Singpolyma

So I promised that after the move to singpolyma.net I'd write more personal stuff again and it hasn't happened.  Sorry if you're a friend of mine who once cared and has now given up   I have better email subscriptions now!  And I think my Xanga cross-posting is fixed (we'll see…).  You must admit, though, I get far more attention on my tech blog   I peaked at 20 subscribers here, and there I have 170 last count.  Ok, still no excuse.

So, what's up with me?  Well, school's been out for a week now.  I got accepted into U of W for next semester (yay!).  I'm job-hunting.  That can be nasty.  Still doing volunteer childcare on Wednesdays.  Still coding my brains out.

*shrugs* not that much to say.  Well, there is, but I'm not sure what.  I used to know my audience here — NSA friends.  I've lost touch with most of you however, and no one else ever really read this.  Perhaps this post will sail into oblivion (hence why my brother no longer writes personal stuff).

Well, if you're into it, Facebook me   I'm not a huge fan of the system, but if it works for you I'm on it.

So long for now.

© 2006-2008 Stephen Paul Weber. Some Rights Reserved.

Have you read The Little Coder's Predicament?  Similar articles have been published, and rambling on the positive and negative side has occurred here, but I must say that I side with _why on this issue : hacking is just not accessible to children and non-geeks like it used to be.

The solution?  Many have been proposed, including one that was named after _why's article (LittleCoder).  Now, _why and friends are pushing forward a whyware project to end the issue forever : Hackey Hack.  The program (Windows-only for now, but that will change) gives simple kid-and-non-geek-friendly lessons on the Ruby programming language, while simultaneously allowing users to experiment (a.k.a. hack) to their heart's content.

_why, whoever he may be, has also switched his blogging venue and topic.  He is now running hackety.org as a blog about hacking and code as art in general.

This is a really exciting project, and one I hope to make use of and see used in a big way!

© 2006-2008 Stephen Paul Weber. Some Rights Reserved.