Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

Maker Faire

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I was at the Maker Faire today for the third year in a row, not because I'm crazy about it (I don't even like it that much………) but for the sake of my son. It is,however, the only place on earth where, by way of contrast with the surrounding folks, I can be considered:

  • Stylish;
  • Slender;
  • Good-looking

All in all, it's kind of like Burning Man, but without the drugs.

I actually have some pithy stuff to say, but I'll hold off for the moment. If I feel like waxing philosophic later tonight, perhaps I'll crank up the laptop. In the meantime, a final good-bye to May (with a swift kick in its backside, just to say"good riddance"), and a hearty thank-you for everyone here.

Flux

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I had planned to have Slope moved over by June 12th, but I impulsively decided yesterday (that is, Saturday) to get it done before May was even over. Somehow I managed to make that happen.

Here are some remarks about the move:

  • It looks like Disqus is working (thanks, Daniel!) which will make this platform change much smoother for all the readers;
  • With some assistance, I was able to get all the thousands of posts from the old blog platform moved over, so we’re not starting from scratch (although these old posts lack the charts!);
  • For your aesthetes out there, don’t flip out at the ugly new style of the site. This is very much “Default” right now, and it’ll be improving in appearance quite radically throughout the month of June.

Well, I might as well give a chart a try; here goes – – Gold, for no particular reason:

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Charts are going to be smaller (with the ability to see the larger chart if you click on it) to make bandwidth hits a little more kind.

Anyway, I’m just putting my toe in the water. As the summer wears on, it’ll be more and more obvious why this platform change made sense. Thanks for tagging along!