Journal
& field notes.

Photo essays, trips, notes about photography, and things I make.

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2026·05
Making

Space Calendar

Building a replacement for the NY Times space calendar — a curated feed covering launches, eclipses, meteor showers, and more.

2 min
2015·03
Note

Getting an SSL Certificate

A reference for generating CSRs and creating certificate chains.

2 min
2014·12
Making

500px Embedding for Jekyll

A small Liquid tag to add 500px photos into a Jekyll post using the official embedding.

2 min
2014·11
Making

Android 5.0 Breaks Dislock

Lollipop changed how PINs are removed and there is no workaround. Dislock now stops at KitKat.

2 min
2014·11
Making

Photo Paper

An open-source automatic wallpaper for Android that pulls from 500px.

2 min
2014·11
Note

Astrophotography Workshop

Notes from a few days in North Lake Tahoe with Sean Parker.

3 min
2014·10
Making

Pebble Locker Renamed to Dislock

A new name based on changing brand recommendations and device support.

1 min
2014·10
Note

Pebble Developer Retreat 2014

A long weekend in California with the early Pebble dev community.

3 min
2014·07
Making

Pebble Locker Adds Android Wear Support

Pebble Locker support extended to Android Wear.

1 min
2014·05
Note

Pebble Locker Mentions

A collection of press coverage and community mentions for Pebble Locker in the last few months.

1 min
2014·04
Note

Goodbye httpebble

Work arounds no longer needed with official support.

1 min
2014·02
Making

Android Automated Testing with Gradle and ADB

wait-for-device doesn't really wait.

2 min
2014·02
Note

Linux NFS Server

Commands for setting up a Linux NFS server at home.

3 min
2013·11
Note

Pebble Connect by the Numbers

A year-end look at usage data for Pebble Connect and what the numbers showed about how people used httpebble.

1 min
2013·11
Making

Pebble Locker Updated

New Pebble Locker features for Bluetooth devices and WiFi networks.

1 min
2013·10
Note

Pebble Locker Mentioned on Engadget

Pebble Locker mentions in the community.

1 min
2013·09
Note

Private Cloud Syncing of the Future

Thinking through what an open, privacy-preserving cloud sync service should look like.

5 min
2013·09
Note

Pebble Developer Retreat

Five days at Pebble HQ with the core dev team and active community members. Notes from the first retreat.

1 min
2013·06
Making

Pebble Locker

An Android app that automatically locks your phone when your Pebble disconnects.

2 min
2013·06
Making

RESTful Pebble

A notification API for Pebble apps, built on top of httpebble.

2 min
2013·05
Making

httpebble

A proxy server that provides Pebble apps internet access.

1 min