Nomadness

A Single System Perspective

admin — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:37:39 +0000

The bulk of this post is an excerpt from Issue #14 of the Nomadness Report, which is finding its voice and shaping up well (with a compilation of the first 12 issues now available as an eBook). Much of the … Continue reading →

Settling into the New Nomadness Lab

Steve — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 07:55:58 +0000

I suppose it is ironic for a paleo-technomad to look at something as mundane as moving and note that it’s personally epic. But epic it is, after 13 years in a place that was created for the high-energy Microship project… … Continue reading →

Swinomish Channel Webcam

admin — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:54:39 +0000

The move to La Conner is now about half-complete, with the Camano house empty and the lab still cluttered. New facilities are online and working well, and when the relocation is complete I’ll give you a proper walkthrough. Already I’m … Continue reading →

Nickel Generators

Steve — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:16:33 +0000

In 1983, I abandoned all pretense of responsibility and hit the road on a bicycle. This was deeply alarming to my parents, since I was now 30 and a suburban homeowner; even though I was barely scraping by as a … Continue reading →

New Places, Products, Publications, Partners, & Pussycats

Steve — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:26:43 +0000

It’s astounding how much can change between one blog post and the next. The more time passes, the more I find myself in that catch-up mode that tempts me to blast through a huge range of subjects, addressing none of … Continue reading →

Paperless Voyaging

admin — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:48:26 +0000

It’s not easy to move aboard after over a decade in a familiar home and cluttered lab. Not only are there changes of expectation about what constitutes “comfort,” but everything important to daily life must somehow be incorporated into a … Continue reading →

Blogs, Biz, and Bottom Jobs

Steve — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:19:40 +0000

Well, that sure took longer than expected. I had plenty of warning last year about the impending demise of the blogging tool I’d been using forever, but my standard PFD mode manifested itself… and for months, an item hovering ominously … Continue reading →

The Tools of Extraction

Steve — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:37:00 +0000

I’m aboard Nomadness at the moment, here to do the water-heater installation, but in classic fashion got drawn into the “opportunities” presented by this infernally glowing laptop. There seem to be two big changes afoot that will require difficult decisions … Continue reading →

BEHEMOTH Memories

Steve — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:34:00 +0000

This post is a sort of interlude; Dervish is now rigged and is about to join Nomadness in the marina, and Polaris is complete enough to begin accepting a distillation of lab inventory. Lot of progress, in other words, but … Continue reading →

Dervish of the Salish Sea

Steve — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:09:00 +0000

The trickiest part of an insanely complex and steadily morphing project is the way it warps the lives of all involved. I have a long history of watching relationships flounder while I devote all available time and energy to technomadic … Continue reading →