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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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  • Fitness

Art Of The Barter Trade Deal: 55-lb Bumper Plates

  • UpdatedApr 2, 2026
55-lb Bumper Plates. Art of the Barter Trade Deal

In the past two years, I progressed from using one little dumbbell and a chin-up bar to using a half rack, an Olympic bar, and bumper plates.

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  • Cycling

Bicycling And Jogging Has Begun, As Spring Has Sprung

  • UpdatedApr 1, 2026
Spring has Sprung in Northeast Ohio. Day two of bicycling and running outside this year at the Greenway Trail. The new Amazon distribution center is in the background.

My second bicycle ride and fifth outdoor jog of 2026, as spring has sprung. I include an updated mp3 music playlist. Also, there's a sneak-peek of the garden's garlic patch and the new Amazon distribution center..

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  • Music

Saoirse. Happy St. Patrick’s Day 2026. Sláinte!

  • UpdatedApr 1, 2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day 2026. May the Good Lord take a liking to you -- but not too soon. [Image of The Harp, an Irish pub in Cleveland, Ohio.]

A song, a blessing, some Irish history, and a few Irish words for the lads on Saint Patrick's Day.

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  • Digressions

Tips For The Fellas On Saint Valentine’s Day 2026

  • UpdatedFeb 13, 2026
Relationship tips for the fellas on Valentine's Day 2026, Pam Bondi edition.

Relationship tips from a single, never-married, sigma male on Saint Valentine's Day 2026.

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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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