June, July, and most of August have blurred into one long working evening. Apps, games, music, organizing things, cycling, traveling, photography, writing. All of this on top of my actual day job! Here's the thing, though: I don't feel tired. All of this energizes me.

Apps

I've done a ton of coding and a bit of summer cleaning, removing a bunch of old vibe-coded apps. Right now I really live in four custom apps I've built since last winter. I keep extending them every week, and they've become indispensable. I don't know how I ever got things done without them. I'm already excited for another winter of vibecoding.

Games

I've resurrected some fun games that I'd love to publish in the App Store at some point. Right now I've just been prototyping and playing them with my wife. It's amazing how well these frontier models can one-shot a game idea from a quality spec.

Music

I've written five songs since moving to the PNW that I absolutely love. I feel like I finally figured out my voice and style. I'm reaching out to a few producers in the coming weeks to help turn these demos into a record I'd be proud to put on streaming. The working title is Cloud & Canopy.

Listening

I've been falling into a spiral of incredible new music: Death Cab for Cutie, Violet Grohl, The Strokes, No Pressure, Phoebe Bridgers, Westside Cowboy, and so much more. I'm also rediscovering a bunch of my favorite '90s records. Oh…I recently found a pile of old MP3 archives and imported them into Apple Music. It's been fun to turn up some gems. More live shows this year too: The Strokes, Geese.

Organizing Things

I've been doing a ton of filesystem cleanup across my devices. This is a slog and will take me through the end of the year to truly make a dent. I'm being intentional about what I keep and how I organize it. I have almost 30 years of files on my computer, going all the way back to high school projects. BS = Before Slop.

Cycling

I'm riding about a century a week this summer, at least when I'm home. I've learned to get out and enjoy the PNW sun before the "big dark" shows up. Winters here can be hard on a Southern California soul. When it gets wetter, darker, gloomier, I'll retreat to my Peloton. I also picked up a random spattering of kettlebells. Here's hoping I don't injure myself.

Traveling

I've been on a lot of airplanes this summer. I spent about a week in Europe for work, then my family and I traveled for two weeks in Japan, ricocheting between Tokyo and Kyoto. I love traveling with the kiddos and exposing them to the big world out there. The food in Europe and Japan is so good. High quality, and I could eat anything without bloating or side effects. I could see myself living elsewhere for a few years.

Photography

I took thousands of photos this summer with the X100VI. I've flagged about nine hundred that still need to be edited. I love how pocketable the camera is, but I'm not a fan of the RAFs. I prefer Leica's DNGs. I'll probably sell the Fuji later this year.

Writing

I've written a ton of posts and bits for my website this summer, and migrated a bunch of my Twitter/X archive over. Still a lot more to do: projects, photos, and some very-off-the-wall things.

There's one more week of summer left, and I'm going to make the most of it and the sun. Sleep can wait for the big dark.