You can surf or search or use the labels to follow a thread of ideas. Imagine in some crazy way you are watching my thoughts evolve, seeing ideas become connected , or observing an amorphous cloud giving birth to sources of light and matter. Treat this place metaphorically as a place of unformed galaxies and planetary systems rather than merely as a diary.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Posting 301

You too can join the individualized personalized universe and create your own handwriting font for free off this internet site (here) Be warned the site has been flooded by requests especially because of Lifehacker.com from which got the info.

This sort of phenomenon fascinates me. I dislike my own handwriting because it tends to be untidy and slow, and this new font installed in my computer offers a legible version. The odd thing is that I have created a very impersonal personal form of communication. Handwritten letters and card and messages are very personal and often treasured. A typed/printed letter is very formal and impersonal. What is a message printed with my personalized unique handwriting font? Some form of chimera (see mythological beast) or pushmepullyou. (See Dr Dolittle for the latter)

In worship I suspect this is no different from playing canned music at various points during the service. It is precise, has its place and is aesthetically quite beautiful to listen to, but I'm not sure who it's for? In spirituality I wonder if it's the difference between a personal encounter with the divine and listening to a sermon or message or a guided meditation.

This is is already my 301st post in this blog. Seemingly blogs are push and pull technologies, push is called a publish/subscribe model where a client can subscribe to various information sources. By contrast most web feeds, such as RSS and atom are technically pulled by the client. I really can't figure out whether I have become merely an expression of push technology here.