Dain Miller

Hey, I’m Dain. These days I'm retired from big tech; I mostly read, write, and make stuff. 
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December 17, 2025

One of those days...

Ever had days like this: little sleep, big meal, little movement, low energy, but high ambition... ? It feels like your world is ending.. You can't do what you want to do. We all experience it, but why can't we all realize it's just an experience... Not the end of all experience. I am struggling with that today. I think, on my worst da...
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November 12, 2025

October Reading Recap

Hey ya'll, Hope you had a good October. I'm coming at ya a bit late given it's halfway through November, but better late than never. Stay tuned for Novembers recap at beginning of December, I'm 11 books in so far and it's the best reading month of my entire life. Stoked to talk about it when the time comes. Here we go... books complete...
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November 28, 2024

Review: Stillness is the Key

Calm begets calm. Action begets action. Brick begets brick — literally. In 1940, when most political statesmen were in the halls of power in Westminster, or in the war rooms of London… One of the most powerful men in the world, who was possibly the most crucial to the victory over Germany, was laying bricks for a house on his property ...
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November 17, 2024

Review: Temporal on Audible+

This is the epitome of an audio movie. The best sound design & post-production I’ve ever heard. It’s a story about a future in which 21 people make it to Mars, only to find all of humanity “vanishes” many years later. …but they don’t know why… Fast-forward 1,000 years later… On Mars… We’ve developed into a full civilization, albeit a v...
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