Unwitnessed moments of minor triumph

The foam on the earpiece of my fancy zoom headset of 2021 has been in a long slow decline over many years and peaked last month when I ended a call with my ear and face covered in flecks of a texturally appalling black film. It was one of those things I normally just learn to live with.

But for like $9 in 6 minutes this situation was resolved. It’s the kind of thing I do for other people all the time but never for myself.

Oct 15, 2026

First predicted and successfully executed stare down

Oct 13, 2026

It's 2am and I'm sitting upstairs in the pitch black for the cameras shooting through the windows. The cameras are x distance apart with y field of view and they're set to fire in a sequence that will measure speed and calibrate real position against broadcasted position. The goal is to be able to capture boats at night without a camera being able to see them. Like 5,000 things have to go right and just as the boat fills the frame of the window there is a sudden coming to life, the whirrings and clickings of tiny motors, the deeply satisfying ka-chicks of mechanical shutters opening and closing. Paparazzi but in dead silence.

Oct 4, 2026