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Thoughts and Technical How-Tos

Wandering Shop Stories 82

Prompt Word: Shining Minervie and Chip 70 The investigators followed Minervie and Chip around the side of their home, through the side gate, and into the back yard. Chip, seeing the number of adults who were present, asked, “Gramma, is Graendle in trouble?” The lead woman spoke first, “No. He is a witness to an incident we need to know about.” Minervie nodded, “I suspect the trouble is around a unicorn....

29 Apr 2026 · 2 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Wandering Shop Stories 81

Prompt Word: Brace Minervie and Chip 69 Minervie picked up the phone, “Hello?” Phone: “William Item Dispatch.” Minervie: “Mike Item Nan Easy Roger Victor Item Easy.” Phone: “It’s been three months. We have questions.” Minervie: “So ask.” Phone: “We need to talk to the Treant.” Minervie: “When?” Phone: “Within an hour, a team is on the way.” Minervie: “I’ll be here.” Minervie hung up the phone, and called, “Chip?”...

28 Apr 2026 · 2 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Web Infrastructure Update

It’s Been a Stressful Time Moved, In a Hurry Got Laid Off Web Server Died January The landlord tells us he’s raising the rent. The amount is significant. Real talk. We could have fought it and won, but it also would have meant literally having to fight every year. That isn’t worth it. We started looking in a hurry. February We found an apartment. It’s cheaper by $500 per month BEFORE the rent hike the landlord is asking for....

26 Apr 2026 · 3 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Wandering Shop Stories 80

Prompt Word: Redundant Minervie and Chip 68 In the gathering wood, Graendle literally lifted Pierre by root around his chest and set him down in the branches of a tree that was about 15 meters away. Even as an old Treant, Graendle didn’t LOOK that big. “This should be far enough,” resonated from the branch that set Pierre down. Through the leaves of the tree he was in, he saw the silver horned unicorn from before racing into the clearning....

30 Jan 2026 · 3 min · Gary Allen Vollink