student • creator • explorer
Hey! I'm Jason — a student from Kansas who's into everything from retro tech to musical theater. I love digging into projects that mix creativity with hands-on building, whether that's burning custom DVDs, coding on my Mac, or messing with old VHS tapes.
things I've built, burned, and brought to life
Creating DVDs with custom menus, pre-roll intros, and navigation using DVDStyler and FFmpeg.
Recreating the classic Mac OS X Jaguar aesthetic on a modern Mac — custom icons, app launchers, and everything.
Capturing and preserving old VHS tapes using QuickTime, with hands-on VCR cleaning and repair.
Performed in a full musical theater production — costumes, stage makeup, multi-night run, the whole deal.
Built a Frutiger Aero × macOS desktop-style personal site from scratch with draggable windows, a working dock, and animated fish.
Exploring Roblox Studio with Claude Code MCP integration — scripting games and experimenting with AI-assisted development.
the stuff that keeps me going
There's something special about physical media. I collect and digitize VHS tapes, burn custom DVDs, and have a soft spot for anything with a tape deck or disc tray. The warmth of analog just hits different.
Big Mac fan — I love customizing macOS, digging into the terminal, and building things with code. I also use Chromebook and have gotten pretty comfortable with Linux. Roblox Studio is my game dev playground.
I performed in Alice in Wonderland Jr. — full production, costumes, stage makeup, multi-night run. Theater is one of those things where everything comes together: performing, building, and storytelling all at once.
Yep, it's on the list. Keeping curls healthy is genuinely a whole hobby — finding the right products, perfecting the diffuse technique, and figuring out what actually works for my hair type.