Hey, I’m Caleb.

>>> BY DAY

The day job

By day I work in data analytics: dashboards, pipelines, and reports that tell people whether something is running well or about to cost them a lot of money. It’s mostly Python and SQL, plus more MATLAB than I’d like to admit. I’ve been doing it long enough to have strong opinions about chart colors.

None of that makes me a professional product reviewer. What it does mean is that when I look at a fitness tracker or a keyboard, I read the spec sheet the way I read a vendor datasheet at work, and I’m allergic to marketing numbers that don’t survive contact with a spreadsheet.

>>> WHAT I USE

What I actually use

Wearables are where I have the most real data. I lift four days a week on a structured program, track everything, and wear a Garmin with a chest strap for lifting because wrist heart rate is fiction under a barbell. I’ve swum, golfed, and kayak fished with a tracker on too. When I write about wearables, it’s from a lot of hours of actual data, including the bad data.

I train at a regular gym. The gym gear posts are about the small stuff I keep at home for warm-ups and recovery: bands and a foam roller.

Nerdy Stuff is LEGO, an Xbox, a 3D printer, and the desk all of it sits on. Projects is the code: a Discord bot, local models on my own hardware, and the spreadsheets behind the fitness posts. Every post on this site starts with something I own, did, or built. If I haven’t used it, I don’t write about it.

>>> HOW I PICK

How I decide what to recommend

Everything on this site is something I own and use, and every post opens with a note that says what I own, how long I’ve had it, and the date I last checked the links and models. No roundups of gear I’ve never held, and no comparisons between things I haven’t used side by side. I’d rather lose a sale than pretend. When a product bugs me, the post says so, and it says who should skip it. When I earn a commission on a link, the post says that too.

>>> OFF THE CLOCK

When I’m not working

You’ll usually find me gaming with friends, lifting, kayak fishing when the weather cooperates, or cooking for one with mixed results, supervised by a dog and a cat who have opinions about all of it. According to my Garmin, I walk a lot. Mostly to the fridge.

>>> THIS BLOG

What you’ll find here

Fitness and health data measured on me, nerdy stuff I actually own, and projects I build. Long-term reviews, comparisons between things I’ve used, build logs, and the spreadsheets and charts that make my life easier. If you like geeking out, laughing at a few missteps, and picking up something new along the way, you’re in the right place.

>>> THE STOREFRONT

Everything I recommend, in one place

The gear I own lives on the Shop page here, grouped the way it sits in my life, and on one Amazon storefront sorted the same way. It’s an affiliate link: if you buy through it I earn a small commission at no cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Want to argue about any of the above, collaborate, or just say hey?