Mark Roland

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Applying engineering, art and design to solve unique challenges.

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Generative line drawings created with a pen plotter machine.

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Drawings created for kinetic sand tables.

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Exploring code, systems, and creativity.

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I'm excited to be preparing a short presentation on generative art for fellow artists in my community this Thursday!

Aug 18, 2026 • 11:04 AM

I'm excited to be preparing a short presentation on generative art for fellow artists in my community this Thursday!

Inbox, reading lists, downloads folder, bookmarks, "watch later" - these are all places I pin things to come back to - and I try to actively prune them back. There are too many interests to pursue them all!

I've been using Claude Sonnet 5.4 and it's solving coding problems that I've been dead-ended on for years. I'm flabbergasted.

I'm working on a Plotter Art article for this site that I'm excited to share with everyone soon.

I participated in a leather stamping workshop at the Double-R Ranch. We had a lot of fun experimenting with the tools.

Today I'm reading MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS - the Pope's letter regarding Artificial Intelligence. It's a very thoughtful analysis of the topic.

After almost two weeks of traveling through Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. - there's no place like home!

The Sight & Sound theatre’s “Joshua” was an amazing way to experience the story. The stage production was as much of a character as the actors.

“Be frugal and industrious, and you will be free” -Benjamin Franklin

Seeing the Statue of Liberty up close and the 9/11 memorial were two very moving experiences. Both represent America at its best.

Taking the train from Boston to New York has been a beautiful way to see this stretch of the country.

There’s an excitement about experiencing a city for the first time that can’t be duplicated.

First game of coaching summer youth basketball in the books. The kids played great!

Today was a great day celebrating two family birthdays

It's always a good day when you get to spend time at the beach.

School's out for summer! (For my kids anyway).

I prefer drinking sparkling water straight from the can, but Coke over ice in a glass.

Today I went live with a new version of this site - something that hasn't been done in over 10 years!

On the first of the month I update all of my dev tools: Docker, Homebrew, Node, AWS CLI, etc.

I ran a new distance record today - 8.25 miles!

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