Projects
If you’re in the website building or managing world, you know there’s no shortage of Content Management Systems out there that can cater to a variety of needs. An issue I run into when shopping around for a CMS is that they often are good for a lot of simple things, and not great for very specific things. They try to be a “glove fits all sizes” when often you need something that combines features from multiple options. So this is where you stop and just think “why not just build my own?” Even just five years ago the idea of building my own CMS was such a daunting and debilitating task that I probably wouldn’t have bothered pursuing further than I have before if it weren’t...
As a kid, I grew up in a very conservative Christian atmosphere where the only music we were allowed to listen to was, of course, Christian contemporary or children's songs. As I got a little older, there were a few CD's I clung to like Stephen Curtis Chapman's Dive album, or Geoff Moore and the Distance's A Friend Like U album. I'd listen to those on repeat and even as I'm typing this, I hadn't thought of the latter one in probably 20 or so years and I had to go down a Google rabbit hole to actually remind myself of the name of the artist, which actually made me a bit sad. Geoff Moore was a huge part of my early musical upbringing, and I hadn't really considered it until...
In 2022, I begun dabbling in podcasting with Among the Noise. As time went on and it was clear I wanted to go in more depth in Star Wars discussion than made sense for a podcast like that, I begun planning a separate podcast all about Star Wars. In 2024, while living with my parents temporarily, I spent months planning it out and asked both of my brothers if they'd join in as co-hosts or regular guests. They agreed to be hosts, and Galaxy Bound was born. If you're reading this and thinking "is there really that much to talk about with Star Wars? They're just movies!" - well yes. You probably aren't aware of the vast lore behind the movies, not to mention the books, comics...