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March 11, 2026

First Tattoo at 52: The Uncomfortable Truth About What You’re Actually Afraid Of

Getting tattooed for the first time at 52 wasn’t about rebellion or a midlife crisis. It was about realizing the person I’d been protecting my reputation from never existed.

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March 11, 2026

The Mask Fits, But God It’s Heavy: Living AuDHD After the Label Sticks

A diagnosis doesn’t change who you are. But it does change how much energy you spend pretending to be someone else — and that’s where things get complicated.

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March 11, 2026

I Didn’t Leave ChatGPT Because It Was Bad. I Left Because of How I Think About Tools.

Switching from ChatGPT to Claude wasn’t about which AI is smarter. It was about figuring out what I actually need from a tool versus what I’d just gotten used to.

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March 11, 2026

The Weight of Finally Knowing: A Late-Life AuDHD Diagnosis at 55

Getting diagnosed with AuDHD at 55 doesn’t just explain who you are, it forces you to grieve who you might have been. That’s a harder thing to sit with than any diagnosis.

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March 11, 2026

The AI Hype Train Needs Better Brakes

After two years of breathless AI headlines, it’s time for a reality check on what this technology actually does well and where it falls flat on its face.

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March 10, 2026

Stop Making These Five Dumb Mistakes with Your Home Network

After twenty eight years of fixing networks that shouldn’t be broken, here are the most common screw-ups I see people make with their home setups.

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March 9, 2026

AuDHD: When Your Brain Runs Two Operating Systems at Once

Getting diagnosed with both autism and ADHD isn’t a contradiction—it’s finally understanding why your mental hardware has always felt like it’s running competing programs simultaneously.

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March 9, 2026

The Real Cost of Running a Homelab (And Why I Keep Doing It Anyway)

After 28 years of running various home lab setups, I’ve learned that the hidden costs go way beyond your electric bill. Here’s what nobody tells you before you start hoarding old servers.

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March 7, 2026

THE SUNO DEEP DIVE: How AI Music Really Works, Who’s Afraid of It, and Why the Industry Gatekeepers Are Terrified

An in-depth look at the technology, the copyright wars, and the centuries-old tradition of telling regular people they have no business making music.

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March 7, 2026

The Great AI Gold Rush: Why Most Folks Are Panning in the Wrong Creek

Everyone’s rushing to strike it rich with AI, but most are digging holes where there ain’t no gold. Here’s why the real opportunities are hiding in plain sight.

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I've spent $8,000 building a homelab to automatically manage my backups, which means I now have three different systems arguing with each other about who's responsible for saving my data while I'm in the garage wondering why I didn't just buy an external drive like a normal person.

— A Guy Who Checked His Logs at 3 AM, 2024

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