So. Here’s the deal. I’ve been trying to think of something to post about most of the day that wouldn’t take too long to throw together, but everything I want to say is on the aspirational side, which therefore kills any progress I’m making on site beautification, which is currently a process of learning two-three new languages and at least two new skills.
So instead I’ll post about not posting. Nyah.
Well, I got a bunch of pictures taken today. Meaning I hauled around lights and props and cameras and stands and set it all up. And then I set both cameras’ delay timers, slid into position, tried to look presentable, and hoped for the best.
Self-sufficiency is a mofo. Just ask that guy who tried to replicate a $5 Walmart toaster from scratch. There are some serious benefits to social interaction and large-scale economies.
With any luck, at least one of the photos will give me enough to work with. And with just a bit more luck, this place will start to feel lived in.
So, in the process of trying to make this blog appear both spiffy and unique, I’ve thrown myself into the deep end of web programming. Well, really more like the shallow end as far as aptitude or agility go, but I am thoroughly soaked in it.
I find myself picking up on some of the structural ideas, the sort of framework at work behind what I need to be doing, but man, I haven’t felt like this since high-school. Even then the most I coded were a hundred or so lines of BASIC, maybe played around with HyperCard a bit. I took a C++ college course my senior year of high school but ended up skipping it most days for various flights of fancy. Ever since I have dipped my toes in various wells of code, only to jolt back at the shock of it. This time, though, I didn’t bother testing the waters. This time I jumped right in.
Good lord let me not drown.
