This is my now page, most sites have an /about page, but a /now page lets you know whats going on now. Simple concept, easy to start, but I want to keep up with it.

April 2026 Projects & Goals

A lot has changed since September. I’m planning a move to the Denton area (corporate relocation — should know more this month), I’m deep into floppy disks, and I’m forcing myself to prove that “not enough space” isn’t just an excuse.

Right now I am working on the following projects:

  • Getting Back to My Blog: I’ve had a backlog of posts sitting around because I didn’t have a good spot to take photos. I bought a large IKEA table, took my first photo the other night, and I’m working through that backlog now. Part of my “now” is proving I can create with what I have.
  • Floppy Everything: I’m knee deep in my floppy project. Buying drives, buying disks, working on my floppy server. I recently proved out my ability to force a real floppy disk read from a web request, which was a huge proof of concept moment. That unlocks the bigger Failing Sectors project, which I still need to build out, but knowing the hard part works is a great feeling.
  • Time Management: I’m locking out time on weekends and getting intentional about focus — both at work and personally. I want to have the time to actually do the things I keep saying I want to do.
  • Claude Code & Building Things: I’ve been spending every day in Claude Code. Messing with OpenClaw, working on agents, building little projects and tools at work and for fun. This is the stuff I don’t talk about a ton but it’s where a lot of the fun is. Honestly, things are moving so fast right now that I can barely keep up and write about it all. I’m building faster than I can blog. It’s never been a more exciting time to be a computer nerd.
  • Homelab Quality of Life: I’m getting my SSH keys organized so I can actually move between boxes without friction. I’ve got local machines, Hetzner VPS stuff, and I’m kind of enjoying spreading out beyond the house. There’s something cool about your lab not just being the closet in your spare bedroom anymore. The goal is to be able to hop between any box, local or remote, and just work.
  • Zero Downtime Move: This is the nerdy one. Part of my move plan is making sure none of my sites or tools go down during the transition. So I’m learning about migrating services on and off local boxes to VPS and back again. Honestly it’s a fun puzzle on its own. The goal is everything stays online the whole time, and when I’m set up in the new place, I pull it all back home like nothing happened.
  • Planning the Move: This is the big one. I’m looking at houses in the Denton area and for the first time in my life I can actually plan a space around what I need instead of just fitting my life into whatever’s available. I want a dedicated room for photography, video, and writing — a real creative workspace instead of a spare bedroom full of storage.
  • Organizing My Projects: I’ve got maybe 10 idea projects floating around and I’m not getting far enough with any of them. I need to figure out what the roadblock is and start trimming or committing.

Ongoing stuff:

  • Homelab Organization: It’s getting sloppy. That’s fine for now, but a cleanup is coming — especially with the move on the horizon.