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"Spend your time creating something" Check: making topological shapes "Get a domain you like " Check: kleinbottle.com "Maintain it for a long time, [perhaps as] static html" Check: since 1996 "Share your writing, photos, designs" Check: everything's self-written & self-coded "No investors" Check.

Results: Much learning. Fun. Friendships. Kind notes from strangers. Occasional satisfaction.

I agree with you, Jose. Thanks! -Cliff

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You missed one of the best parts. Build yourself a robot to retrieve product from the crawl space under the house: Check!

It's always an honor to see your comments on HN, been a fan for years. And I just remembered I'd always intended to buy a bottle from you, going to do so right now.

Off-topic question - have you ever heard of hypercubing? As in solving Rubik's cubes in 4 dimensions (and more?) It's a growing niche that I'm involved in and I think it might fit your interests. Would love to tell you more about it if you're interested :)

(For the record, the way we solve cubes in 4 dimensions is by simulating them on a computer, but there are also "physical versions" of the 4d puzzles.)

The Cuckoo’s Egg is still one of my favorite books of all time!

I haven't read The Cuckoo's Egg since the early 90's but credit it with providing a much needed moral compass at an important point in my life.

It also compelled me to seek out some American band that was mentioned in there called The Grateful Dead.

Life changing in two ways.

>Kind notes from strangers.

How did the number of interactions change over time?

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