Things I built, and what happened when people used them
Three pieces so far. Each one is about something I built or something I was in the room for, and every claim in them links to something you can check.
- 01What I Handed the President JUL 2026 · 2014
Georgia Tech had one slot in front of the President and gave it to a twenty-two-year-old with an unfinished degree and an unfinished product. The crutch is the part people remember. The letter from a hundred and fifty universities is the part that fell out of the record.
- 02Two World Records, and I Never Met Either of Them JUL 2026 · PROOF
A runner took our crutches through the New York City Marathon a week after tearing his ACL and MCL. A powerlifter put 1,129.8 pounds over his chest in our socks. Neither was sponsored. Both were, strictly speaking, out of spec.
- 03The 75 Percent: What We Actually Measured JUL 2026 · METHOD
The rig, the Arduino, three conditions and three loads, significant below p = 0.001. Also the line where the number stops being true, which is the part marketing departments tend to lose.
Elsewhere
I write about scripture, comparative religion, and buried history at The Secrets of History. Different room, different audience, same habit of checking whether the accepted version holds up.
Earned Attention is a book about not performing for algorithms. The Elements was written in 2016 and published later.
