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SYSTEMS
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CODE TO CRYOGENICS.

I try the things most people talk themselves out of, then write down whether they worked.

How to read this

Each entry is an experiment: the problem, what I tried, and the result. The result goes at the top. Failures stay up, since those are usually the useful part.

Mountain biking Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

2026-08-08 WORKED Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, mountain biking, glamping, Tian Shan, Spice Roads, and construction

The Western Canada Limited Company

2026-07-10 WORKED Canada tax policy, Alberta, British Columbia, and Limited Company

Bootstrapping personal Canadian financial services

2026-07-10 WORKED Canada banking, starting fresh, Alberta, and Wealthsimple

Running Vraid Systems on LLMs

2026-03-17 WORKED Vraid Systems, LLMs, operations, procurement, and board governance

Quantifying and mitigating stress to be more powerfully human

2026-03-17 WORKED blood pressure, interrupt, meditation, stress, and yoga

Building a container home in the Colorado mountains

2026-01-06 ONGOING construction, project management, housing, prefab, rental property, and LLMs

What I learned in 2025, or advice to 25 year old me

2025-12-19 Advice, Journaling, and What I Learned

Protect yourself from data broker leaks

2024-09-12 WORKED browser settings, Privacy, right to delete, and data brokers

How to keep the US government from taking your home for medical expenses

2023-07-13 UNTESTED Medicaid Estate Recovery, Government mandated home seizure, United States healthcare, estate planning, and elder care

Where to register a vehicle

2023-03-27 FAILED Vagabond, Vehicle, Registration, and Montana

The family wealth office experiment

2021-03-21 FAILED Estate Planning, Tax Optimization, Family Office, and Alberta

The Colorado LLC as a wealth management tool

2020-08-30 WORKED Colorado, Limited Liability Company, United States tax policy, and Tax Optimization