My name is Brandon. I hope to spark curiosity and build community with this site.
You'll find a bit of liberation theology, a bit of tech, some exporations of culture - whatever is on my mind at a given moment! I try not to avoid difficult conversations and my hope is that conversations like these will build inclusive healthy community that will change the world.
You can learn more about me here or by reading my User Manual.
Want to connect? Find me on or or ! (But feel free to just follow along the writing here if you'd prefer!)
Looking for a fun indieweb community online? Check out omg.lol! It's the best I've found!
I'm a tinkerer. That's not ever going to change. I see something interesting to try and my eyes light up and I say, "oooohh.." A week or two ago Ghost 6 came out and I thought, "oooohh..."
oglink: https://danielmiessler.com/blog/im-worried-it-might-get-bad Starting to worry things might get very bad, very soon
oglink: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/followup-on-trusting-your-own-judgement/ Web dev at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
oglink: https://www.jack.bio/blog/wafflehouse Bit of a sticky situation.
oglink: https://blog.basementcommunity.com/preserve-unsaved-changes-on-bearblog/ Is this you: "OH FUCK!!! I just accidentally closed my browser and I forgot to save my Bearblog post. All that progress is lost!!!" First of all, stop...
Link: https://neatnik.net/remembering-anne-sturdivant/?v=1 Anne Sturdivant, who was known online as Apple Annie or @anniegreens, has passed away.
Link: https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/i-made-a-music-app I've been using [Navidrome](https://www.navidrome.org) to stream music for a bit now. It's lightweight, snappy, stable and does everything I need. It lets me stream my own music, mark things as favorites and [track my
This is way too long overdue, but another weeknotes!
It's been about 5 years since I last visited Nairobi, a city I lived in for 5 years. This post is a reflection on that visit.
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