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Reading this article about the Chris McCandless story brought a strange measure of relief to me. The McCandless story seemed like some kind of idealistic golden fleece. The book by Jon Krakauer had had a profound effect on my thoughts about possessions, life, and what seemed an impossibility to achieve for any kind of purist. …

I read a post by Matthew Johnson, and I realized I’d forgotten what to value. In his post, Johnson notes fellow blogger Steve McCoy’s tweet: Our van has been keyed again, that’s twice in 7-8 days or so. Someone is obviously mistaken as to what we value. I wouldn’t react that way, I don’t think. …

I didn’t get to SteamCon, but blog reader and friend Bennie did*. He’s the one who made me aware of Steam Punk in the first place. Anyway, he said he’d send me a few things from SteamCon, to which I said he didn’t have to, but he said he would, to which I was very …

I used to use a robot to protect my privacy. A robot.txt file, that is. I included the little file in my web site so that Archive.org wouldn’t keep a record of my early web site versions. These early versions are, frankly, embarrassing. You can see, when you look at the listing, which years I had …

I’m nearly always the last to know, particularly in trends. Some might say this is because I am from North Dakota. Well, fine. Anyway, a friend emailed me today, and haphazardly mentioned “steampunk” in the email, noting a conference in Seattle in October. Within 20 minutes of crazed internet searching, I sat agape at the …