DSL is coming along. slowly. I've never built a network before and it's going slowly.i shake my head when i think of myself five years ago, convinced i was nontechnical and i was going to stay that way. I was horrible at math and science, i thought, and i was perfectly willing to stay that way.
I fell in with bad company--a group of quirky geeks that had gathered near the university. I spent countless late nights discussing and debating and gaming, and as I talked to them it became obvious that if I was to keep up in conversation, i would need to catch up in my knowledge. so i did. i started reading technical stuff, i started playing with my unix account, i started asking as many questions as i could without seeming silly. And i realized i had a store of knowledge that could come in handy, as well. I may not have known what cat5 cable was but I could demonstrate the difference between a palatal and a labial click, and i knew more about plants and animals than anyone i knew.
And by osmosis and after feeling completely ignorant for several years, i emerged a geek, though always my own particular flavor of geek.
So now, with help (a LOT of help) I'm setting up my own home network. This isn't high wizardry, but it does still make me unusual. Not a lot of people consider this sort of thing fun—and especially not people who are also artists or writers.
Of course, there are reasons i consider both things fun. But that's not something i really talk about in public, any more.
It saddens me sometimes that I don't have the freedom of total honesty. Then again, i don't know anyone who does.
Dear People Responsible for Divx,MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
love,
Kris
"I just want to walk through my life unarmed..."Unarmed. I'm not certain what being unarmed would be like. I've carried this metaphorical sword for years now; sometimes I think i am the sword.
There is a certian tenseness to walking through my life as if I could burst into flame at any moment. and I've learned that, often, a pre-emptive strike is better than a thousand defensive moves.
But could i lay it down, if i wanted? could i trust this new thing I have discovered, the world beyond my own eyes and hands?
am i ready to truly give the world full weight?
hit my with your anger, your joy
lay your weight upon your shoulder
i won't break 'cause i can take it
'cause I'm stronger and i'm olderride! by Pretty and Twisted
outside: bright. hurts.
doing: setting up DSL
to do: pound on stuff
words: Cryptonomicon
link: I love this store.
energy level (out of ten): 4
