# Lazy M 8 Ranch
This is an early attempt to reimplement my vanity website in Geminispace. I am Paul McCombs, husband, father of one, and Master GIS Analyst for King County Washington.
=> https://www.lazym8.com Lazy M 8 Ranch on the world wide web
=> https://paulmccombs.freeshell.org/mccombs.jpg Paul McCombs (www photo)

Named after my Grandfather's former ranch near Orient Washington.
=> https://www.lazym8.com/Alma_Andrew.jpg Alma Andrew McCombs (www photo)
=> https://www.lazym8.com/branding.png Grandpa Al branding a cow (www photo)

## McCombs family links
=> https://tiki.lazym8.com/ See more about me in The Tiki Lounge (www)
=> rules.gmi Rules for the Lazy M8 Ranch's annual white elephant gift exchange
=> cookie.gmi Settler's Annual Supper Cookies are a family favorite
=> https://www.lazym8.com/BrandRegistrations.gif Historic Lazy M8 brand registration (www image)
=> grandma_mccombs.webp My Grandma Glena McCombs (11k photo)

Some stories by my brother Mark:
=> brothers.gmi The Brothers
=> swapmeet.gmi The Swap meet

## What I have to say

### Gemlog
=> gemlog/emacs-will-survive.gmi 2026-06-07 Emacs Will Survive
=> gemlog/utf-8-paste.gmi 2026-06-02 Tech Tip: When Pasting UTF-8 into Terminal Emacs Doesn't Work
=> gemlog/introduction-to-geminispace.gmi 2026-05-30 Paul's Introduction to Geminispace

### Geographic Data Wrangling
My blog of discoveries, experiences and thoughts about working with Geographic data, and other nerdy endeavors:
=> https://geodatawrangler.lazym8.com/ GeoDataWrangler (www)

## Mastodon
I've abandoned Twitter, but I haven't really been able to get into using Mastodon. I do occasionally give it a try.
=> https://mastodon.social/@mccombs mastodon.social @mccombs (www)


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Updated 2026-06-07

# Hosting for this site is provided by:
=> http://sdf.org/ The SDF Public Access UNIX System