Fieldbench · Off the clock
When I'm not building operational software for businesses, I'm usually chasing fallen weather balloons, flying airplanes, carving terrain data, or soldering tiny displays.
01 · Weather balloons & community zine
Twice a day, weather stations launch instrument packages to the edge of space. I built live telemetry and trajectory tools to track them into trees and plains—and edit a four-issue community magazine of recovery stories.
02 · Flight decks & physics
Multi-engine and instrument-rated commercial pilot. Cockpits shaped my taste for calm, high-contrast displays that stay legible when upstream feeds fail.
03 · LiDAR, maps & physical fabrication
I built TNterrain to turn Tennessee LiDAR data into models you can 3D print. Start with an address, choose the area you want, preview the terrain, and export the model. I’ve also used Great Lakes depth data to make carved relief maps.
04 · Small computers & edge vision
Pocket-sized Linux terminals with physical keyboards, MicroPython airport weather tickers on Pimoroni/Cardputer screens, and Raspberry Pi OpenCV + ADS-B aircraft trackers.
05 · Illustrated books, family tools & teaching
Co-creating illustrated books with my kids, turning folder photos into structured trading cards, podcasting on pro-human AI, and teaching young builders.
Looking for the full chronological paper trail or the 30 visual studies?