Do you have a blog post or something I can read about your living situation? How do you manage to keep costs so low?

I'm trying to recall the context I heard this in, believe it may have been the radio program To the Best of Our Knowledge. Farmers talking about dealing with Monsanto and their GMO seed. One mentioned that for many farmers, the main concern wasn't so much revenue maximization as cost minimization.

It's struck me for a long time that Free Software offers a bit of both. It minimizes business costs (both direct license expense and licensing-derived limitations on use), while maximizing functional capabilities.

It doesn't entirely surprise me that someone as familiar with the concept as Joey Hess would extend this to his personal life. A $1.5k/year nut buys a hell of a lot of F-U freedom.

Consider this begging for a rundown on how you're pulling this off, 10k a year is about the floor in my experience and I've ranged far and worldwide. Have no problem living in the middle of nowhere.