Brain Brian

AI Coding tools and more

A running document of my experience with AI assisted coding.

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March 01, 2025

Reflections on a Heavy Year

Reflecting on a year of aging and loss. It has been a tough year, but I am doing my best to stay positive and be an anchor for family and friends going through hard times.

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December 26, 2023

Surfing through a pandemic

So much has happened in the past year. Going through a pandemic while living on the westside of LA has been a trip. The pandemic is littered with memories, unlike any others.

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June 25, 2021

Photo Published in Thrasher Magazine

I was contacted by Thrasher earlier this year to use a photo of my of a HoHo Plant at Marginal Way during the Lords of Seatown event. It appears in the May 2020 issue.

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August 28, 2020

Smug Mug Photo Gallery

I finally published an online photography gallery via Smug Mug gallery. Here I hope to showcase a more curated set of photographs as well as provide surfers at the various spots I frequent, photos of themselves for purchase.

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June 29, 2020

Trip to Andalusia region of Spain

A year before all this Covid craziness I took a trip (March 15th - 25th, 2019) to the Andalusia region with Amanda and two of our friends.

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March 25, 2019

So we moved to Los Angeles

So back in June my wife accepted a job in Culver City. So, 3 months later I can say we are finally settled. I even accepted a new position last week at VideoAmp.

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September 19, 2018

Learning to Walk The Nose On My Surfboard

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May 22, 2018

Surfing Westport, Washington on a Clean Winter Day

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February 20, 2018

Trip to Los Angeles

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January 30, 2018

Testing out the Mavic Pro Drone at Westport

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September 10, 2017

Lords of Seatown - 5th Annual Skateboarding Event

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August 29, 2017

Surfing on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington in August

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August 17, 2017

A Deep, Snowy Winter in the Northwest

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January 18, 2017

Learning to Surf on a Longboard

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August 12, 2016

Seattle 48 Hour Film Festival

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July 19, 2016

Splitboarding in the Crystal Mountain Backcountry

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March 07, 2016

Splitboarding near Stevens Pass

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December 29, 2015

Preseason in the Mt. Baker Backcountry

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November 18, 2015

Touring Naches Peak

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April 05, 2015