Thirty years ago, I started sharing what I was learning outside of work when blogs were just starting. (I wrote my first blog in Perl before php and WordPress existed.) My initial goal was to capture what I was learning and hopefully be a bit of help to others.
Now, with close to 250 posts and after a career in government and several companies in industry, I’m focused on sharing the cool stuff I learn or build. From work with DARPA, the National Academies, the Air Force Reserves and my job in the defense industry, I have an incredible front-row seat to observe the intersection of tech and the most challenging application areas. I use that insight to experiment and build things. I use this site a chance to share and introduce others to coolest stuff I’m finding. It’s been a virtuous cycle of insight as folks reach out and return the favor. If we are working on something similar, please reach out through post comments or email me at blog@theboohers.org.
There’s a pastor in Moscow, Idaho who wants you to fight. Doug Wilson and the Christian Nationalists tell us the culture is at stake—we must engage, strategize, win. Anything less is retreat, surrender, unfaithfulness. This resonates with me. I’m a military man, trained and willing to fight. I’m also a conservative, convicted to preserve the […] read more