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tedex logoSometimes I just want to write something of a general interest, just an expression of thought that has nothing directly to do with an active project. Perhaps it is a comment about an old project or someone else’s work. That is what this SHOP NOTES area is about.

However, some readers have wanted to share thoughts and comments with me as well as display their own projects. Sometimes they just ask for help. A forum helps share information with everyone.

I have created a “The Hobbyist Work Shop” forum area over in the TEDEX forums which is my reader feedback source. I have tried the Blogs for a number of years but the unruly denizens of the Internet have made a clean on-topic open blog virtually impossible to maintain. There is a bunch of third (as well as some second and first) world folks who abuse the system and the work of others for their own selfish desires under the guise of open marketing. We commonly call it SPAM.

So by concentrating my efforts for genuine reader feed back into the TEDEX forums, I have tools available such as IP blocking to cut off parts of the WWW that keep shipping that strange canned pig byproduct. I probably can’t win the battle but I will persevere.

If you run your own hobby business as I do, I don’t mind at all if you have a small, topic related business link in your TEDEX signature. It’s also OK to write, “I build bird houses for sale. Come visit me at ETSY.com.” The reason I publish this web site is to share the fun, but not to be someone’s billboard. I will remove obvious abusers.

So I humorously claim to be a benevolent web space dictator, granting a prerogative to have your own say, which includes not agreeing with me if presented in a nice way. But be certain that if I don’t like it because it is SPAM, it will be removed, but enough of the negative. We don’t need rules if we all play nicely.

On having that said, I hope you do take the time and participate in the forum. For a look, just visit. I recently re-opened the guest account with read only privileges. Send me a personal email if you want an account. There is an email link here in the drop down under Site menu tab. See you there!