Album-cover illustration: a serene blue-haired figure glowing orange-red meditates over a synthwave grid while a child with a vinyl-record halo sits below a starry forest

I commissioned this piece from my good friend Casey Landerkin, who also happens to be my favorite artist. If you like this, you'll love the rest of her work too. Go buy something!

Jesse.ID

Hi 👋 I'm Jesse, a chronically online software engineer. I automate things and build cool stuff professionally. My hobbies are full-stack web development, writing, making music, and studying screencraft. I'm a movie nerd and I've logged 1,680 films to my Letterboxd profile. I love to create stuff whenever I can, and I support art and artists of all kinds. Read more about me if you'd like.

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Weird Jun 28, 2026 6 min read

Defining My Own Reality

I’ve been having deep discussions with friends of late, and in one of them, I said that I am slowly coming to the realization that anyone, at any time, can just create their own version of reality and their version of it can spread to envelop the world depending on how many people believe them. […]

Music Jun 27, 2026 2 min read

New Music Friday: A.G. Sully, Emma Ogier, Jessie Mazin

My Instagram Reels algorithm served me up a couple of Nashville singer-songwriters on what I assume is the come up. Who knows in the current music landscape? Both have two very DIY looking videos that have garnered many plays from me over the past few weeks. A.G. Sully has a trip-hoppy sound straight out of […]

Music Jun 25, 2026 3 min read

OG Internet Music Revisited

I am in my 40’s now and I’ve not only been on the Internet since 1995, but chronically online for the entire time. The Internet is at the center of nearly everything in my life, including music, but I have been obsessed with music for much longer than the Internet was available to me. The […]

Code Feb 18, 2026 2 min read

Using Karabiner-Elements For Sudo Authentication via 1Password

Karabiner-Elements is an incredible free tool for customizing your keyboard, mouse, and other input devices on macOS. Its most powerful feature is the ability to create complex modification (macro) scripts that can perform a variety of actions when a key — or a combination of keys — are pressed. I’m going to share the scripts […]

Film Reviews

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Mulholland Drive (2001)

I have tried watching Twin Peaks a few times and it never quite grabs me. Watching this film felt like I was watching a more rushed and disjointed version of Twin Peaks. Great performances, especially from Naomi Watts, but it's just not my thing.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

I have vague memories of seeing parts of this when I was a kid but this is the first time I’ve watched it all the way through. Lot of weird sounds coming out of that little guy. Holds up pretty well!

Zombieland (2009)

I truly thought that the meme of Woody Harrelson rubbing money in his crying eyes was from 1995's Money Train. As soon as I saw him lying down in this movie, I knew I was about to get Mandela'd. Also, the replica screen printed Warhol in that mansion was sick.

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026)

It's essentially what I thought it was going to be. Samara Weaving screaming bloody murder and lots of bloody murder. It was also nice to see Kathryn Newton again. She pops up in a lot of stuff like, notably Lisa Frankenstein and Halt & Catch Fire.

Independence Day (1996)

Every time I see Harry Connick Jr., I get sad he never played Gambit in a live action X-Men movie. Also, even though all of the computer and hacking stuff is very stupid, I still really like this movie.

Obsession (2025)

Incredible everything. I was so distracted by a small music store needing 5 employees that I missed Andy Richter until the credits. That’s on me though. Inde Navarrette would get an Oscar for her performance in a just world.

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Jul 8, 2026 · 8:44 PM

Anytime I sell stuff on eBay, I'm just so impressed with how good the USPS is. Cheap shipping, I can print the label, they'll send me free boxes, and then they'll come and just pick them up off of my porch for free? This is what the GOP is trying to destroy? The problem is that it's too good? #Now

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