The Independent
Scholar
Curiosity without a curriculum.
There is no syllabus here. One day the subject may be an AC circuit, the next an old correspondence-school lesson, an HP calculator, a Coptic manuscript, or a forgotten philosophy text. The only requirement is that it seemed worth learning.
This is a personal record of things studied, built, repaired, collected, questioned, and occasionally understood — kept as a working notebook, library, bench log, and archive.
Recent Entries
Search the archive →CIE AAS Course List
Just uploaded the Cleveland Institute of Electronics AAS Course List. Check it out: [AAS Degree Program — Program Documentation](/bench-binder#artifact-aas-degree-program-program-documentation).
NRI has landed!
NRI materials are in process and being archived.
The notebook begins
This is the first page. A place has been ruled for bench notes, reading notes, questions, and observations. Real entries will follow as the work proceeds. Nothing here is invented to fill the space — an unknown is simply left unknown.
Bench & Binder
Electronics, technical education, restoration & preservation.
Library
A personal research catalog of books, manuals, and documents.
Projects
Restoration, reconstruction, and archival work in progress.
Ideas & Inquiry
Philosophy, theology, history, and the history of ideas.
Notebook
A chronological journal of bench notes and reading.
Preservation & Copyright
On documenting history without owning it.