In my world, resolution  isn’t a promise — it’s a setting. Something you tweak on a monitor until things look sharp enough. Static. Fixed. Done. But I’m not interested in static anymore. This year, I’m not setting resolutions. I’m setting direction and executing. The Past Two Years: The Build Phase The last couple of years have been about building — systems, tools, prototypes, proofs of concept. Some for Eliakim Capital , some for Data Power Supply , and some just because I

OK, so here’s the deal: Among the stuff I got for Christmas this year was one of those servo-motor kits. Five servos. A handful of DC motors. A couple of H-bridges. Basically, a little box of “make things move”  for adults who still void warranties for fun. Naturally, I cracked it open Christmas night — because what else are you going to do when you’ve got free time and freshly printed datasheets? I’d never really messed with servos before. I live mostly in the world of AI, i

Because your body’s been white-knuckling life for too long. Let’s start with the truth:There’s a sacred moment  in every shower. No, not that one. The other one. The one where you turn just right and that steady stream of hot water lands perfectly between your shoulder blades — right on your spine — and suddenly your whole body just… lets go. Your shoulders drop. Your breath deepens. And for a brief, glorious moment, the noise of the world dials down. That’s not comfort. That

Secure Simplicity for the Rest of Us It started as a side feature. A “what if” on a different project. And seventy-some hours later, I’m staring at a fully functional, shipping, hardware-secure text vault — VaporVault 3.0  — wondering how we got from idea  to inventory  this fast. This isn’t a prototype.This isn’t vaporware. This is VaporVault , and it’s real. The Problem That Shouldn’t Exist You know exactly what I’m talking about. Every IT guy, every cybersecurity professio

We’re living in a strange, beautiful time — a time where a thought can become a thing overnight. Not through teams, or funding, or decades of engineering — but through collaboration with machines that think just enough to amplify us. It feels unreal, but it’s not. It’s the most human thing we’ve ever done. Because at our core, that’s who we are. We are creators — designed by a Creator. If you cracked open the source code of humanity, the header on that file would read: "MADE

Beacon 3.0 — From Signal to System Firmware, NFC, and the future of an AI-built side project that refuses to stay small. I didn’t mean to build a product. I meant to see what would happen if you could wear Wi-Fi. Beacon started as a curiosity — a weekend experiment that just… never stopped working. Then people started asking for it. Then those people had ideas. And now here we are: firmware updates, new hardware tricks, a web companion, and a community that’s quietly forming

I stumbled into this by accident. It started with boredom, Zoom fatigue, and the unholy marriage of my curiosity and too many AI tools. I’d been recording calls for transcripts—just like everyone else—when I decided to feed them into an AI analyzer. I wasn’t chasing self-awareness; I was chasing efficiency. Instead, I got a mirror. Turns out, I communicate like a human compression algorithm—talking in verbal zip files, pop culture fragments, and analogies that make people lau

So I’ve been tossing around an idea — part experiment, part hangout — where we spend a couple hours together learning how to vibe-code  our own custom GPTs and web apps. Picture this: laptops open, coffee in hand, me walking you step-by-step through how to take an idea and turn it into something real  — something that actually runs on the internet before you leave the room. No coding degree. No dev team. No five-figure contracts. Just you, a laptop, and a couple hours to brin

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