Let's start this new blog with a confession: despite being an Information Technology professional, I haven't built a personal website since the mid-90s. That site was written in raw HTML on an original Macintosh, saved to a floppy disk, proofed on a color Power Macintosh, and then telnetted - line by line - to an NCSA Server at the nearby University. I loaded it with "Under Construction" banners and animated GIFs, with the text being black on a background of gold. It took several minutes to load on my parents' 33.6k dial-up modem when I giddily showed it off to them.

Fast forward almost thirty years later, and my has the world changed.

This post marks the first independent footprint I've had on the 'net since then, and I'm honestly unsure how long this one will last. Social media has a perverse way of keeping you engaged in content creation, constantly pumping out replies, posts, updates, and opinions at breakneck pace to satisfy the algorithm. I intensely dislike that part of the internet, but the thought of putting together my own web hosting and shelling out some serious cash every month wasn't that appealing either, especially given my small audience of friends and acquaintances.

Still, there's that residual itch that I have an obligation to share my knowledge and wisdom with others, if only to aide them on their own life journeys. The internet is going through a tumultuous time, and the wisdom of our digital ancestors is of great value to those who have only known the stability of social media and centralized services. In that regard, I feel a compulsion to help navigate the stormy seas.

So with all that being said, welcome to my little slice of the internet. It's not much, but it's mine, for however long I choose to hang onto it.