Making The Ballad of BobThe tale of how I engaged musicians from around the world to produce three distinct versions of my Dad’s obituary in the style of a sea…Aug 16, 2023Aug 16, 2023
Reaching for the Humanity in the Stars“A ragtag group of independent scientists, engineers, and artists band together to live in prototype space colonies. They grapple with all…Jun 6, 2022Jun 6, 2022
An Ode to EmailIn honor of “First Email Day”, I’m celebrating the 50 years since Ray Tomlinson sent the first email with the immortal words “QWERTYUIOP”…Oct 29, 2021Oct 29, 2021
Calling All Cosmic Rangers!Start with an amazing photo, mock up a fake pulp sci-fi cover, and it becomes a launchpad for a collaborative series of space adventure…Aug 19, 2021Aug 19, 2021
Going Full Iron ManThis is a story about my son reading “The Martian”, and wanting a t-shirt commemorating his favorite line… and not finding it. So we…Sep 16, 2020Sep 16, 2020
The Transformer SpeaksBelow is a short story written by OpenAI, the artificial intelligence system founded by (among others) Elon Musk. The story is the output…May 8, 2020May 8, 2020
Making a Spirit Walker CostumeWe start thinking about Halloween early, and when I asked Griffin what he wanted to be back in August, he immediately said that he’d seen…Nov 29, 20191Nov 29, 20191
PCI DSS in the Real WorldMy experience trying to help small business owners respond to their Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS)…Aug 23, 2018Aug 23, 2018
Ecosystem Security: Protection through collaborationSolving security issues you can't tackle yourself, or hire a vendor to do it for you.Aug 9, 2018Aug 9, 2018
Time Traveling with NormanHow I fell into being an associate producer for a sci-fi feature film.Aug 8, 2018Aug 8, 2018