Now

This is my now page. It lists, at a macro level, what I’m currently up to.

Home (Updated 2026-05-31)

Still living in the lovely greater Portland, Oregon area, still accompanied by my house panthers Osgood and Basil.

At the moment all of us are in good health.

Work (Updated 2026-07-05)

I’m no longer an advisor for Open Robotics. Instead, I’ve joined them as Chief Program Officer. It’s a big change for me, considering I had started to accept that I’d left tech. The people at Open Robotics make it worth it. (also: getting paid again)

Evergreen Sewing is still a going concern and will remain so. It’s not yet profitable but getting closer every month, and the charts that are supposed to go up-and-to-the-right are doing that thing. I mostly enjoy it, even.

Play (Updated 2026-05-31)

I continue spending too much time in Stardew Valley and I don’t see that changing any time soon. I’m also very slowly working my way through Assassins Creed Shadows. In general though, I don’t have a lot of time to play video games right now.

I’ve been spending more time using my Squeezeboxen to listen to my onsite music collection instead of streaming from Apple Music. I’m enjoying rediscovering albums.

Make (Updated 2026-07-05)

Spinning currently in progress…

  • Louet S10: An undyed, off-white mystery blend (probably of merino and silk), from the same mystery box as the alpaca (below)
  • Ashford Traveler Mk2: Nothing at the moment
  • Majacraft Little Gem: Fawn alpaca from a mystery box that I got secondhand.
  • Spindles: An undyed, brown Manx Loaghtan (also from the mystery box) on my dealgan spindle. A burgundy bison-silk is now going on my cross-arm spindles. I’m doing it super fine, so it’s gonna take a while to finish.

I’m about 75% through knitting a pair of socks that will be a belated birthday gift for my sister.

Watch (Updated 2026-07-05)

Watch party has just started on season 3 of Silo.

I need to find a new comfort binge TV show.

Think (Updated 2025-07-15)

Losing the job has given me a lot of opportunity and headspace for high-level “what do I want to be when I grow up”-type thinking and wondering.

The current state of my country, of our climate, of our capitalistic culture, are all rather a lot to take. Figuring out how to manage «waves hands around» all this while remaining productive and (hopefully) not making the situation worse for anyone consumes a fair bit of brain time.

It’s really a shame that modern culture doesn’t appropriately value people’s time and skills. It would be lovely to make a good (let alone any) living from my spinning and other making.