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I'm Dan Jewett the caretaker, night-watchman, what have you.
I once read a bit of SEO wisdom that said you shouldn't waste space on your homepage with a "welcome" message because it's not useful to search engines. What nonsense. Welcome!
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glee.
"...everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. "
~ Viktor E. Frankl
What's here...
You can see below how I've grouped The categories on the site.
And
then here's all of it together →
Articles / Essays →
Notes coalesce…
Notes →
Some become completed thoughts, others not so much.
Appreciating the Utilitarian Aesthetic
March 6, 2025
I find it interesting that I will get so much satisfaction from executing a task at the command line where I experience only text and a certain amount of invisible magic, and then turn around and be disdainful of a graphical interface that doesn’t appear super-slick or modern.… the rest
Life and Legacy
February 3, 2025
As I'm reading the final chapters of East of Eden by John Steinbeck the question of legacy… the rest
Shadows and Light
February 2, 2025
Joni Mitchell's Shadows and Light has been a favorite of… the rest
It's a Well Considered Process
January 29, 2025
First go through all the links you saved to the temporary folder… the rest
Starving the Billionaires
January 22, 2025
The immediate non-violent way that comes to mind is to stop buying their… the rest
Our Leaders Are Nazis Now
January 21, 2025
I'm about ten years older than my immediate group of friends with one or two exceptions.… the rest
What I've Decided to do About Social Media
January 18, 2025
The big bugaboo. How much social… the rest
What Should Go in Notes Anyway?
January 18, 2025
I've made this site. I should populate it with… the rest
Books →
Books I'm reading, have completed, or …didn't finish 😬.
First Paragraphs →
Changing Planes
February 13, 2025
Death of a Salesman
February 7, 2025
In Ascension
On Deck
Moby Dick
On Deck
Valis
On Deck
The Dispossesd
In Progress
Gravity’s Rainbow
In Progress
Letters to a Young Poet
January 19, 2025
Something in the Woods Loves You
In Progress
Hell Yeah or No
In Progress
Anything You Want
October 20, 2024
Git For Humans
September 23, 2024
East of Eden
In Progress
Tao Te Ching
June 13, 2024
In Pharaoh’s Army
June 4, 2024
Empire of Silence
June 1, 2024
Essentialism
May 25, 2024
The Notebooks of Sonny Rollins
May 3, 2024
Flowers For Algernon
May 1, 2024
Stoner
April 9, 2024
Roadside Picnic
March 9, 2024
Children of Time
March 2, 2024
Frankenstein
February 11, 2024
Solaris
January 25, 2024
Shadow & Claw
January 18, 2024
Red Rising
January 6, 2024
Hyperion
November 25, 2023
We Who Are About To…
October 29, 2023
Camera Man
February 28, 2022
Bear
February 28, 2022
Blue Horses
September 25, 2021
Rowing Faster
September 20, 2021