may I introduce…

Generally speaking, I’ve tended to be the kind of person who, before starting a book, absolutely must read the introduction, no matter how long and dry it might be. Since you clicked on the link marked “introduction,” you might understand what I’m talking about.

This site has been up continuously since February 2001, when I lived in Minneapolis. The site’s first year and a half was the second half of my three years in Minnesota. Since then, I have lived and worked in downtown Oakland (with a short stint living in Berkeley early on). More biographical info.

My usual pattern of updating this site is typically to ignore it for a while and then post a big glut of previously repressed self-expression.

Gohlkusmaximus.com runs on WordPress blog software. I recommend it highly — it’s free, it’s open source, it’s totally cross-platform, it’s constantly being updated, it’s relatively easy to install and customize, it’s extremely well-documented, and it’s easy to use once installed. And it has a large community of users and developers who are devoted to keeping it relevant and useful. Sometimes it has security problems, but hey — it’s free. What else could you possibly want?

Read the colophon (yes, I have one of those).