Articles

Welcome to the blog page. Here's all the articles. Like the tag line for the web site says, I write about a lot of different subjects. Well, at least, when I write at all. It still haven't gotten over being disheartened by losing years and years of content to WordPress hackers. I guess I still need to work that out. In any event, here's what I've managed to slap together so far.

Writing in Markdown

The weirdest thing to get used to in Grav is the experience of writing in Markdown. It's this odd hybrid of modern technology and ancient word processing. But it's not weird because it's hard to get used to. It's weird because of how quickly it makes you realize that WYSIWYG editing isn't actually as easy as we've all convinced ourselves that it is.

Random Ramblings: 20170912

In which I talk about replacing Wordpress with Grav; discover that Google is limiting monetization on my videos for some unknown reason, and wonder if it has anything to do with my politics; look ahead to playing Wolfenstein, Assassin's Creed: Origins, CoD: WWII, and Red Dead Redemption 2; and finally, I admit to buying a Shark Card in GTA5 Online and sorta, kinda defend microtransactions.

Goodbye, Wordpress. Hello Grav.

The web site that used to be here is gone. As I explained previously{.exclude}, I lost my entire Wordpress site, because someone exploited some sort of vulnerability that turned my web site into a spamvertising site, that was sending out emails in the background, without anyone being aware of it. Wordpress, which powers a bit under 1/3 of all web sites has become a target for hackers. It has an elderly, bloated codebase--inevitably, for a 13 year-old PHP project--and a well-known architecture.

Pilot Motosport Riding Gear Review

ATTGATT. All the gear, all the time. It’s the mantra I live by, especially since my motorcycle is my primary transportation, and I ride every day. That turned out to be a good decision in 2008, when the van driver for a handicapped transportation service, presumably trying to drum up some more business, ran a stop sign and T-boned me while I was riding my FJR1300.

Living with Orange Crush

It’s been a month since I traded in my Triumph Trophy for an orange and black BMW K1600GT that I dubbed “Orange Crush”. Since it’s my primary transportation I’ve ridden it every day—except for some rainy days here and there. So, I think I have a good handle on the good, and the bad of owning it. There’s a lot that’s good about it, actually, but first and foremost you have to talk about the power.

The Way We Were

The 1970s weren’t just a different time. The United States itself was a far different place. A much stranger place. Just take a look at these ads, which, at the time, seemed entirely normal.

The Future That Never Was

Concept cars have been pretty boring in recent years. There are occasionally some interesting stylistic exercises, or some showcases of new technology, but for the most part, recent concept cars have been pretty dull. It wasn’t always that way, though. There was a time when concept cars were…insane.

Starting Over

Well. Time to start over from scratch. There used to be a complete web site here. It was on Wordpress, and there was 10 years of content in it.