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Updated: Sunday May 24, 2026.

There is a lot of stuff on this website: a blog about road trips, eight free music albums, art, a comic strip, a directory of awesome links, and a mini-blog (on this page). I restarted the site out of sheer boredom in 2020. I pulled together some of my favorite internet stuff from the 1990s and 2000s. I hope someone enjoys it as much as I do.

Road trips and adventures:

Ten most popular articles in 2025:

  1. CNJ railroad tracks in the woods (Atsion, NJ)
  2. New Jersey’s volcano (Rutan Hill) and mini-mountains that glow under UV blacklight
  3. Nothing but trouble in Centralia Pennsylvania
  4. Pasadena Terracotta Brick Factory
  5. The Gingerbread Castle in Hamburg, NJ
  6. The Abandoned Hofheimer Grotto in Warren, New Jersey
  7. Parlin Sayreville Amber and Pyrite Fields (Rockhound Zone)
  8. Photos from Asbury Park, New Jersey from the 2000s
  9. The Franklin Parker Preserve and abandoned railroad tracks
  10. Asbury Park Art Murals, Wooden Walls Project

Ten most recent articles:

  1. Orange Mountain Basalt in the Watchung Reservation
  2. Shopping for strange stuff and the Slatington Marketplace
  3. Canfield’s Phosphate Mine (1870-1881)
  4. New Jersey’s volcano (Rutan Hill) and mini-mountains that glow under UV blacklight
  5. The Giant Pie Lady of Frackville, Pennsylvania
  6. Stromatolites in Hamburg, New Jersey
  7. Asbury Park Art Murals, Wooden Walls Project
  8. Asbury Lanes (Asbury Park, NJ) The Best Years
  9. Photos from Asbury Park, New Jersey from the 2000s
  10. The Sterling Hill Mining Museum (Ogdensburg, NJ)

lava lamplogo from 1996

Mini "Link Blog"

The best link blog on the internet:

  1. A new and useful micro-hobby: Black Oxide: The Simple and Powerful Way to Transform Your Hardware. 5/24.
  2. I'm not a train person (someone who collects model trains, a train spotter, or a train historian) but I got a kick out of this train video: Guilford Freight in Peabody Square, Peabody, MA. I like the idea that people built a trainline inches away from a building. Civil engineering on the verge of chaos. I have blogged about abandoned train tracks in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. 5/24.
  3. Neural Viz is back with another AI-rendered Remo Green video: Breaking Into Black Holes. The visuals are excellent for AI and the writing is decent dry comedy. It reminds me of the Mandalorian, if the Mandalorian was intentionally funny. Hollywood is not just "cooked", it carmelized. Hollywood is not just "cooked", it's been melted into meteor impact glass. As an aside, I had the Mandalorian meal at Burger King. I wasn't bad, but I think the Doordasher stole the Grogus that were supposed to come with the meals (I ordered 2). Or the Burger King stole them. Someone stole them. I feel stelt from. 5/24.
  4. As an enjoyer of the Beastie Boys and Pink Floyd's music, I extra enjoyed this DJ BACON "BEASTIE FLOYD" (FULL 20 MINUTE MEGAMIX - PARTS I & II) remix track. It's purchasable on Bandcamp. 5/24.
  5. Earlier this year the algorythms that guide my life choices insisted that I start watching Sopranos reruns, and I did. EmpLemon (avatar is a green Admiral Ackbar) has an analysis of the Sopranos ending: To End a Show. It is worth watching if you have the time and are a fan of the Sopranos and "premium TV" shows. Living in New Jersey you're expected to embrace New Jersey culture like the Sopranos, Kevin Smith films, the Jersey Shore TV show, Bruce Springsteen and memes about sea gulls, Taylor Ham pork roll and Central New Jersey. Stockholm syndrome. The Sopranos and Clerks 1 & 2, Dogma and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back were good. 5/24.
  6. Hobbies That Were Cheap Until Rich People Found [them]. I remember when video games could be found at thrift stores and fleamarkets for a few bucks, and vinyl was at most a dollar at garage sales. Unfortunately, sometimes you don't know something has peaked until you get knee deep in it, and then it is painful to back out. In the 2010's I amassed about 2000 vinyl records, mostly from garage sales, flea markets and thrift stores. Half the fun of a hobby like record collecting is hunting for the thing you collect and meeting like-minded people along the way (the other half is the music itself). When prices rise, there's less time and money to spend on the hunt. And that's why I sold my record collection. 5/24.
  7. Rock Hounds of the North East is a rock solid YouTube channel about rock hounding in the North East area of the United States. Rock hounding (which can be inexpensive (kinda)) has replaced my vinyl hobby. 5/24.
  8. Man in the Moon music: Moonlighting | Retro Poland Original. Not to be confused with McDonald's Mac Tonight Moon Man. Solid guitar and lunar glitter. Find them on Bandcamp. 5/24.
  9. Frank Black fired Kim Deal, and she went platinum with the Breeders. There was a moment in my life -- around 1988 to 1993 -- where I did not know anyone who did not like The Pixes. Everyone from the mailman to metalheads. Come On Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa primed the pump and Dolittle exploded in 1989 (lighting the fuse for bands like Nirvana who came later). Doolittle and Fugazi's "Waiting Room", people loved that style of music. 4/15.
  10. The story of the house number font by Dime Store Adventures. There are many common things I never think about and one of them is the house number font -- UNTIL TODAY! I wonder what the font is for the black on gold number stickers people also use to number homes. 4/15.
  11. 500 Cigarettes is a clip from the TV show the Orville where characters Bortus and Klydon discover and become addicted to cigarettes. I find the scene hillarious, as it reminds me of my friends who delighted in smoking cigarettes while watching Star Trek in the 1990s. The Orville itself is a dry sitcom (no laugh track) that parodies Star Trek. Bortus and Klydon are parodies of Klingons. The show is as serious as it is funny, and it is respectful of the franchise it parodies. 4/15.
  12. Flightradar 24 is a great website for tracking flights. What's that hellicopter circling your house. Find out! 4/6.
  13. porcelain about 1700–1750; mounts about 1750–1755. Wall-eyed turquoise cat. Wonderful. 4/6.
  14. Sandatlas is a website about sand and sand-related rocks and minerals. 4/6.
  15. Strudel.cc lets you code and run music using JavaScript. If found out about it from @measure_plan. 3/28.
  16. Aliens, Shmaliens. Have you experienced angine de poitrine yet? They're a Orchestre Rock Microtonal Dada-pythago-cubiste! They look as crazy as 2026. 2/21.
  17. One way to avoid being mistaken for AI is to never fix your grammar or spelling errors. Your welcome! 2/8.
  18. Why certain minerals fluoresce. 2/8.
  19. A mini-documentary on the band Girls School. They were, allegedly, Lemmy's favorite punk/hard rock band. 2/8.
  20. I was never a big Prince fan, but I must admit he is an excellent guitarist. This video cronicals Prince's legendary 2004 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame performance, where he performed an over the top amazing guitar solo to show everyone that he was one of the best. Aside from that, I think Sexy M.F. is his best song. 2/8.
  21. I enjoy the sound of music played though an old solid state or tube (each has its own appeal) amplifier. YouTuber Shuksan Audio makes videos where he repairs classic amps. I envy people who have the knowledge and skills to replair old audio equipment. I envy people who have the time and the physical space to enjoy old musical equipment. Silence and peace, with the time and space to fill it with the sounds you like, is a gift and a privilege. 1/28.
  22. WFDU is going to start Replaying Uncle Floyd's "Garage Sale Music" radio show, Thursdays 4-7PM (January 29th will be the first show). I watched an interview with Floyd and he said his music collection is comprised of records that bands gave him when they played The Uncle Floyd Show and records he found at "junk stores" (thrift stores and the like). 1/26.
  23. Oogie just wants to hang out with chicks. 1/25.
  24. The Evan "Funk" Davies Show Playlist from February 20, 2019 features "Uncle Floyd" by David Bowie. 1/24.
  25. The Hour of Crap with Don-O Playlist from October 17, 2025 features "Cheerio Cherry Lips Cheerio" by Uncle Floyd. 1/24.
  26. Fool's Paradise with Rex March 14, 2020 playlist features the song "Deep in the Heart of Jersey" by Uncle Floyd/"Cowboy Charlie". 1/24.
  27. Todd-o-phonic Todd Playlist from April 6, 2019 features the Uncle Floyd song "Shaving Cream (punk lyrics)". Oogie makes an appearance. Features an interview with Floyd. 1/24.
  28. The Hour of Crap with Don-O Playlist from September 6, 2024 features the Uncle Floyd songs: "Oogie's Boogie", "The Dull Family", and "Shaving Cream". 1/24.
  29. Glenn Jones (WFMU) has a show featuring Uncle Floyd. Linked to from Favoriting Jonesville Station: Archives. Look for February 20, 2002 or February 17, 2003. 1/24.
  30. Krys O's Free-Form Roller Coaster's Tribute to Uncle Floyd. Listen, learn, love. 1/24.
  31. Rest in Peace, Uncle Floyd, king of New Jersey UHF television in the 1980s. Watch Clips of Uncle Floyd to see what undergroud entertainment was like before the internet and for people could not afford cable. 1/24.
  32. Every now and then I have to listen to The Legendary Pink Dots. 1/17.
  33. Eddie Van Halen: The Final Years is a retrospective on Eddie Van Halen's final years making music by the YouTube channel Guitar Meets Science. I enjoyed watching it, as I stopped paying attention to Van Halen around 1988, and it was good to catch up. Guitar Meets Science is great for detailed retrospectives of metal bands. I was not a huge metal fan as a teen, but I did a had a case worth of tapes, a denim jacket and a Sienfeld mullet. I owned (not stole) the first 6 Van Halen records, the first Guns n' Roses, the first 5 Metallica records, plus some Antrax, Twisted Sister, and Ratt tapes. I also listened to Eric Clapton, the Eagles, John Fogerty, Genesis, Robert Palmer, Sting, and Billy Idol. Definiely not a metal head -- more of a pop culture alloy. When I had money to spend, I bought gas, car insurance, Levis and Ocean Pacific shirts -- not accruing a vast music collection (that came later in life). Once I got to college each person I met introduced me to a new band or type of music. I eventually discovered more metal, but mostly I diversified my musical tastest to include classical, jazz, punk, hardcore, ska, rap, industrial, techno, indie, alternative, grunge, funk, r&b, fusion, prog, etc. I got a job at a record store. I made friends with DJs and people who work at indie record stories. I made friends with people who had bands. And my music collection grew and grew. Sometimes I had sell some of my collection for beer and gas money. Priorities. At the turn of the century MP3s made virtually every song available. Protools and trackers let virtually anyone produce their own music. Then Apple commercialised digital files, YouTube replaced MTV, and Spotify commercialised streaming, turing music into an all you can eat buffet. Now, AI is being used to create thousands (if not millions) of new songs every day. With unlimited choices, I returned to some tried and true favorites: all the music from a backup of my 2006 iPod, a few new bands like Henge and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, and classic favorites like Cracker (in June), DEVO and of course the first 6 Van Halen records. 1/17.
  34. Happy New Year!
  35. Visit the Mini-Blog archive for links from 2019-25.

Tura Satana easily breaks my arm like soft chalk:
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