In one very subtle, yet solid, way.

Throughout my childhood (and up to about halfway through college), if I ate alone it was usually with a book in one hand. I’d hold the book in my left hand and eat with my right (strength in the off-hand, finesse in the primary — that’s normal, right?). Now, though, I’m more likely to have my laptop than a book, and I eat with my left hand while mousing with my right. It actually feels odd and strange to eat with my right hand.

Have you noticed any behavioral changes that computers have brought about in you?

Time for a pulse check. We’re about two months into the year, and I’ve had some goals to work on from the beginning of the year.

1) project365 — Well, I did pretty well for most of January, but as you can see I haven’t posted any photos for a while. I’ve actually taken several of the missing pictures, but haven’t uploaded them. I’ll give myself partial credit for effort

2) read 50 books — Two months in and I’ve finished two three books. On the plus side, I got into Lovecraft and have been working my way through several of his stories and novellas, throwing off my book count a bit. I’ll probably decide on a story-to-book exchange rate so that this reading can count toward my fifty books.

3) compete in a coding competition once a month — utter fail on this one: I haven’t participated in any yet.

4) join an OSS project — I’ve put some thought into this one. I’m going to try to do some Android development, so perhaps I can contribute to the Android project itself.

5) ensure that some of the books have value as Christian learning tools — like number four, this is more of an all-year goal, and not necessarily one that will have tangible value in February (which is good, because it doesn’t)

6) play guitar more often — this has been hit and miss, but I have been playing noticeably more than in previous years, which is a positive. If I’m up to it, need to practice a bit tonight…

So overall progress: worse than I’d hoped, but better than I expected. Here’s hoping you’ll see some more pictures up here soon, and I’ll make sure to let you know when I have any interesting patches to commit to something familiar

Project 365 — Album

Project 365 — Album

About a month ago, I woke up and remembered a dream I had (this is really rare — I remember maybe two or three dreams each year) and wrote it down. I just found the paper, so here you go — a glimpse into my unconscious mind.

I was driving cross-country to meet my long-distance girlfriend. I was driving our new Jeep. Then it turned out she was 15, and I was 19. Then, for some reason, I wasn’t able to get communion, so I and about 50 other people were stopped at a gas station where there was a priest handing out pieces of sticky buns for communion.

As I recall, the priest was also wearing a Neanderthal-style bufflo-skin robe or coat… any Daniels out there to tell me what this means?

Project 365 — Album

I beg your forgiveness for this spate of updates — it has been a busy fortnight. Luckily for the both of us, I took all the photos and simply did not have time to upload them. Aren’t you relieved?

twelve

thirteen

fourteen

fifteen

sixteen

seventeen

eighteen

nineteen

twenty

twenty-one

twenty-two

twenty-three

Project 365 — Album

Project 365 — Album

Project 365 — Album

Today’s haul from our trip to Daedalus.

Project 365 — Album

Ok, ok, I promise the hat won’t become a permanent fixture in my pictures. I’m sure the novelty will wear off at some point.