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July 18, 2026

VW's Golf Rallye G60 Truly Was the Golf R of the '80s and '90s ↗ My buddy Peter wrote up a bit about my Rallye for Hagerty.

July 1, 2026

this is fine

July 1, 2026

I finally created a Wikimedia account… so I could correct a tiny typo about a mk3 special edition..

June 30, 2026

The Missing Piece (Dismas Hardy #19) by John Lescroart

June 28, 2026

How does software development and design change when we’re talking about software for one?

June 28, 2026

As codegen gets better and better, are we finally going to get off our high horses and trust end users to create what they want?

June 27, 2026

OMG. Someone just asked Harper if he was from Naperville. I love this for him.

June 27, 2026

In the age of agentic LLM software development, I think Schumacher’s idea of appropriate technology is more important than ever.

June 4, 2026

I moved my entire Kindle library to a self hosted server and escaped the Amazon walled garden for good ↗ I should really set this up.

May 3, 2026

The Rule of Law (Dismas Hardy #18) by John Lescroart

April 24, 2026

hanging out talking ai and art at the cfs game night.

April 13, 2026

popped over to France for the weekend to check on my parents. Wild trip, fun times.

April 2, 2026

holy crap. my fancy little stupid personal old-school how I used twitter seems to be working.

April 2, 2026

"Conviction Collapse" and the End of Software as We Know It ↗ Tim O’Reilly said some nice things about the weird work we’re doing at 2389.ai.

March 31, 2026

Traffic is better with wu-tang.

March 12, 2026

Figure Out What I Think

I suck at making decisions. Not all decisions… I’m pretty good with easy ones, the ones where there’s a clear answer or at least a …

February 21, 2026

Dropped a few random things at the garage.. The tresser tails that I ran on the rallye for a bit. Also. A mess of steering wheels and hubs from when i …

January 20, 2026

Latest addition to @detour.cars home for wayward g60s… A full neuspeed stg 3 drop in that might just find its way to one of the mk2s. But for …

January 19, 2026

Very cold day, hanging out at this absolute treasure of a museum. The Bruce Goff exhibit was inspiring - no pics, I just experienced it… …

January 19, 2026

Took advantage of a long weekend to do a quick, slightly snowy, parts run. Sourced a bunch of fun, hard to find parts that I’m gonna need for a …

January 2, 2026

Cold and snowy at the dome. So we brought up a bit of warmth and color in the form of a few @dabsmyla prints and an @huffpufftoys original. Goals for …

January 2, 2026

New year, new @pvw_mag subscription. Now with more digital access! Thanks for the reminder!

December 25, 2025

Fêted. All the scamps. Schrödinger’s present. @piepiemydarling cake makes festivities festive.

December 1, 2025

One last post from my post-thanksgiving road trip. Some stats: 1638: miles driven 37.2: gallons of diesel 5: states driven in 7: Corropolese tomato …

November 30, 2025

Sometimes sitting in stop and go traffic in the TDI feels like what I imagine double kick drumming would feel like in super slow mo. The Poconos are a …

November 29, 2025

Took off a bit early to try to avoid the snow in Chicago. The fancy daily/hauler drove did everything it was supposed to. I had forgotten how well …

November 28, 2025

Ran by harbor freight for some supplies for a longer drive/parts run in the fancy daily. Couldn’t pass up a little matching tool box for the …

November 27, 2025

Took a minute to get updated registration stickers on a few of the cars. The plates make me irrationally happy. The Fire & Ice plates finally …

November 10, 2025

Was lucky enough to be up at the dome for the first snow of the season. So peaceful. So quiet. So needed.

November 10, 2025

Swung by the garage to drop off another set of recaros for yet another project, and decided to get snows on. I apparently have a type when it comes to …

October 18, 2025

Just a few detail shots of some departures from OEM on the Rallye. My current rule for straying from stock is simple: it has to matter, and it has to …

October 16, 2025

It’s been a bit more than a week since @theeurodistrict, and I’m almost back to normal.⠀ As always, it was an incredible time — catching up with …

October 3, 2025

Brought the rallye down to @theeurodistrict - had a great caravan with @longballrally and @plzsgnl… I would have said chill, but a few cars …

September 27, 2025

Got the rallye back from getting a couple things cleaned up at the body shop. Finally fitted the grille badge from @oemcarstickers that I’ve …

September 11, 2025

Got the rallye all buttoned up and moving again earlier this week. Had to literally knock the cobwebs off. What an absolute pleasure to drive. …

August 14, 2025

Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller

August 2, 2025

The “I’d like the Rallye to run a little cooler” starter kit… A whole bunch of @autobahnautoworx goodies (VR corrado alu …

June 29, 2025

Finally getting around to posting some of my pics from @vwdays_official. I mostly took pics of mk2s, and honestly, it was overwhelming. So many …

June 29, 2025

Some more of my pics from @vwdays_official. The end of my mk2 pics. So good to see so many wildly high quality cars. Some really nice touches here …

June 29, 2025

Some more of my pics from @vwdays_official. Even more mk2s. 2 of the cleaner, well executed VR swaps I’ve seen in a minute (also, I’m a …

June 29, 2025

Some more of my pics from @vwdays_official. More mk2s, more Rallyes (with custom Rallye A8s ?!) and an inkling of all the cool stuff scattered …

June 29, 2025

Some more of my pics from @vwdays_official. Even more mk2s, including a few stunning paint jobs, engine bays, wheels and sliding rags. An oettinger …

June 29, 2025

Some more of my pics from @vwdays_official. More mk2s, a few more Rallyes , more diesel, and some very fun rare parts (headlight washers! All the …

June 29, 2025

Some more of my pics from @vwdays_official. More mk2s, a few more of the many Rallyes, some creative mods, some diesel to make me happy, and clean …

June 29, 2025

Some more of my pics from @vwdays_official. Most mk2s, including a very cool full kit voomerman GTI, and more Rallyes than I’ve ever seen in the …

June 29, 2025

Finally getting around to posting some of my pics from @vwdays_official. I mostly took pics of mk2s, and honestly, it was overwhelming. So many …

June 28, 2025

Made a bit of progress on the Rallye tonight. Old radiator is out, and a dry fit of the new @autobahnautoworx radiator and other assorted parts. I …

June 28, 2025

Stopped by Cars at Lincoln Common with @longballrally, mostly just to see @ev_garage and their beautiful mk3 giveaway car. It’s really amazingly …

June 28, 2025

Scenes from Paris that made me think of my cars.

June 25, 2025

Still super jettlagged from my trip. Wasn’t really planning on starting on this, but… Looks like I am. Whoops. Gotta get some cleanup …