10 Jun 2026
73-Year-Old Claude Code Junkie Starts Blog
Hoping this one goes better than my many previous attempts at keeping a blog.
Still finding it hard to believe I'm in Illinois for 5+ years — but loving it.
Apps, music, and notes from a 73-year-old code junkie.
Notes
Recent Apps
I was reawakened by Claude Code at age 73, and now I'm writing apps for myself and friends.
123 WordsApp Store
Read, spell & race the clock — a learning playground for kids ages 2–7, with five mini-games and a shared timer. No ads, no accounts, fully offline. Built for grandkids.
QrossTestFlight
Trivia, but the grid is the puzzle. Navigate a colorful board corner to corner — a wrong answer burns that path forever. 158 topics, a worldwide daily challenge, and an AI move advisor.
PickledBallsTestFlight
A session manager for pickleball instructors — balanced round-robin court assignments, pair rules enforced automatically, and the whole session run from your phone.
100 BurfordsApp Store
All 100 of Gary B. Martin's weekly Burford cartoons from the West Side Rag, collected with the original dates and thousands of reader comments. An unofficial fan tribute.
Music From New York · 128 sessions, 2,542 recordings
planB27 sessions · 410 recordings
Classic rock & blues around Westchester NY and lower Connecticut, 2004–2019.
About Half Dead101 sessions · 2,132 recordings
A Grateful Dead & classic jam band, playing bars and dance parties, 2017–2020.