Mesh networking the acreage
Getting usable signal to the shop without trenching fibre through frozen clay: hops, haywire, and one very load-bearing tree.
Notes on note-taking
inner circleHow the vault actually works — folder truths, link discipline, and the daily-note habit that feeds the constellation.
Winter flying checklist
Cold-weather RPAS ops, learned the slow way: batteries, condensation, and knowing when the answer is no.
The homelab is the hobby
Stop pretending the server rack is saving you money. It’s a workshop, and workshops are allowed to exist.
Slow photography
Deliberately shooting less: one location, one hour, twelve frames, and whatever the light decides to do.
Where this site came from
A dashboard aesthetic, a stack of Obsidian notes, and the question of what a personal site is even for in 2026.
Turning
The valley flips yellow in about nine days. This was day four.
Ridge haze
Smoke season light. Everything past the second ridge is a rumour.
First ice
Minus twenty and dead calm. The lake creaked all night like a hull.
Blue hour, minus eighteen
The ten minutes of colour a prairie winter gives you, then the dark takes it back.