Patrick Gentry

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:19:24 -0600

I love garage selling with the family. It’s a beautiful day to do just that!

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:42:40 -0600

I’m really glad Bearman was okay after his scary crash! It was great for Ocon to get some points on the board for Haas too! I can’t wait to see them both putting points on the board as the season progresses 🏎️

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:27:19 -0600

It feels like with the new rule changes and new teams, it’s a great time for the Backmarkers to make a return @imyke@myke.social !

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:24:00 -0600

I’m really liking the special paint job from HAAS for Japan! > Haas unveil Godzilla Livery - View now in the Formula 1 App - formula1.shar.estori.es/go/9e3ab2…

The Perfect Storm

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 10:18:46 -0600

It may not be super surprising given I grew up in the Deep South, that I was raised watching NASCAR. There was many an hour spent watching folks drive really fast in circles. It was a formative time in my life as we spent a lot of time with friends and family while watching these races. I remember those times very fondly.

What is often lost to folks on the outside is just how much strategy and drama goes into NASCAR. Between pit strategy, car strategy and a fair share of drama, there was a lot to keep one interested beyond folks “driving in circles.”

Being a bit more on the nerdy side of things, I’ve been aware of the excitement around Drive to Survive and F1 for years. I’ve also not been subscribed to Netflix for years, so I’ve not been able to jump into this phenomenon myself. I’ve had a curious eye toward F1 recently however, with Apple securing the streaming rights in the USA and GM entering the sport. These things coupled with me being on a 3 month free trial with my latest iPad purchase I figured I’d give a couple of races a try.

And then it was announced that Apple would be getting the latest season of Drive to Survive. What was a vague curiousity morphed into interest as I watched the first few episodes. This tickled all the same fun places in my brain as NASCAR growing up (strategy, drama), but also the much more interesting team dynamics and the ability for different teams to materially change the outcome of races. The combination of engineering puzzles, driver talent, and cars driving really fast was like catnip. Combine this with my kiddos loving the sport too, and it has a recipe for whole new level of enjoyment. I’m super excited to see what it brings!

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:53:53 -0600

My first Lego set I’ve purchased myself… F1 is starting to get me haha.

I really enjoyed building this with Will. He’s quite the Lego master

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:37:00 -0600

Very fun BOC this go! Lots of useful things

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:57:57 -0600

Why is it that there is one thing both political parties agree on (daylight savings time) and yet even that can’t be passed. ☕️

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 09:20:58 -0600

Excited to check out my very first F1 race tonight!🏁🏎️

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:27:32 -0600

Currently reading: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson: I’m really enjoying this first book so far! 📚

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:19:35 -0600

A bit over a year in I decided to sell my ROG Ally. I still like it but I just don’t have the time for one console, much less two. I’m going all in on the Switch 2!

Closed Systems

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 16:37:59 -0600

I feel like I’ve mostly made my peace with closed systems. There are definite advantages to owning your digital life where possible, however . These very words are written on my own personal blog, whose domain I own. I’m also all in on the Apple ecosystem, and I buy into other systems as well. For the most part my digital life lives are in harmony, but on occasion the reminder comes about that I don’t actually own a lot of my things I pay for and that fact can be uncomfortable.

I pay an annual subscription for budget tracking software to Quicken called Simplifi. I’ve been at it for 3 years now (I’m reminded of this because it just renewed this week). Having used the same service for years I’ve got a lot of historical data and it’s fun to see my spending and earning fluctuate month to month and year to year. This is especially powerful since my income is variable being a commissioned Mortgage Lender.

This week shortly after my subscription renewed, my main credit card that most of my spending is ran through disconnected from the service. This isn’t unusual, usually when there is some kind of security or policy change the logins will have to be renewed, I don’t have a problem with this. The problem arrives when I went in to refresh the login. Either the process changed or I clicked somewhere I hadn’t before. Whichever the case, I ended up duplicating my most heavily used credit card and in so doing every transaction that has been made on that credit card was duplicated within Simplifi’s system.. for the entire history I’ve used the service.

Concerning… but also easily fixable right? Just delete the duplicate credit card entry! Well, I did that and apparently I deleted my original login, and in so doing I undid every bit of sorting that I had ever done in the last 3 years of being on this service. Every single month’s spending history was now incorrect. The total I spent still was right, but all the categories were wrong. I reached out to customer service but all I got was a shoulder shrug emojI.

Historical data isn’t the end of the world, I can fix it going forward and all of my rules and sorting will be correct going forward. However, a huge value of having been on the same service for years is now lost and there is no getting it back. This one doesn’t have a satisfying end because I don’t have a good solution, I don’t want to go back to tracking each dollar spent in a spreadsheet and pulling my wife over to yet another service is unlikely to be a fruitful endeavor. So.. I complain to you internet! If you’ve had something similar happen, I’d love hear about it.

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:33:40 -0600

Fun in the ~~sun~~ snow!

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:52:43 -0600

Mini roundup time! I feel like as the mortgage market starts to heat up I just lose the ability to keep my ear to the ground for interesting things to share! What I think about is how excited I am to see the momentum built in 2025 to carry forward and grow in 2026!

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 23:10:36 -0600

Watched: The Life of Chuck Really solid and clever movie!🍿

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:01:53 -0600

I didn’t get around to weekly roundup this week. So we’ll do a little mini roundup!

Church this week was really encouraging. Bro James preached on “ acquainting yourself on what’s real.” The basic thought being that if we are familiar with what’s “real” in life, the fake will filter itself out. Great for spirtiuality, work, or politics 🙂

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 09:59:19 -0600

Not new news at all, but I am loving how powerful the features are on Carrot Weather. I subscribed for the custom notifications, but I’m loving the features avaiable as storms are blowing through, very useful.

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 10:34:34 -0600

Jonathan Delozier on selecting a buyer’s agent:

”The report shows that while familiarity still matters, it’s no longer decisive on it’s own.

Although 79% of repeat buyers said the would consider working with the same agent again, only 13% ultimately hired an agent based on prior relationship.”

It’s not enough to just know someone!

Sat, 03 Jan 2026 22:46:27 -0600

Watched: Superman 🍿 I finally got around to watching this one! Easily the best thing to come out of DC since the Batman. DC is in good hands with James Gunn it would seem!

2025 Playlist Observations (Weekly Roundup 1/2/26

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 11:08:40 -0600

I really enjoyed making a few observations last year on my 2024 Spotify playlist. I felt like it would be fun to continue that tradition(?) this year as well!

2025 Spotify Playlist

I would say compared to last year, my tastes have been a lot more all over. The first quarter of the year was very skewed toward my typical indie/folk tastes. I found several songs that I listened to year through the whole year, especially Never Been Better by Ben Abraham, Weird Goodbyes and This isn’t helping by the National.

As we got into the mid year, OK Go was basically all I listened to and watched. I’m not going to link to everything, but with the release of their latest album I was hooked. The video for A Stone Only Rolls Down Hill got the ball rolling and Love kept it going.

After that was Rouge Valley! Again this so heavily dominated I couldn’t possibly link to everything, but I listened through their whole catalog and enjoyed most of it! Their style is very unchanged in the Americana side of things if you want to give them a listen.

The last half of the year was a huge mix. It was lacking in big album releases that got my attention, and so the year is a healthy mix of Americana, Indie, a light touch of rock (several songs on the most recent Goo Goo Dolls album were fun). I also enjoyed a few longs off of Zac Brown Bands latest album. As he continues to lean more into the stoner persona I can’t really recommend the album, but there are a couple of nuggets What You Gonna Do comes to mind.

I’m excited to see what the next year brings, my current favorite band The Arcadian Wild is due for new music, and I can’t wait to see what singles (or hopefully full album) they release!

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 13:57:10 -0600

In the shortest of weekly roundups, I’m thankful for good conversations with my wife, a happy Christmas with family, and excitement for what’s next in my career as a mortgage lender!

Leftovers and Reflections (Weekly Roundup 12/20/25

Sat, 20 Dec 2025 22:55:22 -0600

As the year draws to a close and the everyone slowly winds down into perpetual time off, I come to the end of the week without a lot that’s “new.” This seems like a great time to package in some random thoughts and reflections.

I have probably mentioned it before but hitting my income goal was extremely fulfilling this year. After really committing to going all in my business has really bloomed. While my average loan size increased substantially, my units have largely stayed the same. My goal next year is to focus on the latter.
I’ve witnessed my entire working team step up this year along with me. I look at the effort across the board and everyone’s numbers are up. It’s a beauty to behold!
Family, it’s been a year with my new baby girl! She’s been such a light to our family. Seeing how she changes the mood of everyone in the house, especially my oldest, just melts my daddy heart.

That will be all for this week. I may take a break for the holidays and come back strong for the New Year… or I might do another round up next week! As my wife’s family likes to say.. “Maybe, maybe not!”

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:10:09 -0600

What’s up with the App Store push notifying me ads for apps? Do better Apple that’s complete trash

Updated App Defaults December 2025

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 16:41:06 -0600

It’s been a year since I’ve last written about my defaults apps. A year in and several categories have changed so it feels like a good time update my list!

📧 Mail Client: Outlook (personal) and Gmail (work)
💽 Mail Server: Outlook (personal) and Gmail (work)
📝 Notes: Obsidian (for blog stuff), Apple notes (personal), Google Keep (work)
📋 To-do: Reminders
📷 Phone photo shooting: ~~Camera Control ~80% of the time, swipe left from lock screen otherwise~~ Camera Control to launch the camera
🎞️ Photo Management: Photos.app
📆 Calendar: Calendar.app (personal), Google Calendar (work)
🗃️ Cloud File Storage: OneDrive and iCloud Storage
📖 RSS: Reeder
📇 Contacts: Contacts.app
🛜 Browser: ~~Vivaldi(personal), Edge and Chrome at work~~ Safari (personal), Chrome (work)
🗣️ Chat (not messages): ~~discord mostly, some telegram~~ Discord
📑 Bookmarks: none
🔖 Read It Later: none
📜 Word Processing: Rarely used, but Word when I do need something for this
📋 Spreadsheets: Rarely used, but Excel
🛒 Shopping lists: Reminders.app
🏞️ Presentations: none
🍱 Meal Planning: None
📈 Budgeting and personal finance: Simplifi
📰 News: ~~mostly google, or sometimes Apple news for headline stuff~~ nothing
🎧 Music: Spotify
🫛 Podcasts: ~~Castro~~ Overcast 🙌🏻
🔐 Password Management: ~~1Password~~ Passwords.app

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 23:21:49 -0600

I never got around to finishing Arkham Knight back in the day so I’m working on finishing that game now. I’m really impressed how good the game looks for being 10 years old!