A Home on the Digital Range

Writing, projects, and curiosities

An ASCII-art buffalo on the wall of a cave. The initials “SK” and the date “12,789 BC” are inscribed at lower right.

My first blog post, from 12,789 BC

Recent

My Father’s Space Age: Klaus Krause captured America at its best with envelopes postmarked at the launches, landings, and first flights of the Space Age.
Woe Is Em: The Sad Lifecycle of an AI Tell: In 2025, the em dash became AI’s most infamous tell. In 2026, that’s changing, leaving a cautionary tale behind.
For the Love of Holmes: The world’s most famous detective shows how much more can be known when one is smarter about knowing.

Projects

Here are a few projects of mine from elsewhere on the web:

Fairmind creates fair-minded guides to polarizing issues such as abortion and the death penalty. It uses Fairmind Format, a way to explain such topics fairly, accurately, and concisely.
Americans Agree tracked where Democrats, Republicans, and Independents found common ground, and analyzed why these points of agreement did or did not become law.