Tag Archives: Uplifter

A Blogging Sidekick

I’ve been doing a little blogging over at the Uplifter Weblog1. I believe in the now nascent Uplifter philosophy, and want to help where I can.
My only concern is whether or not I have any insight into anything, and if I do, whether I have enough to go around, spread between two blogs.
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Old Dog, New Tricks

I just created the Uplifter History page at the Uplifter Wiki. Not a major literary effort; it’s just nice to use some tools that I’ve seen and read about. Plus, someone has to care about grubby, miniscule details of any operation, so that an accurate record is preserved. Solaris admins eat and [...]

Uplifter Lifts off

From Dave Slusher at Evil Genius Chronicles, news that the Uplifter weblog and Uplifter wiki are now live.
It’s hard to describe the Uplifter lifestyle in a few sentences, but for me, the seed started germinating with the October 4, 2005 Clambake.
So, here are a few succinct one-liners:
Uplifters live within their means, generally [...]

Hoist the Banner

Appearing in the right sidebar: “Don’t Tread on Me” has rich historical significance; read about that here. This is a banner that will remain for a good long time.
I never knew this was the first flag of the US Marines.
It sums up my stance on a lot of things, such as this, in [...]

Business Plan 2006

To live comfortably beneath my means for another year.
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Operation Eden: Merry Christmas From Pearlington

Check this out: Operation Eden: Merry Christmas From Pearlington.
We’ve all posted our Seasons Greetings on our blogs; we’ve left comments conveying best wishes on our friends’ blogs. This is right and proper. All of our mutual best wishes, heartfelt though they are, are rather meager compared to the joy and the good news in [...]

Operation Eden

In the post-Katrina days, don’t think it’s all over. If you haven’t checked out Operation Eden, this is a great time to do so. The guy’s name is Clayton Cubitt. His mother had a trailer in Pearlington MS; he and his family grew up poor in New Orleans. And the “had” part of that [...]