In 1983 I was a teenager obsessed with computer programming, drawing comics, and playing guitar. Today, none of that has changed much at all. I write software for money, and occasionally draw comics and write songs, also for money.
I started this website in 1999. Back then I primarily wrote about JavaScript and web programming. I wrote articles for Apple, wrote some popular code snippets, and had a book collab in the works until the dual punch of the dotcom crash and WTC attacks brought that to a halt.
After that, this site became a hub for my music projects. I wrote and released folky pop tunes, teaching myself home recording along the way. I did some semi-pro gigging and had a great group of songwriter friends.
After five years of this I was looking for something new. So for a decade I was the gigging and recording bassist for the bands Explone and Kirby Krackle. I am immensely proud of our work, and extremely grateful for the friendships, opportunities and experiences these bands provided that I otherwise would never have had.
These days I am releasing new music as Car Trouble and OneKilotonSun, and kind of doing whatever I want to with it.
I started the webcomic Neat Hobby! in 2014 after spending far too much time hanging out in the artist alleys of comic-cons. There's also a newsletter, which you should join!
If you would like to follow me on social media, you'll have to go find me. It's shouldn't be difficult, I'm "scottandrew" or "neathobby" most places.
Updated 2025-03-01