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In another life, long before taking up coding, I spent 6 months in the mountains of southern Spain (near Grenada) living in a Rainbow community where tepees wer

In another life, long before taking up coding, I spent 6 months in the mountains of southern Spain (near Grenada) living in a Rainbow community where tepees were the lodging of choice. Amazing experience, obviously not much "work" getting done ;-)...except for this English guy, lived in a crude stone structure on the range across the way from where the community was situated. Somehow he had electricity, either through solar panels or running a mega cable to the small village higher up the range. Anyway, he was a programmer (this is in the mid-90s, BTW) working for a bank in England -- would mail floppy disks to his employer. Looking back now, I salute him deeply, living on the edge (literally of a mountain range) hanging out with a group of 200+ crazy pot/shroom/lsd huffing hippies -- how he got any work done is beyond me ;-) Time flies...

jonah 13y ago
I had childhood friends living way out in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. They had electricity and telephone service. On a pole at the bottom of their pasture was a directional antenna connected to a cordless telephone base station. One time we took a hike down the mountain, along the creek and up the other side. There was the homestead of the family who's telephone that was. They lived in a hexagonal treehouse and an old school bus. They had solar power and the handset connected to another home-made antenna pointing across the valley. The father was a programmer. He wrote software for parking meters and used a hand-held GPS receiver to keep track of the ginseng he had planted in the National Forest.
- sejje 13y ago
  I spent a good amount of time in those mountains, I have family with property in Mt. Judea. Wonderful place. If I did what this man did (which I often contemplate), I would likely do it on their property--I have an open invitation.

jonah 13y ago

I had childhood friends living way out in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. They had electricity and telephone service. On a pole at the bottom of their pasture was a directional antenna connected to a cordless telephone base station. One time we took a hike down the mountain, along the creek and up the other side. There was the homestead of the family who's telephone that was. They lived in a hexagonal treehouse and an old school bus. They had solar power and the handset connected to another home-made antenna pointing across the valley. The father was a programmer. He wrote software for parking meters and used a hand-held GPS receiver to keep track of the ginseng he had planted in the National Forest.

sejje 13y ago
I spent a good amount of time in those mountains, I have family with property in Mt. Judea. Wonderful place. If I did what this man did (which I often contemplate), I would likely do it on their property--I have an open invitation.