cwark(7) — about this site
This site is maintained by a single operator.
No brand. No team. No engagement loops.
Not because collaboration is unwelcome, but because independence matters.
Because algorithms dictate too much. Attention should be earned, not optimized.
It runs on second-hand hardware, stripped to essentials.
Not for nostalgia, but because simplicity ages well.
Because longevity isn’t about power — it’s about care.
Here, signals matter more than trends.
Topics
- Operating systems built for stability, not churn
- Tools that follow the UNIX philosophy — transparent, composable, portable, timeless
- CW and amateur radio, especially the WARC bands
- Minimalism in computing and signal processing — less entropy, more awareness
- Reusing hardware instead of chasing ephemeral specs
- Thinking off-grid as much as operating off-grid
Why static HTML and plain text?
Because computation shouldn’t dim communication.
Because words don’t belong in a relational database.
Because latency is a choice — and silence loads faster.
No tracking. No analytics. No telemetry.
No scripts siphoning data.
No algorithms optimizing attention.
If that speaks to you — welcome.
If not, no worries.
This was never meant to scale.
QRP works. QRM doesn’t.