Chris Brooks

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Teach CS at Western Oregon University. Former CTO of Corillian (now part of CheckFree/Fiserv), WebMD Health Services. Into golf, boardgames, sailing, travel. I mostly live in western NY, Napa, and in a van.
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Album Club: Trans Europe Express — Kraftwerk

Friend Jim and I have an album club going that we started a while back. I’m going to share our summaries here. This one is Trans Europe Express — Kraftwerk. Discussed on March 15, 2026. Picked by Jim.

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Golf in Rio Verde

Played in my third straight member-guest with friend Cliff down in Rio Verde AZ, at the far NE corner of Scottsdale.

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(Jeff) Tweedy in Phoenix

Julie and I saw Jeff Tweedy in Phoenix last night, at The Van Buren. Jeff is in parens because this is really the Tweedy band, with Jeff and sons Spencer and Sammy comprising half the ensemble.

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Tanks and Lizards

Julie and I are traveling from Napa to Scottsdale, taking our usual sweet time. First night in Bakersfield, second night just outside of Joshua Tree National Park.

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Rewiring the Backswing: Lessons from a Patient Coach: https://chrisbrooks.org/blog/2026/03/12/golf-swing-changes

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Rewiring the Backswing: Lessons from a Patient Coach

I’ve been working with Erik Barzeski on my golf swing for a while now, and the last few months have been a deep dive into the backswing — specifically, three interconnected changes that sound simple on paper but feel like rewiring your brain on the range.

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Got my own ActivityPub server running at https://sive.rs/d though still super basic and testing
Van Camping with Rory

We took advantage of perfect Napa Valley weather and a new-to-us local campground to steal Rory away for an overnight camping trip.

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Teaching Computer Science in this New World

And by “New World” I mean the inflection point that happened at the end of 2025 with Claude Code and Opus. I haven’t been this excited and concerned since the dawn of the web in the early 1990s.

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100 Days to Offload

I’ve wanted to (1) get back in the habit of writing more often here and (2) re-introduce tags to the blog. 20+ years of content is a lot and my trip summaries aren’t enough for me to navigate my own mess.

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@pushingcardboard ack so sorry. Hope things are better than they seem right now