTube
Current Projects
- Learning Korean
- Expanding Paradigm’s client base and launching its vulnerabilty management service
- Building up my running distance again
- Completely reexamining how I use the Yubikey
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.
Pluribus: The Official Podcast – S1E9: Alison Tatlock & Darinka Arones
Whisky Whiskey – 154: Amber Lane Air Single Malt Whisky
Comfort Zone – Our 2026 Tech Predictions
Whisky Whiskey – 156: Amber Lane Fire Single Malt Whisky
NosillaCast Apple Podcast – NC #1078 Unite Tutorial, George from Tulsa from Christmases Past, Grammar in a Fiction Editing Pipeline by Eddie Tonkoi, Bart Busschots on Email Sender Validation
Blurring The Lines Podcast – Episode 245 - Choosing Better Lines
Accidental Tech Podcast – 672: Wi Hyphen Fi
Whisky Whiskey – 155: Amber Lane Earth Single Malt Whisky
The Talk Show With John Gruber – 438: ‘2025 Year in Review’, With Rene Ritchie
The Race F1 Podcast (Members) – F1 2026: The big stories to watch for (ad-free)
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
The Perfect Neighbor • First Time Watch • 2025 • Geeta Gandbhir • You kind of have to be into crime documentaries to like this, but the real takeaway here is how stupid Stand Your Ground laws and the people who think they’re a good idea are. Also, this lady was whack. • Liked It
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!
