Music

Happy Birthday to my Dad, and happy day before birthday to my daughter Yaretzi! We are celebrating her birthday today with a little family party. Music has always been a very big part of my life since I was pretty young. My brother and I took piano lessons (classical music, mainly) from a fantastic lady named Verna Ferrell from the age of 8 to 18, and I also got involved in the school choruses just about every year since middle school. ...

June 8, 2025

Leaving POB / Transferring to CEEC

I’ll transferring to Charlotte Engineering Early College for the 2025-2026 school year. I’m excited about the move, but I’m also a little sad because I have really enjoyed working at Phillip O. Berry. The students are awesome, my colleagues are awesome, and the admin is awesome. There is a lot of heart at this school and it will always hold a special place for me. Mr. Johnny Darling and I plan to continue our new podcast, so please watch out for that here Charlotte Tech Talks or on Apple podcasts. ...

June 6, 2025

A+ for The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman

Here is the first of what I hope to be many reviews of books, shows and movies. I’m not finished with it yet, but since it’s due back to the library and I can’t renew because of holds, I decided to write my review anyway. This is a serious book about the problems posed by the nascent technologies Artificial Intelligence and Genetic Engineering, and the solutions required. The author lacks nothing in credentials – Mustafa Suleyman is a co-founder of multiple successful Artificial Intelligence companies, including most notably the famous startup DeepMind acquired by Google in 2016. Google’s description suffices here: ...

June 6, 2025

Project Progress Log: Course Manager

This is where I log progress on my Course Manager web application

April 7, 2025