02-27-2006

I watched a demo of a Microsoft product called "Sparkle," a design/dev
app that looks as if it borrows heavily from the
Flash/Illustrator/Dreamweaver metaphor/interface. Apparently it allows
designers to create freefrom GUIs into which programmers can tap; also
allowing those same designers to simply redraw an interface for which
programmers have already laid the code foundation. I was impressed. It
actually looks like something I should learn if I want to get into
interface design.

Last night I explained to Shawn why Christians should embrace, not
fear, science. I told him that the Bible never claims to be a science
book and doesn't even try to be a history book. Science, I told him,
addresses the how of the mechanics of the universe while the Bible
addresses the why, at least, insofar as Christ is concerned. He's about
to attend UL in Lafayette next year for Geology and I don't want him
becoming one of those people who screams about the flood covering
everything in sight on the globe. I have high hopes for him.

I can't wait until Mardi Gras is over. Mardi Gras is a provincial
holiday, swamp-culture revellry, with roots in a holiday of drinking to
celebrate drinking. Mardi Gras is the object of its own adoration. Way
to go, Louisiana.

-isral

02-25-2006

So I saw Caesar tonight. He didn't seem upset anymore that I didn't, or
wouldn't, go to New Orleans for Pardi Gross. He still doesn't accept my
reasoning for my disdain for large crowds. Too bad.

I was watching "#1 Single" earlier today, the show about Lisa Loeb's
life, especially her singleness (read: single, not in a relationship).
I watched it for a bit before I grew bored with it. But I did think of
one thing: we singlularities aren't alone. Yet the knowledge that I
am not alone only makes me feel more alone. Are there truly so many
people unable, maybe even unwilling to make a connection with another
person? I am lonely, but sometimes I think that I am unwilling to
enlarge my heart enough for a mass two as one, so I guess in this I
remain zero.

Too bad Firefly isn't still
running.

-isral