Neotoma's Midden

Welcome!

Neotoma, or pack rats, live in nests called middens. The same midden may remain inhabited for longer than humans have lived in cities, providing us with a rich record of an ecosystem. This record is, often enough, literal shit. But to those who are, as they say, in the know, the shit reveals secrets. We refer to this today as the Good Shit.

I use this website to catalog Good Shit.

In Blog you’ll find my own writing. There isn’t a particular theme, but I enjoy writing about philosophy, software, and…anxiety, I guess lol.

Bookmarks is a catalog of links I’d like you to check out. It is big, so you might have an easier time finding what you are looking for by looking through the categories first. I’ve also added a Fun Things category for the silly of you. If you are chronically serious, please do not click it.

Now contains small life-updates. These updates so far start as a reflection on something that happened to me that trail off into whatever topic I actually want to write about.

Follow and FAQ are, of course, what they are. They are quite boring but are yours to view if you think they’ll answer your questions. If your question isn’t, “what’s your email”, however, you will be disappointed.

What’s new?

I added a small email following service! Head over to Follow if you are interested!

Bookmarks where I have made a local back up are now displayed with a small ‘Saved!’ banner.

Word to the wise

My critics have been chatty this year. They have already pointed out my stylesheet is amateurish, the quality of my posts do not make up for my inconsistent schedule, and any attempt to find bookmarks worth reading is met by a wholly uncharming amount of jank. To them I offer the words of Roger L’Estrange:

…[Websites] and dishes have this common fate; there was never any one of either of them that pleased all palates…[T]hough I deliver up these [webpages] to the [world-wide-web]¹, I invite no man to the reading of them; and whosoever reads, and repents, it is his own fault. To conclude, as I made this composition principally for myself, so it agrees exceedingly well with my constitution ; and yet, if any man has a mind to take part with me, he has free leave and welcome. But let him carry this consideration along with him — that he is a very unmannerly guest, that presses upon another body’s table, and then quarrels with his dinner.