Interested in everything. Time for almost none of it.
We rise by lifting others.

I think the development of artificial intelligence is the most important thing happening in the world right now. Not the most hyped — the most important.

I’m not anti-technology. I build AI tools myself. But I think we’re building something we don’t understand, and the people building it fastest have the least incentive to slow down.

If you’re not thinking about AI safety, you’re trusting that the people who are will get it right. I’d rather not leave that to chance.

AlpenCore Systems LLC is my tech consulting business. Computer design, infrastructure architecture, digital sovereignty consulting.

I help people and small orgs build systems they actually own and control.

I think about money as infrastructure, not lifestyle. ETFs for the long game, Bitcoin and Monero for sovereignty, property for stability.

Yes, actual holography. Laser, film, darkroom. It’s the most satisfying intersection of physics and art I’ve found.

I run a 4-server Hetzner VPS cluster connected via WireGuard. Gateway, edge proxy, services, hosting. Everything behind Authelia SSO.

Self-hosting isn’t about saving money. It’s about knowing where your data lives and who has access to it.

Current stack: nginx, Gitea, SearXNG, Nextcloud, plus this site.

Licensed private investigator in Alaska through Stratus Intergroup. OSINT, background investigations, due diligence.

The internet forgets nothing. Learning to find what’s already there is a skill most people don’t know exists.

I work as an immigration paralegal at Cascadia Cross Border Law Group. Mostly I-601 inadmissibility waivers — helping people who’ve been told ‘no’ find a legal path forward.

Immigration law is one of the most human areas of law. Every case is someone’s life.

Mostly landscape and documentary. Alaska gives you no shortage of subjects.

I have ADHD. Learning how my own brain works was the most productive thing I’ve ever done.

Understanding psychology isn’t optional if you work in investigation, social engineering, or just want to be a decent human.

Callsign KG7MAX. There’s something grounding about a communication method that doesn’t need the internet, a cell tower, or anyone’s permission.

I coach a FIRST Robotics team in Anchorage. Teaching kids to build things that work is the most direct form of empowerment I know.

Daily driver: Qubes OS on a ThinkPad. Phone: GrapheneOS. VPN: Mullvad. I don’t use services I can’t verify.

Security isn’t paranoia. It’s recognizing that convenience and control are usually on opposite ends of the same lever.

Bitcoin for savings, Monero for privacy. Both for sovereignty. Not speculation — infrastructure.

Low-cost index funds. Boring, effective, long-term. The opposite of crypto Twitter.

I-601 waivers are for people found inadmissible to the US. Proving extreme hardship to a qualifying relative. High stakes, high reward.

An air-gapped server for handling sensitive legal documents. No network connection, ever. Physical security only.

Working with state and federal legislators on AI governance. Most politicians don’t understand the technology. That’s the gap I’m trying to close.

Physical security testing. Locks, access control, bypass techniques. If you don’t test it, you don’t know if it works.

Tools and methods for open-source intelligence gathering. The skill is knowing where to look and how to verify.

Co-founder of PauseAI Anchorage. Local chapter of the global movement to slow frontier AI development until we understand what we’re building.

Real property in Anchorage. Tangible assets, local investment, long-term stability.

Qubes OS compartmentalizes everything. Each task gets its own VM. It’s the only operating system I trust for sensitive work.

Frigate NVR with 4 cameras, Home Assistant, Zigbee devices, MQTT. All local, no cloud accounts required.

Understanding how people are manipulated is the first step to not being manipulated yourself. Red team mindset, blue team purpose.

My private investigation firm. Licensed in Alaska. Background checks, OSINT, due diligence, surveillance.

A self-hosted voice AI assistant. Local speech-to-text, LLM processing, text-to-speech. No cloud dependency.

Four servers: WireGuard gateway (AC-OR-1), nginx edge proxy (AC-OR-2), services — Gitea, Nextcloud, SearXNG (AC-OR-3), and site hosting (AC-OR-4). All connected via WireGuard mesh.