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  • Gardening

End of Harvest. Or, a Ploughman and Six Horses

  • UpdatedNov 23, 2023
Garden after being ploughed in the second week of November, after the harvest. It is 25ft by 40ft (1,000 square feet). The ploughman (that is I) used six horses (Troy Bilt Horse Roto Tiller).

The garden plot after the harvest and being ploughed by the ploughman and six horses in the second week of November.

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  • Business

Did CounterIt.ch Provide Tucker Carlson Inspiration About Pharma Bro?

  • UpdatedNov 9, 2023
Tucker Carlson Interviews Pharma Bro (Martin Shkreli) on Twitter/X

Tucker Carlson interviews Pharma Bro (Martin Shkreli) on Twitter/X. They talk about our legal system, Hillary jokes, prison, and business.

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  • Music

6 Enduring Halloween Songs Not Played On Mainstream Radio

  • UpdatedNov 23, 2023
Six (6) Enduring Halloween Songs Not Played on Mainstream Radio. "Trick or Treat, Trick or Treat; the Bitter and the Sweet." ~Siouxsie and the Banshees

Here are six (6) enduring Halloween songs not played on mainstream radio. One has a surprise ending. Do you know which one?

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  • Music

Californication: Video Games, Moon Landings, Star Trek, Kurt Cobain, and Star Wars

  • UpdatedNov 22, 2023
"Space May be the final frontier" - Californication

The song "Californication" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers incorporates allusions to video games, moon landings, Nirvana, Star Wars, and Star Trek.

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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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