Hi! I’m George!

I am an embedded software engineer and car enthusiat, among other things.

This website is a scratchpad for me. You can stay up to date on the fascinating things I do :)

I’ve wanted to start a blog for a long time – a few years actually. So I have quite a backlist of posts and many pictures to go through… So from time to time I may make posts backdated by a while :D

My interests include mainly embedded electronics, automotive technology, classic cars, rowing, cycling (come Zwift with me), and a myriad of other random hobbies. I love making new things and making things new!

I started programming in 2009 and got interested in electronics around 2011 because I stumbled upon hackaday.com, perhaps even using stumbleupon.com. Does anyone do that anymore, even? That’s so 2014. As a last-cutoff-year millenial I’m starting to feel old…

I can even recall my first hackaday forum post asking “How do I get started in electronics?”

10 years on and here I am. Maybe someday I will link to that post, when I feel like digging it up!

A professional embedded software engineer by trade, I am active contributor to Mbed-OS, among other open-source projects. I have been contributing to Mbed-OS for a few years now, and I love focusing on platform-level software design problems. I am a huge fan of Nordic Semiconductor and ST Micro platforms, with many complex projects under my belt using both.

I have extensive experience with a number of embedded technologies and protocols, most prominently Bluetooth Low Energy, USB, CAN bus, embedded displays, and many more.

The Shack on Wheels

When it’s not snowing here in Western New York and if I’m not playing with electronics, you can probably find me in my garage working on something. I like old cars, mainly MGB’s and Jeeps.

My latest project and retirement plan, the namesake for this website, is a 1973 GMC MotorHome originally bought by my grandfather brand new. It’s been in my family ever since. And yes, I’ve taken road trips in it! Only when I was a kid, but still I have fond memories of the thick shag carpet. Close to 50 years on, it needs just a bit of work…

Follow along as I restore my future “Shack on Wheels” :)