Finger.Farm is the world’s only open source hosting for the Finger protocol. Built primarily as a tech demo for the jr devs on my team who’d never experienced the joys of the ASCII era and shared unix boxes, Finger.Farm is a look back through Internet history into another era. For…

WeirdOneCharacterDomainSuperstore.com aka ツ.ws… A web app for weird unicode single character domain names… A weekend project that got out of control… — TLDR; I built a Weird One Character Domain Superstore. It was a lot more work than expected and totally ridiculous, but it’s done. Enjoy! What is it? WeirdOneCharacterDomainSuperstore.com is exactly what you’d expect: a place where you can go to shop for weird single character domains. While the x.coms …

… revenge, bonding, humidity and a sub 24 hour finish of the Vermont 100 Miler They say that revenge is best served cold. That’s as true of ultramarathons as it is with ex-lovers, disobedient pets, former business partners or that guy who complained to HR about me screaming obscenities. Five years ago, The Vermont 100 totally destroyed me. My first attempt to run one hundred…

A 2014 Zane Grey 50 race report. — Photo by Deron Ruse “So… uhh… don’t tell anyone I haven’t been running the whole time, ok?” When I saw that kid, I knew it was all gonna be cool. Kids on a course are always a good sign. They don’t hike far. …

… the second in a series of articles examining unconventional ways to fix America’s economic woes. — Photo courtesy Greg Jordan Supply and Demand. Guns and butter. Desperate situations require a hard look at the facts: the massive oversupply of housing in this nation has a profoundly depressive effect on the economy. We need to burn America’s houses to increase the value of America’s houses. I should…

From Native American Juggalos to mentholated cigarettes, a brief history of America’s favorite drug. — An early steam-powered meth lab, circa 1860. (Photo credit RO Irving) A Brief History of Meth Use in America