Welcome
Enter freely and of your own free will! Here is a site map to get you started.
This is my personal website and occasionally a digital garden. If you enjoyed your stay, please tell your friends. If not, then by all means tell your enemies. Either way, go safely and leave something of the happiness you bring.
Me at a Glance
I’m a writer by choice, a programmer by necessity, and a metalhead by the grace of the witch. I’m a working-class college dropout with delusions of erudition. I’m a New Yorker with a face made for radio and a voice made for print. I’m autistic because God drinks on the job. I’m the reason that the Gemini protocol’s companion upload protocol is called “Titan”. I have a day job, not a career, and that’s the way I like it.
You may have heard of me. You might even think you know me. You don’t, and you still won’t once you’re done with this website. You are nevertheless welcome to visit and explore, but beware: hic svnt leones...
My Fiction at a Glance
The dark lord wears white.
He already rules the world.
Now he means to save it.
He just might succeed, too...
...with a little help from his enemies.
My Blog at a Glance
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It’s Not Your Feed Reader
If my posts are showing up as new in your app, it’s my fault. -
No Glove, No Love
I use an ad blocker for the same reason I wear condoms. -
Heavy Time
a cat helped me find a used paperback of this 1991 novel -
JS Naked Day
This website wasn’t wearing much to begin with... -
Never Give Your Best At Work
You get paid the same whether you meet expectations or exceed them. -
CSS Naked Day
This website’s gonna rock out with its markup out. -
Is Reggaeton at 9am Really That Bad?
This techie in Argentina seems to think so. He should be grateful it’s not Babymetal at 8am. -
B. Bergeron on Progressive JPEGs
I would do so if WebP, AVIF, or JPEG XL were not available and (in the first two cases) well-supported. -
On Loneliness
another take on the ‘male friendship recession’ from a man sick of hearing about it -
Ideal Breakfast?
I doubt mine is anybody's ideal, but it works for me.
Those are the latest posts; here are some of my greatest posts.
You can see more on my blog’s home page or subscribe to my RSS feeds.
Webrings
My website is part of the following webrings.
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← Hotline Webring →
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← ... Loop Ring ? →
← Retronaut Webring →
Melonland Surf Club ?
If you want to add me to your own webring, and it doesn’t depend on JavaScript, please email me.
Disclaimers
You might want to read this before continuing, but I won’t force you.
This is a personal website. I make liberal use of profanity in my writing and discuss topics that are not appropriate workplace reading. I publish fiction here that may not be appropriate for young or sensitive readers.
I operate this website in my leisure time and at my own expense. All opinions posted are my own unless attributed, and free to a good home. I do not speak for or represent my employers, or their clients and partners, on this website.
None of my viewpoints should be construed as neutral or objective. I am thoroughly biased. My worldview is generally irreligious, anticapitalist, and antiauthoritarian.
I am neither a journalist nor an expert in any of the topics in which I take an interest, though I make an effort to do research when writing. Nevertheless, nothing I post here should be considered factual unless independently verified. Discretion on the part of the reader is required. Children under 13 must consult a parent or guardian before reading further.
caveat lector: let the reader beware!