Musings and observations
caught at the peak of formation,
packed, sealed, and blogged.
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January 30, 2003
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A couple more links
The internet is full of resources, but one thing I've been looking for is an online community to be a part of. I've tried "stay-at-home-dad" lists but I haven't found them very...um...interesting. The fact is that mailing lists tend to be fairly firm about staying "on topic" and I'm not interested in that. I want to know whole people. The problem I've found with many other communities is that they are populated by young singles rather than, um, older married people with kids. ;-). Kuro5hin may have the same problem for me, but it appears to have promise. It's certainly much more diverse in subject matters than Slashdot, which I like to read but feel no desire to participate in. Any other suggestions?
Another resource I keep forgetting about is everything2: an online community which centers around a dynamic multi-faceted encyclopedia. I've never tried using it seriously as a general knowledge-base, but I probably should...
1:54 PM
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January 28, 2003
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Go
Go, or Paduk in Korean, is a game with simpler rules and more complicated strategies than chess. I was interested in it years ago but stopped playing. In reality, I never got very good at it and didn't find any other beginners who were willing to learn with me. I only played against the computer and that stopped being much fun. Lately I've been wanting to start gaming again and maybe this would be the way to "go." I doubt I'd ever be great at it, but on a small 9x9 board the games are brief (about 15 minutes) and could be a nice way to unwind at the end of the week. A fairly inexpensive starter pack is available and some good books that I've put on my Amazon.com wish list. Hmm...my birthday is a long way off, yet... ;-)
1:50 PM
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January 23, 2003
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Squeak!
Hmm...I like Scheme a lot, but it's so much fun to play with the graphics at Squeakland! Somehow I never seem to be able to stick with any one language long enough to be able to do anything useful with it!... ;-)
6:09 PM
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Middle Management
Ooh...The Hacker's Diet! ("How to lose weight and hair through stress and poor nutrition.") I haven't read it yet, but maybe I'll give it a shot... If you have any other diet advice, please email me at cstarrett@mac.com. Yes, even you, Mom! :-)
6:01 PM
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Get rich quick: Scheme
Now that I've finally settled on a place to blog, it's time for me to get back to what I had been doing in my so-called spare time: Scheming!
12:16 AM
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January 22, 2003
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Blog at Blog-City
I had created cstarrett.blog-city.com when I was trying out different blogging services and I've decided to hold onto it for now. Blogspot is my blogging home for the moment, but I want to keep any eye on Blog-city and see where they go.
As an aside, I also like Radio Userland a lot, but because at least at the moment I'm shuttling between two machines, it just doesn't make sense for me... Of course if I upgraded to an OSX-based iBook or PowerBook then I might consider Radio 'cause it could publish to my iDisk. Shweet!
10:12 AM
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January 21, 2003
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Don't think -- do
I discovered a blog by an unusual man. Check him out at A Real Live Preacher. The best of it for me is a bit he writes in The Preacher's Story in 4 Parts:
Love is something you do, not something you feel.
Likewise, we think having faith means being convinced God exists in the same way we are convinced a chair exists. People who cannot be completely convinced of God’s existence think faith is impossible for them.
Not so. People who doubt can have great faith because faith is something you do, not something you think. In fact, the greater your doubt the more heroic your faith.
Word.
11:41 PM
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Waddaya know, I got myself a blog!
This is my first ever blog entry. I want to see if I can keep up with journaling, and perhaps family members and people who complain that I don't keep up with them can read it, too. Hey, if you don't know me and you want to read it, be my guest, but I think more interesting spots are:
Enjoy.
10:41 AM
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