Refers to:

19. Delivery Driving and Shoeshining 2025.07.28 | Patreon

Refers to:

18. The Ballad of The Country Musician (Who Knew Why He Was Doing What He Was Doing) 2025.07.28 | Patreon

Episode about how I keep tabs on The Zeitgeist:

35. Some Methods I Use to Keep Tabs on The Zeitgeist 2026.01.01 | Patreon

I didn’t open the jar my professor had on his coffee table, but I’ve wondered if the thing inside it was a mirror. What do you think? (If you already know what they put in those jars, don’t answer😉)

I could’ve also been viewed through a telescope by something extraterrestrial, which would be *extremely* interesting, but which would raise a different class of questions.

I think the thing I talk about at the end would be the most valuable single object on the planet, not necessarily that it should be.

-HK

Refers to:

17. OTG Biblical Copyright and CCTV Viewing 2025.07.22 | Patreon

Sorry, recorded this in a serious whirl. Here are some pre-drop corrections:

-Lots of people still use washboards, and very effectively, but I don’t know any of those people (yet). I apologize to them if my commentary about washboards was offensive or insensitive.

-Smell is fairly easily replicated, of course, and touch can also be replicated, but to a lesser degree than the other things. (Audio and visual are the smoking-hot topics at the moment, though.)

-The song I was going to mention was "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite", when Michael Stipe sing-laughs after singing "Dr. Zeus", because he'd intendend to sing "Dr. Seuss" instead. That kind of “imperfection” will be a little more difficult for technology to replicate, but not so difficult that it won't be done.

-I never finished talking about the possibility that I'm not going to promise, but I might do that sometime in the future.

Like I said, I was in a whirl😉

-HK

P.S. Satoshi Nakamoto is the person (or group of persons) attributed with creating bitcoin, of course.

Episode website:

47. Trust Bubbles and Authenticity Markets 2026.04.27 | Patreon

Don't start here!

Start here:

20 Questions 0 Introduction 2026.01.25 | Patreon

The shrine’s current contents:

The artificial leaf:

What I did with the artificial leaf:

Where the artificial leaf currently resides:

Refers to:

16. OTG Awed by (Artificial) Nature and Physically Sending Physical Media 2025.07.22 | Patreon

Refers to:

15. OTG Dreamy Machismo 2025.07.03 | Patreon

The original Haystacks Update #1 was referenced eight days before this Spring Cleaning episode was recorded in 10. Loose Ends Tied—Existential Waves 2026.04.07 | Patreon, btw.

Refers to:

14. Haystacks Update #1 2025.07.20 | Patreon

I forgot to mention what eventually happened to the database:

Once it was completed, it wasn’t all that difficult to keep updated, so I maintained it up until I ran into some financial difficulties. At that point, I’d already understood that my greater goal of establishing a community of like-minded fans of TLF was not going to materialize, so it was an easy decision to cut the cost of the transcription service I’d been using from my monthly expenses.

So, I guess you could say that I invented a new type of ballgame, invited a bunch of people to play with me, got tired of playing, myself, and then left the game, but didn’t take my ball with me.

(This podcast is the newest type of ballgame I’ve invented, btw, and I’m still actively playing it😉)

P.S. I still get a request for the transcript database link every now and then from a TLF fan, and I promptly share it, but my heart is no longer in that project.

-HK

Episode website:

46. Some of the Anonymous Internet Projects I’ve Worked On (Part 2) 2026.04.19 | Patreon

Don't start here!

Start here:

20 Questions 0 Introduction 2026.01.25 | Patreon