Matthew Kennedy

Now

You should make a Now page.

Projects

  • Creating a website for a crafts business to showcase and sell their handmade goods online
  • Making small updates to bases.el
  • Starting up work on emacs-xmpp. Help wanted with OMEMO implementation in Go.

Reading

The Book of Amos

Biblical studies

Taking a week for focused study of the first chapter. It's been good - yet odd - so far. More updates to follow.

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien · Fantasy

This is one of the books I've read the most, having done so around 2-3 dozen times since I was 8 or 9 years old. Tolkien truly was a master of worldbuilding and character development, and I look forward to getting further up and further in.

See my 2026 reading list for the full list.

Listening

I am a huge music fan, and I've been doing music production off and on since 2020, so music really means a lot to me. These are just a few of the albums I've been enjoying as of late.

Work & Focus

I've been on a huge video game soundtrack kick lately (I blame Joshua Blais).

  • Vintage Story OST - Lo-Phi
  • Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
  • Stellaris OST
  • Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader OST

Leisure Listening

Currently rotating through various artists and genres

  • A Wave, Across The Sea - Arcane Roots
  • Escape From Solemnace - Matthew Kennedy
  • Strange Trails - Lord Huron
  • ANYWHERE HERE IS PERFECT - Sam Gellaitry

Learning

  • The Zig programming language
  • American Sign Lanugage

Watching