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This is a place for me to keep notes about my projects.

  • short update and celebration: Pebble is back!

    short update and celebration: Pebble is back!

    2 minutes

    It’s been 10 years, but Pebble (e-ink smart watches: https://repebble.com/) is officially back! Rebble has been keeping Pebble alive for years now, even re-enabling the voice transcription (for sending messages from your watch), but this launch includes an updated app and new watches!Read more here, or develop your own watchfaces and apps here. CloudPebble (redux)…

  • Comparing Productivity Solutions

    3 minutes

    This is a living post — will update as I go, remember things, explore, etc. As of February 2026, I think I’ve found what I’ve been looking for: JournalIt There are way too many articles on the internet about productivity apps (including PKMs) with note-taking features–recommending one over another, comparing features, people holding up one…

  • Hand money

    1 minute

  • Metal (Music) Graphs with Python and D3

    3 minutes

    I am a big metal music fan, and as a lot of metal fans might know, metal musicians’ careers can span multiple bands, and some of the bigger stars will even come together to make a supergroup. I thought it would be fun to see how various bands are related, and luckily, Encyclopedia Metallum is…

  • Custom Slackmojis

    1 minute

    This is a place for me to dump custom emojis (usually made for Slack) I’ve made.

  • Ghosts in the machine!

    2 minutes

    There have always been ghosts in the machine. Random segments of code, that have grouped together to form unexpected protocols. Key Lessons from the GIF Why I Made it I found this while cleaning up files. I made it recently, but forgot I did. It was supposed to be a joke, but turned out weirdly…

  • Automated updating of Spotify playlist of artists with upcoming shows

    3 minutes

    Using the cmf.com’s list of upcoming shows, I created a Python script/class to crawl the list, find matches by band via Spotify’s API, and add songs to a playlist. It also updates a publicly available Google spreadsheet (in theory). I’m still improving it and working on a few things as I migrate and refactor code.…

  • Dasung Paperlike Eink Monitor – how it’s going so far

    1 minute

    I’ve been using the Dasung Paperlike monitor for a bit now on my alternate computer (a Raspberry Pi 400). I don’t know what I thought this monitor was going to be like, but I’m still trying to figure out the best display settings both on the monitor and on the computer so it’s more usable.…