Lab · Lexington, VA · 2026

Build in public.
Atoms × bits.

I design hardware, games, and programs—and teach others to ship.

Pencil sketches for a conference badge — interaction designs in a field notebook
Field notebook · THOTCON 0xD badge sketches
Current seriesRAGBRAI 2026Riding across Iowa, one dispatch a day. 15 dispatches.Start at the beginning →Latest: RAGBRAI Postscript 2: Clean Slate →

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log St. Louis Canyon. The kids remembered the sandstone.

RAGBRAI Postscript 2: Clean Slate

3 min 622 words

The last day at Starved Rock, and the last post of the series: a planning day with tea and the Full Focus…

log The view from the office this morning.

RAGBRAI Postscript: Starved Rock

3 min 597 words

Day fourteen of the RAGBRAI log: the anti-RAGBRAI day — sleeping in at Starved Rock, Sid Meier's memoir, Marc's first buffet, St.…

log The MLB stadium at the Field of Dreams, in the mist, full of bike helmets.

RAGBRAI Day 7: The Finale

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Day thirteen of the RAGBRAI log: the last 34 miles into Dubuque — a misty solo roll to the start, batting practice…

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