Yet Another Blog is Born

Hooray for narcissistic twits who think that anyone cares about what they have to say. I am now joining their ranks. Time and again I see “first posts” which talk about what one might expect to see in the future on their blog, blag, website, whatever. Fortunately, I'm angry enough right now to have the clairvoyance necessary to avoid such a cliche trap. Undoubtedly the blog, if updated at all, will reflect how I'm feeling at the time of writing. Vague enough?

Along with the naive projections, of course, is usually some seed of inspiritation which compels the author to write the first post. Again, I'm just plain angry. I feel like sharing my thoughts on blogs (and how there are too many of them), elections (and how they bring out the worst in people), and website design. Actually, there's quite a bit I feel like discussing here and it would be more interesting and easier to read if each entry were focused on a particular topic rather than an aggregation thereof.

If that is my inspiration, then Paul Graham is my enabler. If you don't know him, take a moment now to read one of his essays. It doesn't matter which one you pick. They are all very well written and brilliant works. In particular, he has an essay about essays that forever changed how I feel about the writing form. Or, at least, thus far changed it. He makes the painfully obvious point that an essay is not supposed to defend a position. The original purpose of an essay was to organize one's thoughts on paper. It's an extension of the mind. Essays are supposed to meander; and thank God for that, because I already completely lost track of how I began this post.

To summarize: My intention with this space is to organize my thoughts and seek the truth on issues that concern me. (I used to use friends for this, but somehow I have none left -- a topic for another day.) A side effect of this is likely that you, whoever you are, might learn something as well. I have a strange mix of qualifications in maths, sciences, yoga, spirituality, and technologies, among others. So if your looking for a yogi mathematician computer programmer's take on the world, then you're likely to find it here. I hope that this space is not wasted and contributes something to someone at some point. Welcome and Sat Nam.