About

Hi!

Oh. Right. Welcome to Geek Universalis II: Wrath of etc… Ray and I messed around with blogging for a little bit, decided we weren’t going about it the way we really wanted to, and banged on some different possibilities until all but one fell apart. The result? You’re looking at it.

We want Geek Universalis to reflect the diverse interests that people (e.g. us) hold. The conventional blogging wisdom is that a blog needs to be focused on a topic. We can’t argue with that, but that doesn’t change the fact that we like to read, and write, about many different things. Not to mention our desire to have more of our friends join us here in time.

So, to compromise, we set up an unconventional blog network. We aren’t trying to leverage hundreds of writers into CPM riches, we just want to both eat and own cake. The main page of GU will read like the blog we really want, with subjects coming at you from many directions. However, there’s a 2nd layer of individual blogs that will have their own character and personality (moreso as time goes by; yes, right now they all look the same). We encourage you to find what works best for you; nobody will be insulted if you only like one or two blogs here and follow those, although we might think you’re missing some good stuff.

Who’s we?

I’m John. I’m a 36 year old living outside of Seattle who loves a lot of things about my life. My day job is not one of those things, so don’t expect to hear much if anything about it. No, I enjoy the time I spend with my partner, my friends, and my pooch, and in varying degrees that’s what I write about, along with my passions in the world at large.

My partner in crime is Ray.  As he puts it, “My day job is interesting, and I often jump fields. I hope to bring some of that enthusiasm and variety with me. I am something of a dilettante, so I can’t really predict what I’ll be posting on, but I suspect physics, computers, electronics, and remote control helicopters will all make a showing at some point. Maybe even finance, if I think it fits.”

So, let the games begin! :-)