Writing

Paul Moon's meticulous account of how cartography shaped New Zealand's encounter with European powers — from the VOC's strategic maps to Cook's empirical surveys and the enduring legacy of both on modern land rights.

New Year's Eve, 1991. Four guys drove over Donner Pass in a snowstorm to see the Chili Peppers. Pearl Jam and Nirvana were opening. Nobody knew it yet, but the world was about to change.

A weekend on the Oregon coast. Haystack Rock at low tide, the geology of basalt sea stacks, Fort George Brewing, and what it means to find a place that feels like it belongs to you.

9 dispatches from 21 years as bell captain. Saudi royals, philosophers, Dom Pérignon at midnight, and the night the whole hotel turned into a spaceship barely holding orbit.

Terrain rendering with forge3d, Python environments with pixi, Sierra streamflow dashboards, COBOL in 2026, and more.