1. The Homebrew Computer Club 38th Reunion: Inspiration To Try A
Variant      on (ttk.me b/4T71)      I attended the Homebrew
Computer Club 38th Reunion and got to hear Steve Wozniak give an
impromptu speech from the heart. It was both inspiring and
reminded me of many of the reasons I developed a passion for
computers in the first place.      In reflecting on my notes
from his speech, I realized that everything that Woz said about
how the Homebrew Computer Club from the start about your "own
machine" or your "own computer" applies today nearly 40 years
later to your own online identity and your own website.
However, like the early 1970s, the dominant computing paradigm
is once again stuck in a timesharing mindset, updated with new
terms and prettier interfaces.      You may "own" your own
handheld machine and computer, but your software and data are
more and more updated, controlled, and stored in one or more
proprietary centralized "clouds" (whether Google's
Gmail/Calendar/Documents, or Apple's iCloud,