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Older posts on movies, recipes, music, poetry, and other topics. These posts are from earlier days of the blog and are preserved here for anyone who finds them useful.

90 posts across 16 years.

2026

Die with Zero Reviews · Jul 16
Happy Birthday Zayn Fatherhood · Jun 29
Vivarium Reviews · Apr 5
The Social Network Reviews · Apr 5
The Matrix Reviews · Apr 5
Oppenheimer Reviews · Apr 5
Joker Reviews · Apr 5

2025

Starting a Portrait Photography Business Art · Dec 18
Photography vs Programming: a Minimalist Perspective Art · Oct 11
What Would You Do When You Retire? Essays · Sep 22
Lake Tahoe Vacation Travel · Jul 15
LLMs and an old dev Essays · Jun 10
Louis Tussaud's Palace of Wax Travel · Jun 7
Raising Mentally Strong Kids Reviews · Mar 26
Mo (Netflix show) Reviews · Feb 8
Hunger (2023) Reviews · Feb 5
The Courage to Be Disliked Reviews · Jan 30
Sonic 3 Reviews · Jan 27

2024

Photography in the age of Generative AI Art · Dec 21
Former Developers and what are they doing now Work · Aug 9
2024 Scribdfest in Vail Travel · Jul 1
2024 San Diego Travel · Jun 1
2024 Fort Worth Stockyards Travel · Mar 1
The things you own end up owning you Essays · Feb 6

2023

Parenting is hard Fatherhood · Sep 30
Credit cards vs Pokémon cards Fatherhood · Sep 23
Ayden says Fatherhood · Sep 23
The Highly Sensitive Parent by Elaine Aron Reviews · Sep 19
It is so hard to choose Fatherhood · Sep 12
Past Performance Does Not Guarantee Future Results: A Reflection on Human Nature and Trading Strategies Essays · Aug 7
Zygo: Finally listen to everything while swimming Reviews · Jul 10
How to find the other end of deck drains? Essays · May 15
How to Advance in Your Career as an IC Work · Feb 6
Blue Thunder and Moon Art · Jan 1

2022

American flag is better than Texas flag Fatherhood · Nov 28
Every day is a vacation Essays · Nov 23
Heroes Essays · Nov 7
What you should do with your life Essays · Nov 5
My heart is growing bigger Fatherhood · Oct 29
Why Midlife Crisis? Essays · Sep 23
Don't buy the house Essays · Sep 22
10 Years Goals Essays · Jul 11
Digital Minimalism Essays · Jun 26
It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War by Lynsey Addario Reviews · Jun 20
Nightmares of a 4-Year-Old Fatherhood · Jun 3
Be the people that Evan's be Fatherhood · May 23
Can you bring toys back home? Fatherhood · Mar 28
Wheels and Engine Sound Fatherhood · Jan 28

2021

Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 - Show and tell Work · Dec 24
Ayden & Simba Go to the Moon Art · Oct 26
Blue Bus and Yummy Apples Art · Oct 25
Yellow Bus and Red Car Art · Oct 23
A Poem by Mirza Ghalib Art · Oct 22
I Art · Oct 21
A poem by Mir Taqi Mir Art · Oct 20
A Poem by Mir Dard Art · Oct 19
A poem by Allama Iqbal Art · Oct 10
Oneness of Humanity Art · Oct 9
Cigarette Art · Oct 8
Once I Fell in Love Art · Oct 7
Stars & Moon Art · Oct 6
think hard Fatherhood · Sep 30
Oculus Quest 2 Review Reviews · Sep 27
To Sufi by Allama Iqbal Art · Sep 27
New Career Direction Fatherhood · Sep 26
What do you want to be when you grow up Fatherhood · Jul 17

2020

WordPress to Hugo to WordPress to Hugo Essays · Dec 23
My experience with Open Water Scuba certification in Dallas Essays · Jun 29
Ask HN: Parents of HN, what are your best sources for evidence-based parenting? Fatherhood · Apr 14

2019

Baby vs Dog Fatherhood · Jul 18
Real Estate vs Startup Work · Jul 15
Developer Hegemony by Erik Dietrich Reviews · Jul 9
What is this blog about anyways? Essays · Jul 8
National Videogame Museum Travel · Jun 1
My Photography Workflow with Lightroom, SmugMug, and iPad Pro Art · Apr 22

2018

My New Photography Workflow with iPad Pro and Lightroom 6 Art · Jan 8

2017

Working Remotely Work · Sep 28
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber Reviews · Jul 8
2017 Puerto Rico Travel · Apr 1
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Reviews · Mar 6

2016

FTP from Lightroom Art · Dec 22
The War of Art Reviews · Nov 16
2016 Honolulu Travel · Aug 1

2015

Lightroom & Smugmug Workflow Art · Dec 3

2014

How to Fail at Almost Everything & Still Win Big Reviews · Oct 18

2012

2012 Vegas Travel · May 1
Simba Art · Mar 30

2011

2011 San Francisco Travel · Sep 1
4 Hour Body by Tim Ferriss Reviews · May 2

2000

Aleph Art · Jan 1