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

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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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  • 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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  • Music

Rating The Alternative Half-time Show And Music Entertainers Of Super Bowl 60

  • UpdatedFeb 10, 2026
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Rating Half-time Show and Music Entertainers of Super Bowl 60

Ratings of the music artists of the alternative half-time show of Super Bowl 60, and recommendations for next year.

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  • Fitness

2026 New Year Outlook and 2025 Year-End Fitness Level

  • UpdatedJan 4, 2026
2026 New Year and 2025 Year End Fitness Level.

I provide an update on my 2025 fitness level—strength and cardio—relative to my fitness condition in 2024. I also reference a 2026 New Year Outlook (no resolution this year), punk music, mosh pits, exercise science, and a warfare quote.

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  • Books, Technology

Learning The Linux Command Line

  • UpdatedDec 14, 2025
Leaning Linux, a book: The Linux Command Line (1st Ed. 2022) by William Shotts. Notre Dame Fighting Irish background.

I share a helpful reference book for learning Linux: "The Linux Command Line" by William E. Shotts, Jr. It's good for newbies and advanced users.

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About

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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Joe at Mosquito Lake (Sep. 2024)

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