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CounterIt.ch minimalist black-and-white bicubic cropped logo with a red Swiss accent square.
CounterIt.ch

For readers who still enjoy slowing down long enough to think.

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  • Gardening

Study: Autumn is the Best Season of All

  • UpdatedSep 18, 2023
Pumpkin Pie Spice, Pasta, Pumpkins, Squash

Pumpkin patch in autumn, the best season of all.

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  • Music

Quintessential MTV and Gen X: “Video Killed The Radio Star”

  • UpdatedSep 12, 2023
Chart of generations, including Gen X.

A musical blast from the past: What do The Buggles, Talking Heads, The Cars, The Michael Stanley Band, Iron Maiden, and Stevie Nicks have in common?

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  • Business

Didn’t Pharma Bro Get Sent To Prison For Price Gouging?

  • UpdatedNov 23, 2023
Price Gouging: college text books and tuition.

Price gouging: college textbooks and tuition. Pharma Bro and Moneybagg Yo, on being productive.

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  • Cycling

Lowering the Bar on a Motorcycle

  • UpdatedDec 16, 2023
  • 2 Comments
Motorcycle meme of Yamaha FZ1 (yammie) and Honda Magna v65 (maggie)

Lowering the bar on a motorcycle by using a DIY top box.

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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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