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What the full archive says about me
A source-backed self-portrait drawn from a completed archive: a developer, maker, archivist, volunteer, and former virtual-world broadcaster tracing a consistent habit of repairing fragile systems, preserving useful history, and making technical and civic work easier for people to understand. Read More
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A Life Recovered from MiniDV
Old MiniDV tapes revealed forgotten footage from 2008—woods that no longer exist, family moments, and fragments of a life once lived. What began as digitization became something deeper: a rediscovery of memory, time, and the person I used to be. Read More
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Restoring a Second Life Identity
Revisiting my Dedric Mauriac Second Life archive, I rebuilt thousands of images into a searchable static site and blog. What began as preservation became reflection—reconnecting a virtual life with my real one, and understanding how it shaped who I am today. Read More
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Reclaiming Flickr: Owning My Photos Again
Importing my Flickr archive became more than a data migration. It turned into a full reconstruction project—mapping IDs, rebuilding albums, extracting EXIF data, and using AI to enrich thousands of images—transforming dormant backups into a searchable, living archive. Read More
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Template Revival
Restoring my late-1990s websites has pulled me deep into the archives. From dial-up design tricks and table layouts to VBScript conversions and WordPress integration, I’m rebuilding old templates so earlier versions of my digital life can live on. Read More
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On Being Smart Without Feeling Smart
I’ve never been sure how smart I am. Instead of chasing a number, I treated years of conversation as data and asked an AI to reflect it back. What emerged wasn’t a score, but a shape—uneven, contextual, and human. Read More
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A Day Preparing Dreamy Tags for WordPress.org
A day spent preparing my Dreamy Tags WordPress plugin for publication turned into an unexpected deep dive into licensing, performance checks, block polish, and the surprise of a disabled WordPress.org account—proof that even familiar platforms still hold surprises. Read More
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Where I Lived, Who I Became
I’m building a living archive of the places I’ve lived, blending memory, documents, and my mother’s final journal. As I fill in the gaps, I’m learning not just where I lived—but how I became who I am. Read More
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Designing a Website That Thinks Like a Library
A behind-the-scenes look at reorganizing my website into a living archive, separating career, hobbies, and civic writing while transforming the blog into Chronicles. It explains how structure, metadata, and AI-assisted search turn years of content into an explorable, evolving personal record. Read More
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Marvin’s Magic: Kings to Aces
A $5.99 collectible card trick purchased in a small-town toy store becomes part of a growing magic archive. Kings to Aces documents packaging, performance, and the role simple tricks play in building confidence while entertaining children. Read More