Random Geek
@randomgeek

Help me maintain my site and my sanity while I write CC-licensed posts about tech and life!

I blog. My posts usually discuss using software tools---mostly Free and Open Source command line tools. It is a personal blog, so there's other stuff: a smattering of tumblelog-style journaling, second brain topic notes, and the occasional drawing or craft project. The creative commons is important to me. Freely shared software and knowledge helped me start a career in tech. That pool of communal knowledge goes stagnant if we don't keep feeding it. I license all original material posted to my site CC BY 4.0 and have since 2007.

Monetization has not been so important to me, but the economy is unpredictable in the best of times. The last few years have not the best of times. If my shared misadventures could earn me the occasional cup of coffee, that would be sufficient. If they could earn enough for meals, meds, or bills? That would be better.

Site highlights

• My site has gone through many iterations since 2000, and is currently powered by the Obsidian note application with Hugo building a static site from my notes
• I generally apply IndieWeb idioms throughout my site
• It's not uncommon for me to write about new tools in the process of learning them
• I often write a little code to help with a non-tech task, like using Python to create grids for drawing
• My drawings can get unnecessarily intricate
• Sometimes I write about my drawing process
• These novelty potholders I crocheted for a friend were strangely popular