The name of the site comes from A debate about the US draft. The argument that the draft; Is slavery. The counter argument was that a standing All volunteer army is nothing more than mercenaries. The congressmen who was pushing to end the draft and make sure a living wage for the US soldier was set. Accepted that argument that it would be a Mercenary force. Soldiers for pay. But added that everyone who worked was a Mercenary. His fellow congressmen were paid. Plumbers were paid. They were mercenaries. The doctors, the lawyers, everyone who was paid for their know how, their accumulated experience, training and education and their physical labor; were In a way, mercenaries. It was the way of the free world. To be paid for their work. A society free of slavery must be Mercenary.
When I started the site I had done a lot of contract work. Rolling into a site. Solving the problem, getting paid and moving on. I very much felt like a hired gun. It was when I was reading about this famous debate. Still doing contract work and seeing that me and my fellow Techs for hire. I needed to learn more to keep scoring, more work and better pay. I started the mercenarymind.com website. That I’ve had to rebuild it many, many times. (Cause I was out trying to earn a living) But has always been useful tool for me to learn with.
I’m in a new stage of my life. So I’m not sure how this site will serve me next. But I’m still learning. And I’ll share what I learn here.
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This site is a one man operation It’s more than a hobby but it’s kind of hard to treat like anything other than a hobby. It serves as a test bed and a place to learn, and the stuff that I learned here I am using on a much larger more professional website. A site whose maintenance, and content are requiring more time. A project that has had several individuals investing time and effort. Because so many people have added value to that other site it’s not worth risking losing it all to experiment with services and software. And that’s the value of this site, I’ve already completely obliterated it about three times already. It’s a personal blow, but at this point I’m quite accustomed to rebuilding it.
most of what happens on this site it’s just me goofing around and experimenting. Most of the content that I’m generating here will be about blogging and technology in general. If you’re an amateur looking to set up your own site, I may have some guidance for you. I have been dabbling with for more than 20 years now. A level of seriousness and involvement has varied, but I’ve been actively doing something over that 20 years.
The domain name mercenary mind.com was first registered in September 2004. The first variation was scratch built HTML site using dynamic DNS to serve from a Dell desktop setting on my bed room floor. That site is lost to time. Ever since then the web host served as a test bed, and in general just a hobby. But the domain name itself is primarily served as a personal e-mail account.
Its current form is a start or restart of a personal blog and a host for web games. Both are available through the menu at the top. The games are a collection of newer titles and a collection of old flash games that I am slowly making available again. Content will be slow to arrive because I do have other higher priorities to see to. And At some point I might set up a forums again But highly unlikely. And I don’t like reading AI slop. and making AI slop isn’t fun.