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I got an Apple Watch last October and had it until this August when it broke. At first I thought I would be disappointed and run right out to get another one, but mostly I felt an overwhelming sense of relief. It is stressful to wear one all the time with it tracking every metric, sending me every message and always telling me I need to work out (when I had already planned to work out a bit later in the day). It has been several weeks without it now and I don’t miss it.

A cool little detail from my Bell’s Codex story is that in it there is a race between a Dodge Hellcat and a BMW M3. While I was writing it I actually tracked down a drag race video between those two cars to make sure the winner was correct in the story.

Donation to the life support fund from the sale of the Golden is complete!

Donation to the life support fund from the sale of the Golden is complete!

The golden is on the way to its lucky owner. Money from this sale is going to the Coso fund. Consider donating today!

The one and only golden sold! As soon as the transaction is complete I will donate to the fund. Plenty of red ones left for those interested!

Initially when I made this ad for the NH Gazette I just had a snapshot of letters that wouldn’t decode to anything meaningful. Just as an example of the code. But thinking about it a bit more I wanted it to be something that people could actually decode when they understood the encryption. So I pulled out my Python code again and actually encrypted a message for this version of the ad. Hopefully it gets people interested!

Had dinner tonight with our neighbors. They are the ones that we built the secret path between our yards. It was such a great evening. Feeling very grateful for my life.

This is an ad I made for the NH Gazette. It is the country’s oldest newspaper which happens to be based out of where my story is located.

Today was a good day for me. Hope you are all doing well too, .

What is something you ? Having tea with my wife before bed is one of my favorite things. Post about what you love and let’s push the network sentiment into the green!

@bfgreen In one of our previous discussions you mentioned how it is good to have a puzzle which starts off simple and slowly builds in difficulty in subsequent stages. This is me trying to do that and bridge the gap between the most simple cryptography and showing the trajectory toward the encryption I use in the book. I hope it helps!

@bfgreen this can all be done by hand and is completely standalone. Though it offers clues for the book.

@bfgreen I created a little worksheet to help with some of the mechanics of solving my Bell’s Codex puzzle. Everyone is still stumped and I wanted to offer some sort of clues without just giving up the answer. Not sure if you’re still interested but have a look if you like!

New Linocut for sale on Etsy! 2 color bumblebee print for $90. $10 of each sale on Coso goes to the life support fund.

etsy.com/listing/1771301248/bu

Also, my prints are still available for $20. 100% of profits go to the life support fund!

etsy.com/listing/1704761125/co

Consider supporting and a small artist!

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Damien

Hey fam. I am coming out the other side of a path of rough mental health. Here are a couple of blog posts about where I’m at now.

damienkanerigden.com/blog/f/ho

damienkanerigden.com/blog/f/vi

I know I haven’t been around much. Just trying to figure out the proper way to live this life.

Hope you are all well. Digital hugs.

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