I am a proud advocate of free and open source software (FOSS), especially its implementation in academia. To that end, I have written articles for the FreeBSD Journal, contributed to the FreeBSD Wiki, and given various presentations about topics related to software freedom.
For the duration of the year 2021, I was part of a competitive InfoSec networking and cybersecurity training grant cohort with the Center for Cyber Security Awareness and Cyber Defense at Marquette University as the only accepted member who was not a graduate student in the Computer Science Department.
Typically, I do my research and writing inside a custom desktop configuration. Previously, I used a homogenously Nord Theme setup that I called “Theological Dotfiles.” I originally wrote the dotfiles for use with spectrwm, but eventually I pivoted to using them with “Theology WM,” which is my own custom build of the suckless project’s dynamic window manager (dwm). Then, I used a custom build of dwl (a recreation of dwm on Wayland) with the Dracula colorscheme. Now, I use mangowm, which is based on dwl.
I have multi-year experience with Unix-like operating systems, including FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and GNU/Linux (especially Debian and EndeavourOS), as well as some shell scripting. See, for example, this blog post for a guide to how I like to configure OpenBSD with spectrwm on a Lenovo ThinkPad or this blog post for a guide to how I like to configure Void Linux with dwl on the same.
I am fond of the LaTeX typesetting language. Specifically, I enjoy the TeX Live distribution with TeXstudio as my current front-end of choice for preparing both personal and professional documents.
In each of 10 summers, I lead and co-taught Build Your Own Computer Camp for middle school students at my alma mater, Marshall School in Duluth, Minnesota.
I hold an FCC amateur radio General class license with the (vanity) callsign N7CJS.
Updated on April 10, 2026.