LightningChaser is a link blog concerning what may be the most significant event in human history since the rise of sentience: a TechnologicalSingularity. Since first reading about the Singularity at least a decade ago, it's been an obsession of mine. I regularly seek out more information about the potential for such an event; this blog is the web-based reflection of the notes I keep connected with this study.

Unlike many other blogs, LightningChaser is not intended to editorialize (much) or to be a journal. Rather, it is primarily a record of my research into a topic - a list of links to articles I've read, and want to be able to easily reference again at need. In this way, LightningChaser is reminescent of the original concept of the weblog, i.e. an annotated list of interesting web sites.

In other ways LightningChaser is very unlike a weblog, and more like a wiki. Posts are extensively categorized and crosslinked. Again, the intent is to facilitate easy recall of a particular topic and explore related articles.

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LightningChaser is edited on an Apple Macintosh 15-inch PowerBook G4. Most writing is done in Eastgate Systems Tinderbox, hands down the best note keeping software in the world. Occasionally, notes are first written on a Palm Tungsten T3, and transferred later into Tinderbox.

Candidate articles are often identified via RSS feeds using Net News Wire and via several mailing lists.

RSS feeds for all new posts and for specific topics are available. Additionally, a full archive of past posts is available, or can be viewed per topic.

LighningChaser is (hopefully) valid XHTML. The stylesheet is deliberately simple so the site is easily readable on mobile devices like PDA's and mobile phones.