James's Homepage

An Old, Green, Street Car in Tokyo near Ueno Park.
An old streetcar that I spotted on a recent run in Japan. Trains are cool.

My name is James. Welcome to my website. Right now, I'm just playing around, learning HTML again, and trying to give myself a space on the internet that isn't tied to a social media website. I'm a Geotechnical Engineer. Outside of work, I enjoy running, playing D&D, and being angry about car dependent cities.

Below, you'll find my recent and current reading list and my current progress towards my running goal of 2,000 miles in 2025. I finished 2024 with about 1,980 miles, so I hope that I can beat my record this time. I'll be updating the tracking chart approximately weekly.

Reading List
Surviving Autocracy Completed
Look Back Started , completed
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What it Says About Us) Started , completed
Why Civil Resistance Works Started , in progress.
Chart of running distance showing actual distance in blue squares and goal distance in orange circles.
Actual and theoretical running totals.

Do you want to learn more about any of these topics?
I'll be blogging about those subjects and more. Come back again in the future.