I feel there have been so many lessons about time, and personal space this week.
Two very different books talking about very different sides of the same things. And the ironic lessos that arose from trying to talk about either of them. ‘Flow’ talking about the pleasure of having a quest or a goal. Something that makes time [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Lessons about Time and Space
Posted in Uncategorized on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Faster than the speed of night.
Posted in Uncategorized on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There was a post here yesterday. Nothing exceptional, nothing grand just a little post about the irony of reading “Faster” by James Gleick as quickly as possible due to a glut of library books all arriving at once.
I came back to the computer today and my post had vanished without a trace.
I can’t remember what [...]
Time gentlemen please
Posted in Uncategorized on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was so busy writing my last posting that I managed to miss my bus and not get half my morning jobs completed before the rest of the household woke up.
There is a certain irony there, but not one that was appreciated by my loving family. Serious apologies to Groundhog Mum who had to pick up the pieces. [...]
Going with the flow
Posted in Uncategorized on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I found a perfect description of what Ground Hog Mum has tried to describe as the zen like state you have to be in as an active parent when you’re looking after two young active children.
Its a feeling I know from writing code, but its taken me a long time to realise that it is there [...]
Cooking the books
Posted in Uncategorized on January 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the nice things about this bit of dead time post Christmas is that its given me my best chance in ages to just read and read. To read books that I want to read and not just the ones I think will be useful. I like the conversations contained in books.
I love the [...]
Too many books …
Posted in Uncategorized on January 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve found the limitation with LibraryThing.
Having now reached 200 books I now need to either stump up the princely sum of $10 or prune my book list .
Happy New Year
Posted in Uncategorized on January 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was my first day back at the office. It was also the first day of snow.
The snow has been a long awaited event in our household. Our eldest has been looking forward to snow for what feels like most of last year. I had a fair idea just how excited she was going to be. I would also have loved to [...]
