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Personal knowledge base. Second brain. Working in public.
Learning what I can, Reading what I find, tracking Questions worth pondering.
Domains
The technical work covers CLI tooling, Nvim configuration, VPS management, Dotfiles, and Runbooks for when things go wrong. Out in the field, it's the Field Kit, the Motorcycle, FPV Drones, and keeping an eye on Weather.
Knowledge work means Sensemaking Systems, Creative Principles, and Habits that compound. The creative practice spans Journalism, Dataviz, and Outdoor Flash Lighting.
Preparedness ties it together—Runbooks, Emergency Communications, Supply Chain thinking. And daily life: Coffee, Food, the Hudson Valley, and Quantified Self tracking.
Active

NOAA Satellites — receiving satellite photographs with amateur equipment

FPV Drones — flying, building, finding spots in the Hudson Valley

Ham Radio — Frequencies, Meshtastic, HackRF, Flipper Zero
Personal APIs — building the personal panopticon for Quantified Self
Reference
Technical — CLI workflows, Nvim, scripts, solutions worth remembering
Journalism — investigation methods, FOIA, Source Handling, Data Journalism
Projects — work logs, collaboration notes, things in progress
Runbooks — emergency procedures for vehicle, digital security, medical
Thinking
Influences & Thinking — stewart brand, stephenson, ram dass
Appropriate Technology — right tool, right scale, specific problem
Practice & Presence — be here now as method
Hacker Culture — curiosity as virtue, building over consuming