"I don't feel like doing the steep climb up one more learning curve."

I don't mind steep learning curves, but there has to be something pretty good up top.

I would love to tinker with WiFi stuff. Set up a node. Look for chalk marks to appear near my apartment. But right now, I don't want to devote the time-and-effort to something just for coolness sake.

Revivalist preacher? Yeah, bruces is damn fun to watch. I caught one of his performances at an SF convention, where someone asked him about space colonies. It was like watching a velociraptor tear into a pack of Barnies.