Ongoing Projects
Choose the Apps, Design, and Retro Tech menu items to browse all articles, but to see more about my currently active projects, use the links below (Updated October 2025)
- iMac G4 Project Updates
- Jekyll Website Development Progress
- MathEdit for OpenStep App Updates
- iMac 5K Display Project Updates
About Me
I’m a Quality Assurance Engineer and Team Lead in the automotive software
industry here in Tokyo. In a past life, I was an iOS and macOS developer and
teacher in San Francisco. In an earlier life, I earned my Bachelor of Science in
Industrial Design at San Francisco State University.
In my spare time I still enjoy working on Apps and I am very interested in Retro Computing, specifically with old Macs, Mac OS X, and NeXTSTEP. I try to share everything as much as possible on this site and on social media:
Recent Articles
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How to Sync iPhone 5 with PowerPC Macs
Get an iPhone 5 to sync with a Mac running Mac OS X 10.5.8, this was never possible back in the day because Apple restricted the iPhone 5 to syncing only with Mac OS X 10.6.8 or higher. -
How to Develop Original iPhone Apps in 2025
iOS Developers out there, have you ever been interested in stepping back from the new hotness for a moment to revisit your roots and try developing apps for the original iPhone? This article will walk you through the whole process. A lot of things have changed since 2008, but it's still possible in 2025. -
Enabling iPhone Development for PowerPC Macs
Apple always officially required an Intel Mac to do iPhone app development, but I figured out how to get the iPhone OS 3.1.3 SDK installed for developing Original iPhone and iPhone 3G apps on your PowerPC Mac. -
Retro Software Update Server
A guide to setting up an Apple Software Update Server mirror in case Apple ever shuts down the old Mac OS X update servers. -
Retro Stream Tutorial
A tutorial on how to stream YouTube or any other video content to PowerPC Macs using a Linux VM, FFMPEG, and VLC. -
Teskemon: Tailscale Specialist
In 2024 I started using Tailscale to access my home network remotely. When I noticed Tailscale had a CLI with a JSON interface, I couldn't help myself… I built an app. -
Hipstapaper: Cross Platform Reading List
Hipstapaper was my very first cross-platform app that works on iPhone, iPad, and macOS -
WaterMe: Gardening Reminders
WaterMe was my first app that was 100% a CRUD app and has been on the App Store since 2016. -
Topology Eyewear: Custom-fit glasses
At Topology, we engineer premium, custom-fit eyewear perfectly sculpted to ergonomically fit your unique face. -
Rule Icon System
At a glance view of all the rules that affect a user's global network. -
Change Management Rapid Prototype
What if global network configuration was more like Git? -
SteelReserve Design
Reserving a conference room, at the last minute, shouldn't be hard. -
Gratuity: Simple Tip Calculator
Gratuity was a tip calculator where I got to go wild with the design and make something totally unique -
QoS Redesign
Redesign QoS on SteelHead and SteelCentral Controller for greater flexibility and improved simplicity. -
WeatherMe
A mobile application concept to help San Franciscans find more sunshine. -
Workshop Experience
My workshop experience includes basic woodworking, metal machining and metal fabrication. -
Surface Modeling
This is an example of surface modeling in Alias Studio. -
Innovative Kitchenware
Create a brand and design an entire product line, simple… right? -
Electronics
Because a little RISC Assembly never hurt anyone. -
Design for Manufacture
The only module that regularly led to fistfights in the School of Engineering and Design. -
[REDACTED] Project
The intellectual property I generated during this project has been sold to the client. Unfortunately, I cannot share this project with you. -
Architectural Lighting
The design proposal must produce a functional light output. LED mood lights that only 'glow' will not be accepted.