This final Islands in the Clickstream is an attempt to arrive at an expression of thanksgiving (a holiday in America last week) by a most orthogonal route.

First of all, I am keenly aware of gratitude toward people who manage some online lists in which I am allowed to participate. Some of these communities have come to really matter, especially those with a diverse makeup of unorthodox thinkers. Even when we never meet in the flesh, I feel closer to some of these colleagues than to my next-door neighbors.