The Laboratory

POETRY • PAINTING • PHYSICS • TECH

Efficiency is Independence

I'm a retired architect building systems that don't need "Big Tech" permission to exist. I run a full web presence, mail stack, and security layer for a dozen users on 1GB of RAM. No Docker. No bloat. No bullshit.

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~2015 • Oil on Canvas
Unknown
realms
Genre: Speculative Fiction
The Unseen Currents A work in progress...
Characters: • ANANDA (Male - meaning "bliss" or "joy," suggesting a compassionate, dedicated nature) • LAKSHMI (Female - a name associated with prosperity and fortune, but here hinting at a richness that becomes hoarded or misdirected) • SIDDHA (Male - meaning "accomplished" or "perfected," reflecting an innate goodness despite outward struggles) • MAYA (Female - meaning "illusion" or "creative power," fitting for someone who navigates and eventually ...
The Mystic Friends
by Richard Le Gallienne
I nothing did all yesterday But listen to the singing rain On roof and weeping window-pane, And, 'whiles I'd watch the flying spray And smoking breakers in the bay: Nothing but this did I all day - Save turn anon to trim the fire With a new log, and mark it roar And flame with yellow tongues for more To feed its mystical desire. No other comrades save these three, The fire, the rain, and the wild sea, All day from morn till night had I - Yea! and the wind, with fitful cry, Like a hound whinin...