Author: John

i am a god

Bye LinkedIn


I’ve deleted my LinkedIn profile. The end of an era! Too much silly nonsense. Too many tech bros. Too much bigotry. Too little professionalism.

YouTube channel update


My Old Guy, Career Change channel has grown since my last post. today2024-12-222024-09-23subscribers95969372total views36K20K2K I deleted my other channel, John’s Film Photography. It wasn’t going anywhere. I concluded my vision for it wasn’t compelling.

Waltham 1883 pocket watch is done!


I’ve finished refurbishing my paternal grandfather’s pocket watch. My case work had three goofs but I recovered from them. The end result is super satisfying. More info in my video about the case.

Waltham 1883 18S Pocket Watch lift angle


My grandfather’s Waltham pocket watch There isn’t much lift angle information for pocket watches on the web. I hope this helps a future watchmaker student who’s looking for the lift angle of a Waltham 1883 18S pocket watch. Here it is: I estimate the lift angle of a Waltham 1883 18S pocket watch to be … Continue reading Waltham 1883 18S Pocket Watch lift angle →

Learnings from home solar power, year 3


Two years ago today I published an analysis of our first year with home photovoltaic panels. And then I published an analysis of year two. This is a summary of year three. You can find all of my prior solar power posts under the solar power tag. To recap... My system has 31 405W REC … Continue reading Learnings from home solar power, year 3 →

Watch Technology Institute


I announced this on my YouTube channel. For the three people on the planet still reading this blog, I've been accepted for the Fall 2025 cohort of the Watch Technology Institute (WTI). This is a full-time two-year horology program. Unless something hyper-weird happens, this officially completes my leaving software engineering for more fertile pastures. I … Continue reading Watch Technology Institute →

Goodbye to software engineering


I'm leaving my software engineering career on Sunday. I’ll stop considering myself a software engineer and I'll shut down my consulting business. I got hooked on computers in my Junior year of high school, and I've been working in computer hardware and software since 1977. Although these were distinct careers, they had a lot of … Continue reading Goodbye to software engineering →

YouTube channel update


My Old Guy, Career Change channel has grown since my last post. today2024-09-23subscribers69372total views20.0K2.3K My other channel, John’s Film Photography, hasn’t gone anywhere. I’m mulling what to do with it.

Great moments in nutrition


Have a Coca-Cola Zero Sugar to go along with your mega cheeseburger with all the fixings. Left unstated is the likelihood of french fries on the side.

Seattle Animal Shelter


I've started doing volunteer work at the Seattle Animal Shelter. I'm in the vet support group. I'm doing laundry, which is fine by me. Every hour I do laundry is an hour that a veterinary professional can do more important things. It's dangerous work because I want to adopt all of them!