How to Win a Civil War

In which the author speculates on the finer points of being a human, particularly in the American South.

Civil War Online, Redux

9 years 9 months ago

The fun never ends. This weekend I discovered that my employer, Georgia Tech, possesses PDFs of all 148 volumes of The War of the Rebellion, the official record of the Civil War. PDFs can be downloaded right from the library catalog; you just gotta be a GT student, staff member, or faculty. Or I suppose you could be given special dispensation if you're a researcher somewhere else. Very cool.

Civil War Online

9 years 9 months ago

There are a lot of crap things about living in the early 21st century, but Project Gutenburg ain't one of them. The other day I was musing on the memoirs of William T. Sherman and it suddenly occurred to me that, well hell, they're in the public domain, I bet some fool has digitized them. And sure enough, here they are. It's a fairly good bet that among the several hundred people I know well enough to merit a Facebook friendship, I'm the only one truly willing to read this 1400+ page monster.

Cobbler's Shoes

9 years 9 months ago

If ever the world needed an example of a person who can't keep his own house in order because he's busy fixing up other people's houses, this website is it. Not that anyone is looking anyway, but every now and again someone asks for a link to it, and I suddenly feel the need to sort some things out. So I spent a half hour sorting things out today, and the house looks slightly better. Until you open the door and go inside, of course, but we can't have everything.

Willkommen Bienvenue Welcome

10 years 1 week ago

Remodeling the site; pardon the dust. My 3D portfolio is done-ish. New web development portfolio coming. If you want samples, or a quote, or just a bit of chit chat, drop me an email.

If you are a client, log in here.

Bitter Southerners

10 years 4 months ago

Howdy readers. Thanks for doing what you do. Contact me with any comments or questions you might have.

If you want more stuff to read, please tune in to BikeTwain.com on June 27th and follow me as I bike from Chattanooga, TN to Fairmont, WV.

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