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Islands Are More Fragile – Stanwood Camano News
This is a bit of a departure from the main content thread on this site, but is included in the interest of completeness. When I bought a house and built a lab in the woods of Camano Island, I unintentionally … Continue reading
Designing Technomadic Systems – Dr Dobb’s Journal
This was the most substantial published Microship system architecture discussion, and still, over a decade later, reflects the basic design concepts underlying my machines. Although the hardware implementation is completely different, the model is the same: distribute low-power networked nodes … Continue reading
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Technomadics at Sea – Multihulls
An essential part of the armchair sailing library during the Microship project was Multihulls Magazine, and on rare occasions I found my way into its pages. This article was from my brief (2-year) tenure as the land-based “skipper” of Hogfish, … Continue reading
Technomadness and the Internet – Internet World
I am fond of this article, which was written during the heady days of the Internet’s “takeover” from the mess of competing centralized services. Inspired by my own experiences with technomadics, it seems to anticipate the emergence of online-centered lifestyles… … Continue reading
Anatomy of a Unixcycle – SunWorld
An inevitable side-effect of having the Bikelab at Sun Microsystems was my exposure to a whole new computing culture… I was a Unix and SPARC noob when I landed there, and the learning curves were steep and plentiful. This article, … Continue reading
Taking Mobility to the Limit – Cellular Business
This article came at a pivotal time in both the evolution of the cellular industry and the design of my bike. Added to the Winnebiko II for testing, the Oki 491 phone did so well that it became fully integrated … Continue reading
On the Road and On the Air – 73 Amateur Radio
As ham radio became an ever-greater part of my technomadics, I started writing for 73 and other publications. This cover story was a fun one, and the photo was taken by Karen Greene on Sullivan’s Island off the coast of … Continue reading
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A Life on the Road – Cyclist
A visceral, intense day of bicycle touring… this was first written on November 29, 1986 as Chapter 14 of my Miles with Maggie series. A Life On The Road by Steven K. Roberts Cyclist Magazine – February, 1987 Do you … Continue reading
Breaking the Chains – 1985 Writer’s Yearbook
Written from the perspective of my first year on the road, this article in the annual Writer’s Yearbook (from Writer’s Digest) captures some of the sense of the new tools that we now take very much for granted. Not so … Continue reading
Computers Reprogram Production of Album – Joe Ely – USA Today
One of the very best things about wandering around on a gizmological marvel with lots of media coverage is that the machine becomes a key that opens doors of all descriptions. I briefly shared orbits with people I would never … Continue reading
