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I'd love to hear what you think about luxagraf, traveling, life, whatever. If you use Twitter, you can message me: @luxagraf. Or, if you prefer, you can email me:

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Luxagraf is written and published by Scott Gilbertson.

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Photo by @lagsolo

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If you must have more details about me, or if you'd like to hire me, check out scottgilbertson.net

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Adventures

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|Ad*ven\"ture| n. 1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. — Websters, 1913.

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One day in 2005 I quit my job, took two years' savings and set off to see the world for a while. A while turned out to be 13 months.

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Then I came back, started writing for Wired.com and got married. We celebrated by exploring Nicaragua for a while.

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\"nicaragua\"

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In 2010 we decided it was time for a road trip, so we spent four months on the road in a 1969 pickup with shell.

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Then, after far too many flights, we circumnavigated the globe going east. From this we learned that we do not wish to fly anymore. Next time we will use the sea.

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In 2012 we added two new members to luxagraf and a third in 2014. Once we've all become acquainted we're off again. Stay tuned.

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Acknowledgments

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I get a lot of emails asking for the wordpress theme for this site. I would totally give you that if I had one, but I don't use wordpress and there is no \"theme\". Luxagraf is created by hand, with a lot of tools loosely joined. Most of these tools are free software that you too can use and modify as you see fit. Without these amazing tools I wouldn't be able to do this -- many thanks to the people who created and maintain them.

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GeoDjango framework -- Behind the scenes this handles a few things, like geographic queries and putting everything on a map. If you have any interest in working with geographic data, this is by far the best tool I've used.

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Python -- GeoDjango is written in Python, which I in turn run on a Linux server hosted by Vultr (note, affiliate link, costs you nothing, helps me pay for hosting). Nginx serves the flat HTML files you're looking at here.

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OpenStreetMap -- I use OpenStreetMap data for all the maps on this site. OpenStreetMap is like the Wikipedia of maps, except that it isn't wrong half the time. Whenever I feel skeptical about the so-called collective power of people on the internet, I remember OpenStreetMap and feel a little better.

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Vim -- The text editor I used to type up most things, including these words right now.

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The site validates as HTML5 and uses something the kids call responsive web design. I may or may not have written an entire book on responsive web design.

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Luxagraf should work in every web browser. If you have trouble, or see something that just doesn't seem right, please let me know.

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Photography

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Currently photos are taken with a Panasonic GF1. This is hands down the best digital camera I have ever used and second only to my old Nikon F3. In the past I have used a Panasonic LX2 and a Canon S45, and before that the best camera ever made, the Nikon F3.

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Minimal photo processing is done with Darktable and GIMP.

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The photo gallery layout was inspired by the lovely (and now defunct) Pictory photo showcase. Also note that while the writing is copyrighted to me, the photos are licensed under a Creative Commons attribution, share-alike license, which means you're free to use them so long as you attribute them to me.

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\r\n\r\n## Adventures\r\n\r\n

|Ad*ven\"ture| n. 1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. — Websters, 1913.

\r\n\r\nOne day in 2005 I quit my job, took two years' savings and set off to [see the world for a while][1]. A while turned out to be 13 months.\r\n\r\n[\"trip][1]\r\n\r\nThen I came back, started writing for Wired.com and got married. We celebrated by [exploring Nicaragua][2] for a while.\r\n\r\n[\"nicaragua\"][2]\r\n\r\nIn 2010 we decided it was time for a road trip, so we spent four months [on the road][3] in a 1969 pickup with shell.\r\n\r\n[\"1969][3]\r\n\r\nThen, after far too many flights, we [circumnavigated the globe][4] going east. From this we learned that we do not wish to fly anymore. Next time we will use the sea.\r\n\r\n[\"going][4]\r\n\r\nIn 2012 we added two new members to luxagraf and a third in 2014. Once we've all become acquainted we're off again. Stay tuned.\r\n\r\n\"twins\r\n\r\n\r\n[1]: https://luxagraf.net/jrnl/2005/10/twenty-more-minutes-go\r\n[2]: https://luxagraf.net/jrnl/2008/03/ring-bells\r\n[3]: https://luxagraf.net/jrnl/2010/07/begin-the-begin\r\n[4]: https://luxagraf.net/jrnl/2011/05/from-here-we-go-sublime\r\n[5]: https://luxagraf.net/projects/national-parks/\r\n\r\n

\r\n \r\n##Acknowledgments\r\n\r\nI get a lot of emails asking for the wordpress theme for this site. I would totally give you that if I had one, but I don't use wordpress and there is no \"theme\". Luxagraf is created by hand, with a lot of tools loosely joined. Most of these tools are free software that you too can use and modify as you see fit. Without these amazing tools I wouldn't be able to do this -- many thanks to the people who created and maintain them.\r\n\r\n[GeoDjango framework][geo] -- Behind the scenes this handles a few things, like geographic queries and putting everything on a map. If you have any interest in working with geographic data, this is by far the best tool I've used.\r\n\r\n[Python][py] -- GeoDjango is written in Python, which I in turn run on a [Linux server](http://www.debian.org/) hosted by [Vultr](http://www.vultr.com/?ref=6825229) (note, affiliate link, costs you nothing, helps me pay for hosting). [Nginx](http://nginx.org/) serves the flat HTML files you're looking at here.\r\n\r\n[OpenStreetMap][osm] -- I use OpenStreetMap data for all the maps on this site. OpenStreetMap is like the Wikipedia of maps, except that it isn't wrong half the time. Whenever I feel skeptical about the so-called collective power of people on the internet, I remember OpenStreetMap and feel a little better.\r\n\r\n[Vim][vim] -- The text editor I used to type up most things, including these words right now.\r\n\r\nThe site validates as HTML5 and uses something the kids call responsive web design. I may or may not have written an entire [book on responsive web design](http://longhandpixels.net/books/responsive-web-design). \r\n\r\nLuxagraf should work in every web browser. If you have trouble, or see something that just doesn't seem right, please [let me know](/contact).\r\n \r\n## Photography\r\n\r\nCurrently photos are taken with a Panasonic GF1. This is hands down the best digital camera I have ever used and second only to my old Nikon F3. In the past I have used a Panasonic LX2 and a Canon S45, and before that the best camera ever made, the Nikon F3. \r\n\r\nMinimal photo processing is done with [Darktable][dt] and [GIMP][gmp]. \r\n\r\nThe [photo gallery layout][gal] was inspired by the lovely (and now defunct) [Pictory][pic] photo showcase. Also note that while the writing is copyrighted to me, the photos are licensed under a Creative Commons [attribution, share-alike license][lic], which means you're free to use them so long as you attribute them to me.\r\n\r\n[geo]: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/gis/ \"Geodjango: a world-class geographic web framework\"\r\n[pic]: http://www.pictorymag.com/ \"Pictory Mag\"\r\n[lic]: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ \"Creative Commons: Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported\"\r\n[twi]: http://twitter.com/lagsolo \"@lagsolo on Twitter\"\r\n[img]: https://luxagraf.net/media/img/bio.jpg\r\n[leaf]: http://leafletjs.com/\r\n[osm]: http://www.openstreetmap.org/\r\n[py]: https://www.python.org/\r\n[vim]: http://www.vim.org/\r\n[gal]: /photos/\r\n[dt]: http://www.darktable.org/\r\n[gmp]: http://www.gimp.org/", "meta_description": "About: Luxagraf is written and published by Scott Gilbertson. Writing is done in Vim, published with GeoDjango. Photos taken with a Panasonic GF1."}}, {"model": "pages.page", "pk": 3, "fields": {"title": "Videos of Lilah and Olivia", "slug": "babyvideos", "body_html": "
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Remember when everyone had a 'blogroll' and that was how your discovered other cool sites? It's a shame that got lost somewhere along the way. I think it's still an awesome way to discover cool sites and meet new people. Here are some of the people that enrich my world.

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Travel Writing

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Personally I don't care about destination reviews. I refuse to visit sites that stoop to Top X about Y headlines and I don't really care who paid for you to go visit Cancun and wasn't the food at the resort just delightful? Life is too brief to waste your time reading that sort of crap.

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Which of course means I don't follow many travel blogs. Here is my list of travel websites that don't suck:

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Living Frugally

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Please do not mistake frugal for cheap. There's a reason he was the Frugal Gourmet, not the cheap gourmet. Cheap people have no soul, don't be one.

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Photography and Art

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I wouldn't join Instagram if you paid me Oh I give up, I'm here. Flickr is a shell of its former self, which makes it a little hard to find good photographers. That said, here's a few art and photo-related sites I follow:

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Here is my list of travel websites that don't suck:\r\n\r\n* [Notes From the Road](http://www.notesfromtheroad.com/) -- If you only click one link in this list, make it this one.\r\n\r\n* [Bumfuzzle](http://www.bumfuzzle.com/) -- Discovered this by chance when researching Travcos and it's become my favorite travel blog. Pat, Ali, Ouest and Lowe have been going for 10 years. Sailing, racing, driving, you name it. If you only click two links in the this list, make this the second. \r\n\r\n* [Inhab.it](http://inhab.it/) -- I can't remember how I found inhab.it (I think we have a mutual friend maybe?) but I'm glad I did. Click this one too.\r\n\r\n* [A Little Moxie](http://www.meriahnichols.com/) -- Great blog from a family that spends half the year traveling, half living in an off-the-grid cabin on the Lost Coast in California.\r\n\r\n* [Vagabond Journey](http://www.vagabondjourney.com/) -- I first started [following Wade Shepard's site](http://www.vagablogging.net/the-future-of-vagabonding-and-long-term-travel.html) back when I was [editing Rolf Potts' Vagablogging.net](http://www.vagablogging.net/vagablogging-alumni.html). If my math is right, Wade has been traveling continuously for over 15 years now. There is not much about travel that he has not figured out. \r\n\r\n* [Idlewords](http://idlewords.com/) -- Maciej Ceg\u0142owski runs [Pinboard.in](https://pinboard.in/) (which I love) and writes some of the longest, best travel pieces you'll find on the web. He also gives [great](http://idlewords.com/bt14.htm) [talks](https://static.pinboard.in/webstock_2014.htm). We share a [strong dislike](http://idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm) of [the pompous ass that is Paul Graham](https://luxagraf.net/jrnl/2004/10/art-essay).\r\n\r\n* [HoboTraveler](http://www.hobotraveler.com) -- Andy Graham knows more about traveling the world than anyone else in this list. I don't always agree with him about every detail, but I sure do listen. Few people have even close to as much experience. If you're thinking about chucking it all and traveling the world, start here.\r\n\r\n* [Adventure Journal](http://www.adventure-journal.com/) -- The only magazine-style travel site I follow. As with anything collaborative it's hit or miss, but there are some great essays for travelers, naturalists and adventurers. \r\n{^ .list--indented }\r\n\r\n### Living Frugally\r\n\r\nPlease do not mistake frugal for cheap. There's a reason he was the Frugal Gourmet, not the cheap gourmet. Cheap people have no soul, don't be one. \r\n\r\n* [Early Retirement Extreme](http://earlyretirementextreme.com/) -- Jacob Fisker stopped blogging a while ago, but everything he wrote remains good advice for anyone looking to extract themeselves from the consumer mindset. \r\n\r\n* [Mr Money Mustache](http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/) -- Subscribe. Learn. Consume less, produce more. Retire if you want, travel if you want.\r\n{^ .list--indented }\r\n\r\n### Photography and Art\r\n\r\nI wouldn't join Instagram if you paid me Oh I give up, I'm [here](https://instagram.com/luxagraf). Flickr is a shell of its former self, which makes it a little hard to find good photographers. That said, here's a few art and photo-related sites I follow:\r\n\r\n* [Expeditionary Art](http://expeditionaryart.com/) -- I love this site and am wildly jealous of the amazing artistic talent on display here.\r\n\r\n* [Traveler](http://traveler.collin-hughes.com/journal/) -- Collin Hughes is primarily a fashion photographer, which means he travels a lot. The site is not updated very frequently, but Traveler is full of fantastic portraits of people and places around the world.\r\n\r\n* [Shakas and Single Fins](http://shakasandsinglefins.com/) -- Ryan Tatar's photos make me want to drop everything and just go surfing. And I haven't surfed since I was 15. His work also sometimes turns up in the aforementioned [Adventure Journal](http://www.adventure-journal.com/).\r\n{^ .list--indented }\r\n", "meta_description": "Remember when everyone had a 'blogroll' and that was how your discovered other cool sites? It's shame that got lost somewhere along the way. I think it's still an awesome way to discover new sites. Here are some of the people that enrich my world."}}, {"model": "pages.page", "pk": 5, "fields": {"title": "Our Adventures", "slug": "adventures", "body_html": "

|Ad*ven\"ture| n. 1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. — Websters, 1913.

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So one day in 2005 I quit my job, took two years' savings and set off to see the world for a while. A while turned out to be 13 months.

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\"trip

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Then I came back, started writing for Wired.com and got married. Finally the royal we was literal. We celebrated by exploring Nicaragua for a month.

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\"nicaragua\"

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In 2010 we decided it was time for a road trip, so we spent four months on the road in a 1969 pickup with shell.

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\"1969

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Then, after far too many flights, we circumnavigated the globe going east. From this we learned that we do not wish to fly anymore. Next time we will use the sea.

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\"going

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In 2012 we added two new members to luxagraf and a third in 2014. Once we've all become acquainted we're off again. Stay tuned.

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\"twins

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Ongoing Adventures

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Some things take a while. Like trying to see every National Park in the U.S.

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|Ad*ven\"ture| n. 1. That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss. — Websters, 1913.

\r\n\r\nSo one day in 2005 I quit my job, took two years' savings and set off to [see the world for a while][1]. A while turned out to be 13 months.\r\n\r\n[\"trip][1]\r\n\r\nThen I came back, started writing for Wired.com and got married. Finally the royal *we* was literal. We celebrated by [exploring Nicaragua][2] for a month.\r\n\r\n[\"nicaragua\"][2]\r\n\r\nIn 2010 we decided it was time for a road trip, so we spent four months [on the road][3] in a 1969 pickup with shell.\r\n\r\n[\"1969][3]\r\n\r\nThen, after far too many flights, we [circumnavigated the globe][4] going east. From this we learned that we do not wish to fly anymore. Next time we will use the sea.\r\n\r\n[\"going][4]\r\n\r\nIn 2012 we added two new members to luxagraf and a third in 2014. Once we've all become acquainted we're off again. Stay tuned.\r\n\r\n\"twins\r\n\r\n## Ongoing Adventures\r\n\r\nSome things take a while. Like trying to [see every National Park in the U.S.][5]\r\n\r\n[1]: https://luxagraf.net/jrnl/2005/10/twenty-more-minutes-go\r\n[2]: https://luxagraf.net/jrnl/2008/03/ring-bells\r\n[3]: https://luxagraf.net/jrnl/2010/07/begin-the-begin\r\n[4]: https://luxagraf.net/jrnl/2011/05/from-here-we-go-sublime\r\n[5]: https://luxagraf.net/projects/national-parks/\r\n", "meta_description": ""}}, {"model": "pages.page", "pk": 6, "fields": {"title": "README", "slug": "readme", "body_html": "

Overview

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Luxagraf.net is built using the GeoDjango framework. I don't serve up the pages directly with django though, instead the Django app spits out static html page -- pretty much like Moveable Type did back in the day.

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The static pages are then served up by a custom install of Nginx that's got some extras like Google's pagespeed module compiled in. The one exception to that is the comments app, which Nginx hands off to gunicorn.

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Everything is served over https for your browsing privacy.

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I wrote most of the Django apps that I use, but I do use a few reusable apps written by others, namely:

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I also rely on quite a few Python modules , some of which have their own dependencies (not listed):

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I'm also deeply indebted to a vast array of geodata that I've downloaded over the years, including the world borders data set, a U.S state borders dataset (whose origin I've now forgotten), U.S. national park borders (thanks to Obama adding several new parks, mine are now out of date, but the latest versions are now available from data.gov). I'm also currently building some new apps with BLM GIS shapefiles, but so far that's not public yet.

", "body_markdown": "##Overview\r\n\r\nLuxagraf.net is built using the [GeoDjango framework](http://geodjango.org/). I don't serve up the pages directly with django though, instead the Django app spits out static html page -- pretty much like Moveable Type did back in the day. \r\n\r\nThe static pages are then served up by a custom install of Nginx that's got some extras like Google's pagespeed module compiled in. The one exception to that is the comments app, which Nginx hands off to [gunicorn](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/gunicorn/19.1.1).\r\n\r\nEverything is served over https for your browsing privacy.\r\n\r\nI wrote most of the Django apps that I use, but I do use a few reusable apps written by others, namely:\r\n\r\n* [django-contrib-comments](https://github.com/django/django-contrib-comments)\r\n* [django-extensions](https://github.com/django-extensions/django-extensions)\r\n* [django-gravatar2](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-gravatar2/1.1.4)\r\n* [django-taggit](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-taggit/0.12.2)\r\n* [django-typogrify](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-typogrify/1.3.1)\r\n* [django-bleach](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-bleach/0.3.0)\r\n\r\nI also rely on quite a few Python modules , some of which have their own dependencies (not listed):\r\n\r\n* [Markdown](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Markdown/2.5.2)\r\n* [Pillow](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/2.7.0)\r\n* [bleach](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/bleach/1.4.1)\r\n* [html5lib](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/html5lib/1.0b3)\r\n* [psycopg2](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/psycopg2/2.5.4)\r\n* [python-dateutil](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-dateutil/2.4.0)\r\n* [smartypants](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/smartypants/1.8.6)\r\n\r\nI'm also deeply indebted to a vast array of geodata that I've downloaded over the years, including the world borders data set, a U.S state borders dataset (whose origin I've now forgotten), U.S. national park borders (thanks to Obama adding several new parks, mine are now out of date, but the latest versions are now available from [data.gov](https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/national-park-boundariesf0a4c)). I'm also currently building some new apps with BLM GIS shapefiles, but so far that's not public yet.", "meta_description": ""}}, {"model": "pages.page", "pk": 7, "fields": {"title": "Currently Working On", "slug": "now", "body_html": "

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I/we are currently living in Athens, Georgia, a place that we previously found to be one of the best places in the U.S., but which lately has been souring on us. Athens has, regrettably, come to look and behave not much differently than the rest of the country and I think we're about done with it.

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To that end, when I am not playing with my three wonderful children or pounding these keys to secure our next meal, so to speak, I am in the process of restoring a 1969 Dodge Travco motorhome into a full time home for five. At times it feels overwhelming, like it will never be done (especially when combined with all the things it takes to sell your house and possessions), but I keep plugging away at it day after day and, lo and behold, things get done. Progress happens.

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Because I'm very busy spending time with the family and trying to make ends meet solely through writing (which we have managed to do for over 8 years now, yay!) I don't have the time I'd like to devote to other things like writing any one of the several novels I have in progress or the collection of narrative poems. But I'm okay with that right now. Sometimes the best thing to do is hunker down and do what you need to do to get to a new way of existing. Sometimes the short term goals get in the way of the longer term ones and that's okay.

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This page is inspired by Derek Siver\u2019s now page idea, which I liked even though I am not internet famous and no one asks me what I am up to. I like it because now I know what I am up to.

", "body_markdown": "\r\n\r\nI/we are currently living in Athens, Georgia, a place that we previously found to be one of the best places in the U.S., but which lately has been souring on us. Athens has, regrettably, come to look and behave not much differently than the rest of the country and I think we're about done with it.\r\n\r\nTo that end, when I am not playing with my three wonderful children or pounding these keys to secure our next meal, so to speak, I am in the process of restoring a [1969 Dodge Travco motorhome][2] into a full time home for five. At times it feels overwhelming, like it will never be done (especially when combined with all the things it takes to sell your house and possessions), but I keep plugging away at it day after day and, lo and behold, things get done. [Progress][3] happens.\r\n\r\nBecause I'm very busy spending time with the family and trying to make ends meet solely through writing (which we have managed to do for over 8 years now, yay!) I don't have the time I'd like to devote to other things like writing any one of the several novels I have in progress or the collection of narrative poems. But I'm okay with that right now. Sometimes the best thing to do is hunker down and do what you need to do to get to a new way of existing. Sometimes the short term goals get in the way of the longer term ones and that's okay.\r\n\r\nThis page is inspired by Derek Siver\u2019s [now page][1] idea, which I liked even though I am not internet famous and no one asks me what I am up to. I like it because now *I* know what I am up to.\r\n\r\n[1]: http://sivers.org/nowff\r\n[2]: https://luxagraf.net/jrnl/2015/06/big-blue-bus\r\n[3]: https://luxagraf.net/jrnl/2015/09/progress", "meta_description": "What am I up to now."}}, {"model": "pages.page", "pk": 8, "fields": {"title": "Curriculum Vit\u00e6 ", "slug": "cv", "body_html": "", "body_markdown": " ", "meta_description": "Curriculum Vit\u00e6 of Scott Gilbertson. I write about open source software and related topics for publications like Wired.com, Ars Technica, Webmonkey.com, The Register and others. "}}, {"model": "pages.page", "pk": 9, "fields": {"title": "Elliott Videos", "slug": "elliottvideos", "body_html": "\n\n\n\n", "body_markdown": "\r\n\r\n\r\n", "meta_description": ""}}]