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A month and nothing on?
Dec. 14th, 2010 01:17 amI should write something here, as I haven't for a long while... so why not write about why I haven't been?
I really enjoy programming.
There's a feeling of power - I can't really find a more appropriate term. You have the computer, you have your mind, and the only thing standing between your current state and what you want to achieve is your ability. It's a most egalitarian thing. g++ doesn't care who you are or who you know, and with the exception of networking applications, nor does the computer in general.
However, I think I have gone a bit far. Precisely because the path is so clearly visible, I become locked in it. Precisely because all that stands between me and the results I so greatly want to know is time and work, I work and work. I forget the world and it becomes very tempting to go just a little further.
I greatly enjoy what I'm doing - and then I go a *little* further and a part of me wants to stop, but another wants to keep on. I sprint, I can see the finish line just there, and all of a sudden, days have passed.
I really enjoy programming.
There's a feeling of power - I can't really find a more appropriate term. You have the computer, you have your mind, and the only thing standing between your current state and what you want to achieve is your ability. It's a most egalitarian thing. g++ doesn't care who you are or who you know, and with the exception of networking applications, nor does the computer in general.
However, I think I have gone a bit far. Precisely because the path is so clearly visible, I become locked in it. Precisely because all that stands between me and the results I so greatly want to know is time and work, I work and work. I forget the world and it becomes very tempting to go just a little further.
I greatly enjoy what I'm doing - and then I go a *little* further and a part of me wants to stop, but another wants to keep on. I sprint, I can see the finish line just there, and all of a sudden, days have passed.