Essays!
Over the years I have felt it was worthwhile to share my thoughts on a number of matters. How valid those thoughts are, I'll leave the reader to decide. Here's a selection that I felt were most noteworthy out of the past decade and change (as of 2025) of my ramblings.
Ctrl-Zine Articles
I now and again have both edited and written the Ctrl-C community 'Zine. Not all of those articles are shared here, but the ones I am proud of and feel are relevant are alongside links to the PDFs they appear in.
First appeared in Ctrl-Zine Issue 20, April 2025.
2030
First appeared in Ctrl-Zine Issue 19, January 2025.
Our Place in the Future and Digital Independence
First Appeared in Ctrl-Zine Issue 18, December 2024.
Digital Ghosts and Ghost Stories
First Appeared in Ctrl-Zine Issue 08, October 2023.
10,957 Days of September and Counting
First Appeared in Ctrl-Zine Issue 07, September 2023.
Thirty Year Circle
First Appeared in Ctrl-Zine Issue 05, July 2023.
Gemini Articles
I have a gemini capsule, and have updated it (inconsistantly) since 2021. While it isn't as sparce as this small selection paints, this is what I felt was worth transposing over here as opposed to 'here is a link to a proxy URL that just dumps everything.' By and large, I don't believe I have a lot to say that I feel is worth sharing on the potential scale of the internet.
2024
Micro Servers : 08.22.2024
2023
VideoTel - The Network that Wasn't : 11.12.2023
PDP11 : 09.17.2023
Test Drive 3 is Awesome : 09.16.2023
Fear is the Mind killer : 07.31.2023
My Thoughts on Gun Control in America : 03.03.2023
2022
The Slow Lane : 10.18.2022
Book Review: Ariel : 08.17.2022
Ishida : 03.06.2022
There is Nothing New and That is OK : 01.13.2022
2021
Streets of Rage Turns Thirty : 09.11.2021
Of Class, Color, and Privilege : 10.21.2012
Technology for the Disabled : 08.28.2021
Blogger Articles
Blogger is a, wait for it, blogging platform that I was part of for about six-ish years (2009 - 2015) though like many I kinda left the plae to linger for a few years mostly as a result of forgetting it existed after ever more infrequent posting. In time I ended up deleting the thing out of sheer dissatisfaction, the amount of effort going into updating the thing being more trouble than starting fresh elsewhere, and I was in the middle of reevaluating my digital footprint.
So, I removed what articles and short stories were of value to me, and told Google (Blogger is owned by Google) to delete the rest.
The public facing bits are quite gone, but I am very certain that Google has hung onto the data in one form or another, because I sincerely doubt they delete anything in case it becomes profitable later.
The Sort of Portable Gizmo I Want : 07.29.2015
Where is the Export Function? : 02.27.2014
Writing Advice : 11.18.2013
People still Pirate Things : 07.10.2013
Star Wars was an Inside Job : 05.22.2013
My Thoughts on DRM : 05.13.2013
Rebuttle to 'But I have nothing to hide' : 06.07.2013
Gun Ownership and Responsibility : 07.20.2012