Personal website of Blake Watson Online since 2005

Minimal color illustration of a white man with brown hair, headphones, and wearing a red shirt emblazoned with a ringed planet silhouette.

I’m a software engineer, side-project enthusiast, hobbyist game developer, sometimes writer, and full-time wheelchair user.

Journal

Things I got from specific people

You ever stop to think who inspired your favorite activity? Or who introduced you to your favorite songs? Who taught you things you still use years later?

2024: my year in review

Looking back on another year, fighting against the steady march of time.

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Microblog

Is there a menu bar app for mac that will yell at me if I’m suddenly burning through my battery life?

I’m coming up on ten years of being employed full-time (May 4, Star Wars day). I'll do a blog post on that day, but it’s been quite a ride. I’m lucky to have been born at a time when (and a place where) there was enough technology available to make working with spinal muscular atrophy possible. And I'm fortunate enough to have had help and support from so many people.

I'll have a lot more to say about it come Justin Timberlake's favorite month, but I wanted to put something out there now. (3/3)

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