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As I will explain on the companion blog for this site (mirrored here on Blogger), the title of this page has nothing to do with any depravity of my own of which you might happen to be aware. It is a reference to the Google corporate motto "don't be evil", which I read to mean "don't create any unnecessary hardships for the visitors or users" - something that should have been seen a platitude, had circumstances not made it a radical statement. Providers do make life pointless hard for their users with fair frequency, as I've discovered the hard way, often enough to see that a website was to be found in those many hours of pointless aggravation. Having been one of those geeks who really did wade through 50 or more pages of legalese at a sitting, only to discover that he had to start the process all over again after finding a deal breaker in the fine print, I had the thought that others might see some value in not having to go through that nonsense themselves, when looking for a blog or a website hosting service, or other online resource.

The top directory of this website will be devoted to a discussion of the Internet itself, and some of the services on it. You'll see that material trickling in slowly over the next few years; it probably won't be very entertaining, but I hope you'll find it useful. This is also home to Joe Dunphy's Page O' Squat (what's left of my old site at Geocities, while it lasts), a Chicago photo gallery, a few Burning Man pages (mostly unpleasant, but not entirely so), and more material on the way.

Until then, you might want to return to the ring you entered my site from.