What I'm up to right now

This page was inspired by Derek Sivers’ nownownow.com ↗.

Last updated May 20th, 2025

Here's a bit of what's going on in my life right now:

  • Building out my budgeting app TallyPad
  • Recovering from unknown respiratory issues!
  • Using my pool on weekends to cool off from the Florida heat
  • Taking my motorcycle (a 2025 Ninja 500) on Sunday morning rides (check out my YouTube channel for more rides and bike stuff! ↗)
  • Swapping out the original seat post for a PNW dropper post on my Ozark Trail Ridge mountain bike
Riding my Ninja 500 with my brother

Previous updates

August 22, 2024
  • Recovering from a concussion, banged up elbow and knee thanks to my first rough mountain bike crash
  • Got all of the bathrooms in our house renovated!
  • Saw the new Alien Romulus movie with my partner - was pretty good!
  • Gaining way too much weight since being cooped up in the house recovering
  • Tinkering around with the Pokémon API ↗ and the JavaScript fetch API
  • Researching and buying bike safety gear - I bought Leatt Impact Shorts, Leatt Airflex Body Armor, and IXS Carve Elbow Pads. I already bought a new IXS full face helmet (cracked my old one) and have POC VPD knee pads!
  • Upgraded my stock Stout square tapered crankset for a Hollowtech crankset
2023 Specialized Rockhopper with upgrades
June 29, 2024
  • Taking up a new hobby, mountain biking, for the last few months
  • Upgrading my 2023 Specialized Rockhopper Sport bike - so far I've added a dropper post, new stem and carbon stem spacers, handlebars, grips, and most recently, tires and a new fork
  • Working on perfecting thin, crispy homemade pizza made with a high protein dough mixture of vital wheat gluten and King Arthur flour
  • Getting more steps in with my new walking pad
  • Watching all of the Aliens movies with my partner Jeff
  • Learning more about Eleventy ↗

P.S. I don't have social media (except Linkedin if you count that). I used to be on it all the time but it's just not my thing anymore. Cal Newport said it best in his Ted Talk Quit social media ↗ and in his post On Digital Minimalism ↗.