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Gallery: Indy Pride / No Kings Protest
Jun 14, 2025 · Love, not hate, makes America great
Race Report: Barry-Roubaix 2025
Apr 13, 2025 · A broken leg can't keep me down
Advent of Code 2024 part 4
Dec 19, 2024 · Day 18 with animationAdvent of Code 2024 part 3
Dec 16, 2024 · Day 14 with bonus LLMAdvent of Code 2024 part 2
Dec 3, 2024 · Days 1 through 13Advent of Code 2024 part 1
Dec 3, 2024 · Weeeeeeeeeeeee... wha?
Race Report: Monumental Marathon
Nov 10, 2024 · Going the distance (slowly)
Indy Dawns over the White River
Oct 17, 2024 · The mist rises on the White River on a cool fall morning
Race Report: Indy Half Marathon at Fort Ben
Oct 5, 2024 · A quiet walk in the woods
Race Report: Tri Indy Olympic
Jul 28, 2024 · My first Olympic-distance triathlon
Indianapolis Canal Walk
Jul 22, 2024 · Looks like a nice place for a swim
Race Report: Honor Major Taylor Fondo
Jul 13, 2024 · A long ride is best with new friends
Race Report: Indy Mini Marathon
May 5, 2024 · Kiss the bricks!
Happy Birthday Sour Gus!
Dec 21, 2023 · One year and over a hundred loaves
Advent of Code 2023 part 2
Dec 9, 2023 · Fun with Julia and Pluto.jlAdvent of Code 2023 part 1
Dec 3, 2023 · Julia or Elixir?
Monumental Half Marathon
Oct 28, 2023 · Some half measures are better than others
Sourdough Cheez Crackers
Sep 9, 2023 · Use that discard sourdough starter for some great crackers
TRI Indy
Jul 30, 2023 · My first sprint triathlon!Advent of Code 2022 part 5
Dec 6, 2022 · Days 5 and 6Advent of Code 2022 part 4
Dec 4, 2022 · Day 4Advent of Code 2022 part 3
Dec 3, 2022 · Day 3Advent of Code 2022 part 2
Dec 2, 2022 · Day 2: seeing funny squiggly characters in my dreamsAdvent of Code 2022 part 1
Dec 1, 2022 · Day 1: The yearly tradition continues
BBQ Pizza
Nov 14, 2022 · Some say it's an affront, I say it's delicious
Dusting off the Camera
Oct 29, 2022 · I took some pictures of some things
Crusty Bread Bowls
Oct 24, 2022 · Broccoli cheddar soup in a bread bowl is hard to beat for comfort food
Will Syncing Sink Chia?
May 20, 2021 · Distributed software is hard; be patient and keep backups.
More Chia Monitoring
May 14, 2021 · Adding wallet metrics to chia_exporter and logs with LokiImproving my Chia farm monitoring
May 2, 2021 · Adding node and blockchain metrics with chia_exporter
Monitoring my Chia Farm
Apr 30, 2021 · Chia and node monitoring with mtail, Prometheus and Grafana
Escaping Carrier-Grade NAT with Wireguard
Apr 22, 2021 · Breaking out of your ISP's jail to peer your home Chia server
Elastic Re-Licensing Elasticsearch
Jan 19, 2021 · Elastic (the company) v. Elasticsearch (the database and community)
Noodleless Ramen-style Soup
Jan 17, 2021 · All of the flavor, few of the carbsAdvent of Code 2020 Day 25
Dec 29, 2020Advent of Code 2020 Day 24
Dec 29, 2020Advent of Code 2020 Day 23
Dec 29, 2020Advent of Code 2020 Day 22
Dec 22, 2020Advent of Code 2020 Day 21
Dec 22, 2020Advent of Code 2020 Day 20
Dec 21, 2020Advent of Code 2020 Day 19
Dec 20, 2020Advent of Code 2020 Day 18
Dec 18, 2020Advent of Code 2020 Day 17
Dec 17, 2020Advent of Code 2020 Day 16
Dec 16, 2020Advent of Code 2020 Day 15
Dec 15, 2020Advent of Code 2020 Day 14
Dec 14, 2020Advent of Code 2020 Day 13
Dec 13, 2020Advent of Code 2020 Day 12
Dec 12, 2020Advent of Code 2020 Day 11
Dec 11, 2020Advent of Code 2020 Day 10
Dec 10, 2020Advent of Code 2020 (Days 1-9)
Dec 1, 2020 · I need a good distraction to finish the year
Thanksgiving Leftovers Sandwich
Nov 29, 2020 · I prefer my cranberry on the side
An Intcode debugger in Rust
Nov 25, 2020 · Taking Advent of Code to the extreme
Pfeil
Oct 26, 2020 · A command-line tracer for Jaeger
Pizza night
Oct 25, 2020 · Nothing beats homemade pizza on the grill
Adding an OLED Display to the Atreus Keyboard
Sep 27, 2020 · You can't improve on perfection, but that doesn't stop us from tryingSynchronizing docker containers with netcat
Sep 18, 2020 · share by communicatingComparing Dhall and Jsonnet for Ansible Playbooks
Sep 4, 2020 · significant whitespace is bad, and you should feel bad for templating it
Wine Cabinet
Jun 16, 2020 · IKEA doesn't have everything
Brisket
Jun 7, 2020 · Can't rush delicious
Pork Belly Burnt Ends
May 24, 2020 · Moist, rich, and sticky sweet
Pain d'Epi
May 14, 2020 · A lovely Pain d'Epi sitting on the peel I made
Nyquist Keyboard
Mar 3, 2020 · A split ortholinear mechanical keyboard
Smoked Baked Beans
Aug 31, 2019 · A classic recipe, whether vegan, or halal, or porky
Kevin's Bacon
Aug 31, 2019 · Everybody cut fat loose
Tacos al Pastor
Aug 23, 2019 · Smoky, sweet, and spicy, a bit creamy and crunchy
Iris Keyboard
May 5, 2019 · A split ergonomic mechanical keyboard kitAnalyzing Your Spending with Elasticsearch and Kibana
Apr 5, 2018 · How to export your finanial data from Mint into Elasticsearch
Reinventing Fermilab's Scientific Computing Grid Accounting with the Elastic Stack
Feb 28, 2018 · Elastic{on} 2018 talk on distributed computing monitoring and accounting at Fermilab
Atreus Keyboard
Feb 18, 2018 · A compact, ergonomic mechanical keyboard kit
GRACC: Next Generation of the OSG Accounting
Feb 16, 2017 · Re-architecting grid accounting for the next decade and beyond.
Large-Scale Scientific Computing Monitoring with Grafana
Dec 26, 2016 · GrafanaCon 2016 talk on system and service monitoring at Fermilab
HEP Cloud/GCE Monitoring with Grafana
Nov 17, 2016 · Monitoring of batch jobs and VMs running on Google Cloud Platform via HEP Cloud
Kitchen refresh
Mar 13, 2015 · Kitchen painted and crown molding installed
Butcher block Countertop
Mar 13, 2015 · Butcher block countertop for kitchen island
Backsplash
Mar 12, 2015 · Subway tile backsplash behind range
POS Web App
Feb 2, 2015 · Custom web/mobile POS app and management backend
Gravitas
Aug 24, 2014 · Game started for/inspired by Ludum Dare 30
Baby Rattles
May 14, 2014 · Baby rattles turned from Hophornbeam for my niece.
CloudFlare DDNS Client
Oct 30, 2013 · Dynamic DNS client written in Go
Spent Fuel Pool Decay Heat
Oct 10, 2013 · Map of spent fuel pool showing assembly decay heats.
Cask 3D Geometry
Aug 10, 2013 · Rendering of dry storage cask 3D model.
Dining Table
Aug 1, 2013 · Dining table I made for my new house.
Cask 3D Dose
Jun 21, 2013 · Rendering of dry storage cask surface dose rates.
Spent Fuel Population Statistics
Jun 10, 2013 · Graph of spent fuel pool population statistics.
Cask Diagram
Jun 10, 2012 · CAD model of dry storage cask.
BWR RPV Rollout
Jun 10, 2011 · Plot of neutron fluence on RPV surface.
Necker Cubes Trivet
Sep 6, 2010 · Trivet made from maple, mahogany, and walnut.
Divergence Trivet
Sep 6, 2010 · Trivet made from maple and walnut.
Necker Cubes Trivet
Sep 6, 2010 · Trivet made from maple, mahogany, and walnut.
Butcher Block Trivet
Sep 6, 2010 · Cutting board/trivet made with maple.
Drywell Dose
Jun 10, 2010 · Rendering of dose rates in BWR drywell.
BWR 3D Model
Jun 10, 2009 · Rendering of BWR 3D model.
Core Map
Jun 10, 2009 · Map of BWR reactor core showing relative pin powers on color scale.
Tea Lights
Dec 5, 2008 · A few tea lights turned as Christmas presents.
Storm
Sep 6, 2008 · Storm over Quetico National Park in Canada.
Award Stand
Sep 6, 2008 · Stand for glass award won by realtor friend.
Office Trim
Sep 6, 2007 · Office half-wall tops and trim.
Pinnacles National Park
Oct 6, 2005 · Panoramic overlooking part of the Pinnacles.
Path of Righteousness
Sep 6, 2005 · Photo composition
Zipbot
Sep 6, 2005 · BEAM robot that runs towards the brightest light source.
Wanderbot
Sep 6, 2005 · Solar-powered BEAM robot.
Sentinelbot
Sep 6, 2005 · BEAM robot that tracks on the brightest light source.
Planetary Gear Table
Sep 6, 2005 · Top for coffe table that is functioning planetary gearset.All Categories
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