Opening a new chapter at gid.space

Welp, It's been a while since I've made a post. I've been busy over the last year, what with working at NTH, Inc, learning computer sci/programming, and reading a ton of great Sci-Fi.

At the moment, I'm working on a web site: gid.space

Yeah, it's a weird url, but it's short and I like the idea of it standing for a virtual place I can put all of my crazy ideas, and tie everything together.

I may not continue to write on Blogger in the future, since I'll be trying to do short posts on the homepage of gid.space

For now, thanks for browsing through my strange ideas, and look for me at my space. The gid.space *puts on way-fares and walks off into the sunset*.

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