Hello World. Welcome to Off Duty.
This is the part of my online presence that has nothing to prove. No SEO strategy. No polished pitch. No professional hat. Just the side of me that has always lived between deadlines and rebuilds.
Before social media took over, I blogged as newmediaMike. I wrote about whatever pulled my attention that day. Experiments, rabbit holes, memories, odd ideas, things that had nothing to do with work but somehow made life feel fuller. Off Duty is me picking that up again.
This space will wander. You might find AI car art inspired by the vehicles I grew up around. Pet stories because Holly and Ivy always find a way to make the cut. Recipes that evolved in real time while Charlie waited for dinner. Old memories from a life lived online since dial-up. Random observations that show up while I am rebuilding or decompressing or simply thinking out loud.
Nothing here needs a lesson. Nothing here needs a point. It is a break from having to be useful all the time. It is where curiosity drives the bus and I follow along, seeing where it goes.
If any of this sounds like your kind of detour, you are welcome to tag along. Off Duty is open.