my web site

I've been making web sites for a long time.

Like a really long time. Like since the late 90s.

Lots of stuff has changed during that time, both on screens and IRL — plus the veil between the two worlds has thinned dramatically.

People don't really make personal web sites any more. Or, I suppose some do, but it's more of a niche thing. Maybe it always was. In any case, it's something I've always enjoyed deeply, since before social media was a term.

Building and maintaining a personal web site often feels like gardening — stuff grows and withers over time, and you get to watch it slowly change shape with the seasons. I find it to be a really wholesome thing.

Anyway, hey 👋

I spend a lot of my time lately playing in bands. Mostly I lead a loud weird band called Receive. We sound like this, and we look like this:

Then, I also play drums in my girlfriend's band, Star Card. We sound like this, and we look like this:

I've always thought of computers as a fun hobby - one that's also made me a living for almost half my life now (I'm 42). It's been crazy watching computer culture change over the course of my lifetime-so-far, from fun youthful counterculture to far-right spiral-eyed cesspool. But despite that, computers are still a fun hobby.

Slowly, I'll keep adding things to this site, as a way of reminding myself of this.