Koda

Hmm, apologies for the lack of updates over the last week. It’s funny, while just a few weeks ago I felt I had to much to say, lately I simply haven’t had much to talk about. Been doing lots of art, design, and other things… but for some reason a lot of my usual desire to write about it hasn’t been there. So the blog’s been on the backburner for the last week or so.

Did some quick design work this evening for a friend over at HackersEntity… it was fun to just throw some ideas together quickly for a change. HackersEntity is an (ethical) source for hacking information and knowledge. We were shooting for a bit of an unconventional layout, with the navigational content at the bottom right, and nothing (for now) but a symbol at the usual top left. My idea behind this was to use the “newline symbol” as a logo/motif for the layout, as the newline could be considered as the classic character utilized by computer hackers. So, the newline up at the top left is supposed to uphold this design and point the reader down to where the real information lies. There’s not a lot of content up yet, though I’m sure there will be in the next couple of days. It’s a fun little unique layout, and I certainly had fun working on it.

School’s started up nice and busy-like, and I’m once again finding myself caught up with a good deal of homework and on-campus time. But hey, the days are getting brighter, the weather’s getting warmer - the end is within sight.

I decided to take a course on Existential Philosophy this term, and so far the readings have been suitably thought-provoking. Over the week I read “Waiting For Godot” and have been thinking about it - but the sad thing is that after the other assigned 2 pages or so of Camus, I must say that I found that Camus put forth similar ideas in a much more accessible and short manner (which is ironic considering Waiting For Godot is a play). The ideas are very interesting, and really fit with some of the things I’ve been thinking about (here and elsewhere).

However, the thing about this philosophy is, I guess I feel that any discussion I make of the ideas will come out missing the punchline of the material, and not making a lot of sense. It’s kind of strange for me to find myself thinking this, because at the same time I can see the silliness in my fear of not being able to discuss the concepts with the right level of “authority.” In light of this, I am tempted to post something about the topic now, but once again I find myself concerned about not getting it right in my currently sleepy state. Boy, what happened to that blind self-assurance I once knew and loved! I’ll let myself off the hook for now…

… One part of the course is to be writing weekly reflections/notes on the reading presented - and so I hope to post selections from those that I find most apropos. It is truly fascinating stuff, and I enjoy thinking about it… and I hope you might enjoy reading some rambling about it in the future, too.