Workin’ for the Man
This last week, I showed what I’ve been working on for the last 7 months to my superior, only to be shot down. I’m responsible for ‘porting’ (really, it’s a complete rewrite) a Geospatial Information program from M$ windows to…
Gifts: Titanium Chopsticks
If you are uncertain what to get me this Xmas consider a pair of titanium chopsticks. I’d like them in the plain squarish design that ordinary plastic chopsticks have, but made of titanium because it has a golden shine to…
To Exist or Not? — The Question
In perusing Bill Beaty’s crazy website, I came upon not only an example of my former self-reference experiment, but also, an interesting subset of the English Language known as E-Prime. In order to increase my mental strain I shall henceforth…
Words, Thought, and Meaning
Studying German I realized that, much of what I think consists not of pictorial representation nor of idealogical conceptualization of objects, but rather of linguistic terms. My thought are formed by, and therefore controlled by language. More importantly, my thoughts…
Grokking Meaning
Thinking is a terrible terrible thing. By insight provided from reading GEB, I am firm in believing that there is no meaning intrinsic to the world. Unfortunately our minds are predisposed to thinking, an act that seeks to create meaning…