Random Etc. Notes to self. Work, play, and the rest.

Posts Tagged ‘Being’

On How It Is

In Imported, Uncategorized, Weblog on 7 September 2005 tagged Being, Hair, Me with 1 comment

The answer to the question, "Why did you get your hair cut?" is a bit like the answer to the question, "Why are you vegetarian?". It's not one that I really have an answer for, save that I once had long hair but now I don't. So it is that once, I ate meat, but now I don't. That's just how it is.

Being In The World

In Imported, Uncategorized, Weblog on 3 October 2004 tagged Being, Embodiment, Quotes with no comments

For del.icio.us/TomC/quotes

"One sees the environment not just with the eyes but with the eyes in the head on the shoulders of a body that gets about. We look at details with the eyes, but we also look around with the mobile head, and we go-and-look with the mobile body."

-- Gibson, J. (1979), The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception.

Why specs matter [dive into mark]

In Imported, Uncategorized, Weblog on 17 August 2004 tagged Being, Connections, Naming, Programming with no comments

Mark Pilgrim on why specs matter - all developers are either Assholes or Morons. There are no Angels. Me, I try to fall into the expert-in-training Moron camp.

Not sure whether the Moron/Asshole axis fits in with Tom Coates' Ninja/Pirate Dwarf/Elf graph. If it does, then it opens up the possibility of being a moron pirate elf, which would be better than an asshole ninja dwarf, I think.

Corollary: there are no angel ninja pirates. Thank goodness for that.