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  • Gardening, Music

Pumpkin Harvest to Cherub Rock: A Halloween Reflection on Music, Literature, and Faith

  • UpdatedOct 27, 2026
Cover image for a Halloween blog post featuring a backyard pumpkin harvest, 90s alt-rock themes, and Catholic Hallowtide traditions.

From backyard pumpkin harvests to 90s alt-rock, Dostoevsky's cherubs, and the true Catholic roots of Hallowtide—explore a unique Halloween reflection.

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  • Technology

PHP2Shell Explained: Patched in Switzerland Before the 60% Panic

  • UpdatedOct 25, 2026
PHP2Shell vulnerability timeline: from CVE disclosure to active exploitation across 60% of internet-facing PHP servers

PHP2Shell is forcing governments to take sites offline. 60% of internet-facing PHP servers have no patch. Here's what went down, who's actually in danger, and why we were already safe.

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  • Outdoors

Notre Dame To Cook Rice Today At 3:30 PM ET

  • UpdatedSep 13, 2026
Start time of Notre Dame–Rice football game; also, alludes to FBS teams scheduling FCS teams.

We clear up the start time of the Notre Dame–Rice football game. We also illustrate why some FBS teams like to schedule FCS teams every year.

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  • Books

Labor Day 2026: College Football, Sunflowers, and Reading

  • UpdatedSep 8, 2026
Notre Dame college football season opener, catching-up on reading, and blooming garden sunflowers. - Book: "The Brothers Karamazov" by Dostoevsky - For readers who still enjoy slowing down long enough to think.

Labor Day 2026 included Notre Dame football, garden sunflowers, and "The Brothers Karamazov" by Dostoevsky.

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CounterIt.ch is a minimalist personal publication exploring Markets, Machines, Midwest, and Musings—the recurring themes that shape everyday life and many of the essays found here.

Written by Joe, an Ohio-based Linux user and former Wall Street professional, CounterIt.ch offers observations on technology, business, philosophy, books, motorcycles, gardening, politics, the outdoors, and life in Northeast Ohio. Some entries are practical, others reflective, but all share a common goal: slowing down long enough to think beyond headlines, algorithms, and the constant stream of online noise.

The site was created as a place for longer-form writing and independent thought—an alternative to the limitations of mainstream social media and the fleeting conversations that often define it. Some ideas simply deserve more than a few hundred characters.

Although the writing is rooted in the American Midwest, the ".ch" domain is a nod to Switzerland and its traditions of precision, independence, and simplicity—qualities that also inspire the site's minimalist design and philosophy.

Whether you arrived here looking for insights on markets, technology, Linux, motorcycles, books, or simply thoughtful observations about everyday life, I hope you find something worth reading—and perhaps something worth thinking about long after you've left the page.

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