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confessions of an overworked gym-owner trying to do a little better... maker of things, occasional writer, and owner/operator of station515

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  1. Issue · Aug 9, 2026

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    I can’t believe this was released two years ago. I also can’t believe that I’m referring to things I wrote as being “released” but that’s a topic for another day… Mostly, I struggle with the idea of creating things that I love and am proud of but holding them back. There is the old adage of “If you’re good at something never do it for free” and while I can see wisdom in the statement, I am simply not that guy. This the full text of the narrative zine. If you like it enough, I do have hard copies

  2. Issue · Jul 27, 2026

    The Workmanship of Risk... (opens the original)

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    I recently read C. Thi Nguyens work “The Score” and have not been able to get some of the ideas out of my head since. The work is focused on the philosophy of games, on how rules and metrics can be used to create freedom and creativity – or the exact opposite. You will have to dig in yourself for the big picture, but one little piece of language I can’t stop turning over is his discussion of types of rules, specifically what he calls the algorithm. This is not the modern technological usage (mor

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