https://www.plasticbank.com/ - because they're actually doing
something about all of the plastic accumulating in our oceans
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The horror did me good, the magic was on my side.
Kudos to Solderpunk[1] for beating me to the punch on replying to
cmccabe[1] with Everything2[2] as a definite non-awful web page. I
have been visiting it sporadically for years and it is a relaxing
oasis on the www of notifications and clickbait. They and their
users are doing good work[3] over there. I think Solderpunk's
description was about as close as you can get without experiencing
it, but then I'm already familiar with the site...
There is some good in the ol' www yet.
I will nominate instead consumptive.org[4] as another site that
I occasionally visit for interesting stories and surprises.
Maintained by James Luckett from the wilds of Yellow Springs, Ohio,
James is equal parts photographer and chef/baker who has had some
interesting experiences over the years. It's definitely worth
checking in once in a while to see what he's up to.
There is also Home Chip Lab[5] which features a home garage IC
chip-fabrication enthusiast. "It's not enough to have a dream, you
have to have a garage."
Another curiosity: the International Union of-Mail Artists[6] - I
hope someday to get back to doing some printmaking and thereby
begin doing some mail-art. Right now however it appears that I may
have a new job (for which I am thankful) but that job is in western
New Jersey.
So it goes. It is time once again to figure out how to pare down
our possessions and make arrangements for moving them to the other
side of the continent (only three years after having come west from
Maryland to the Seattle area). Then the dance of living in
temporary housing looking for something to rent more permanently
while starting a new job all over again. My wife is having some
ongoing health issues and we're both low on emotional resources for
such a move so I'm hoping things go smoothly. The good news is we
have more money in the bank than last time plus a promised
retention bonus from the employer I'm leaving for sticking around
so long to help close things down smoothly there.
We'll be within an hour or two of NYC so there will at least be
opportunities for interesting things to do there.
[1]
gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/%7ecmccabe/20-noncommercial-www.txt
[2]
https://everything2.com
[3]
https://everything2.com/title/You+are+not+special.+You+will+die+here%252C+too.
[4]
http://consumptive.org/
[5]
http://sam.zeloof.xyz/category/semiconductor/
[6]
http://iuoma-network.ning.com/group/us-embassy
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