Interests
the recurring obsessions. no expertise implied — enthusiasm only.
anything with wings, honestly. i'll watch a 40-minute video about why a particular flap track fairing is shaped like that and feel like the time was well spent.
current fixation: the av-8b harrier. a fighter jet that can take off straight up, hover in place like a helicopter, and land on a spot the size of a tennis court — it does this by swiveling its four exhaust nozzles downward and balancing on its own thrust. the marines fly them off small-deck ships, and at airshows they famously stop mid-air and take a bow. they call it the jump jet, and it has lived rent-free in my head since the first time i saw one hover.
the craft side: tolerances, failure modes, why the cheap part broke and the overbuilt one didn't. i like reading accident reports the way other people read mystery novels.
top rope and bouldering, mostly. top rope when there's a partner and a tall wall, bouldering when there isn't — short, hard problems a few feet off a crash pad, no rope required.
it's problem-solving you do with your whole body. you fall, you stare at the wall, you try a different sequence. very compatible with the engineering brain.
the rotation: rainbow six siege, war thunder, overwatch, brawlhalla, and some roblox — no, i will not elaborate on the roblox.
war thunder counts as aviation research and i will not be taking questions at this time.
anyone else procrastinate changing strings? just me? high E is broke on my les paul, which means i haven't been playing as much as i would like to. been using my acoustic a decent amount though.
the stable: the wounded les paul, a prs se ce, a washburn 332, and a bc rich warlock bass for when subtlety isn't the assignment. amp-wise it's a krank krankenstein+ or a marshall jcm900 into a 4x12 with g12-70s when things need to be loud, and a roland jc120 when they need to be clean. the jc120 is the post-hardcore cheat code and i don't care who knows.
been seeing a lot of media on refurbished thinkpads, homelabbing, etc. looks cool. very tempted to grab an old thinkpad, refurbish it, and run an egpu setup into it with a 4060 or something of the likes. tempted to try linux as well.
current progress: zero thinkpads owned, several ebay tabs open, strong opinions already forming about trackpoint caps. everyone says start with mint. the comment sections say arch. the comment sections are not to be trusted.