9 January, 2026
If you’ve been following along in this space over the last little while, you know that I’ve been letting my mind drift more and more into what English writer Warren Ellis calls lab mode. It’s been an interesting experience, mainly because I’ve never done that in an extended manner.
One consequence of that drift into lab mode has been the appearance of some seemingly random ideas which are changing (in some small ways) they way in which I look at some of what I do. That includes writing — mainly the writing I do in this space.
While I still view this blog as a numbers station, a thought that gripped me is that Random Notes is also a set of index cards. Each post is a little ruled …
9 January, 2026
If you’ve been following along in this space over the last little while, you know that I’ve been letting my mind drift more and more into what English writer Warren Ellis calls lab mode. It’s been an interesting experience, mainly because I’ve never done that in an extended manner.
One consequence of that drift into lab mode has been the appearance of some seemingly random ideas which are changing (in some small ways) they way in which I look at some of what I do. That includes writing — mainly the writing I do in this space.
While I still view this blog as a numbers station, a thought that gripped me is that Random Notes is also a set of index cards. Each post is a little ruled card on which I’m jotting down thoughts and words and ideas. Thoughts and words and ideas that aren’t fully formed (like this one). Thoughts and words that may or may not be connected in a more cohesive fashion. Thoughts and words I might abandon or file away for future use.
Some of those cards may just record a passing fancy, a passing thought that I may never revisit. Some of those cards might one day make up something larger, if I can figure out how to arrange those cards thematically. Some of those cards contain thoughts and ideas upon which I might expand. Assuming any of that’s even possible. Regardless, it’ll be fun to try.