website

This website was created using micro.blog and is deployed using Hugo. As of 2026, I use an amazing and clean design (Arabica) by Sean Lunsford, and all source code is on GitHub. Starting August, 2026, I transition over to a design based on the Microwave theme by @josh_____d.

• The theme was heavily inspired by Jimmy Cai’s stack theme for Hugo that can be found here: https://github.com/CaiJimmy/hugo-theme-stack
• Search comes from the official Micro.blog search plugin by Manton Reece: https://github.com/microdotblog/plugin-search-page
• The archive timeline is almost entirely built from this great codepen from Shireen Taj: https://codepen.io/TajShireen/pen/JjGvVzg
• Mobile hamburger menu comes from Jonathan Suh here: https://github.com/jonsuh/hamburgers
• Updates and customizations are my own. I try to keep a current change log (because I’m a nerd) here.

Guestbook powered by https://guestbooks.meadow.cafe, and inspiration for my tiny pixel bear holding a cup of coffee and thinking of the Sacred Heart can be found here.

tech

software

• Obsidian when I need markdown notes or for larger projects, and Apple Notes for basically everything else.
• Raindrop.io is my web research retention tool for the most part, when I have too many browser tabs open.
• I really enjoy Scrivener by Literature and Latte for longer-form writing and focused thought collecting.

gear

• I’m working off an Apple M4 Pro chip MacBook Pro with 24 gigs of RAM, and for some reason that doesn’t seem like enough.
• I frequently use a mechanical keyboard from Velocifire Mk (they have a Mac layout and are programmable with swappable keys) when writing to feel a little more like Hemingway.
• Whenever I’m not around my mechanical keyboard and need that typewriter sound, I turn on Haptyk, a clever velocity-sensitive keyboard using the MacBook’s hidden internal accelerometer within the SPU.
• Kindle Oasis for my digital library
• When in a pinch, I have been known to use a manual espresso machine, the minipresso by Wacaco, especially when traveling. It’s incredible.

rando

• IndieWeb is punk.
• Writing is by a human, not AI.
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