The Eclectacy 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.

Jupiter and Io Jupiter and Io
~2015 • Acrylic on Canvas
This acrylic on canvas work is a rendition of the classical "Jupiter and Io" theme. The artist utilizes a vertical composition and "lost profile" to emphasize the subject's form. The brushwork in the background is loose and cloud-like, simulating the mythological shroud of the god Jupiter, while ...
earthsheart
Genre: Speculative Fiction
Earth's Hidden Heart: A Verne & Burroughs Legacy Part 1: The Buried Legacy (The Unseen Seed) The year is 2075.
The world's population swells, energy demands skyrocket, and the last vestiges of fossil fuels dwindle.
A generation earlier, humanity, in a desperate bid to secure its future and dispose of its most dangerous byproducts, committed to deep geological repositories.
Within a labyrinth of engineered tunnels, far beneath the surface, lie the silent monuments of a past crisis: vast sarcop...
The Cat
by Charles Baudelaire
I. A cat is strolling through my mind Acting as though he owned the place, A lovely cat-strong, charming, sweet. When he meows, one scarcely hears, So tender and discreet his tone; But whether he should growl or purr His voice is always rich and deep. That is the secret of his charm. This purling voice that filters down Into my darkest depths of soul Fulfils me like a balanced verse, Delights me as a potion would. It puts to sleep the cruellest ills And keeps a rein on ecstasies Without the n...