I am starting a new project today, papercraft the art of making models out of paper. Here's an example of something similiar to what I want do do. http://paperkraft.blogspot.com/2010/07/siren-v-neptune-papercraft-five-star.html
Other than that I have nothing new to say today.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
Teachers
I have a love hate relationship with teachers. It's a problem of dominance and sub-ordinance It seems that teachers always have way to much power compared to how much I can influence my grades and in turn my life.
It's the problem of an imbaance of power it seems that teachers have no vested interest in keeping me healthy or successful and I have no care as to whether or not they keep their jobs.
In any case we can't care about each other without sacrificing our own general welfare. I've always been in favor of mentor-ships where both teacher and student care about the outcome of the class or experience but it seems that lately the drive to make both teacher and student a part of the outcome of the class is gone. No longer does the teacher want their student to succeed but merely to move on. This I think is the problem; too many people depending on the work of one, without taking responsibility for their actions. It seems a system destined for failure. I think the answer is more mentors and more teachers so that we can make sure that our progeny have our full attention and we care how they respond to life.
Without that I fear that our problems will only get worse until we learn to work together to improve our situation.
It's the problem of an imbaance of power it seems that teachers have no vested interest in keeping me healthy or successful and I have no care as to whether or not they keep their jobs.
In any case we can't care about each other without sacrificing our own general welfare. I've always been in favor of mentor-ships where both teacher and student care about the outcome of the class or experience but it seems that lately the drive to make both teacher and student a part of the outcome of the class is gone. No longer does the teacher want their student to succeed but merely to move on. This I think is the problem; too many people depending on the work of one, without taking responsibility for their actions. It seems a system destined for failure. I think the answer is more mentors and more teachers so that we can make sure that our progeny have our full attention and we care how they respond to life.
Without that I fear that our problems will only get worse until we learn to work together to improve our situation.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Quality time with people.
I think the hardest thing to do in today's world is spend time with other people. I don't mean interact and see people that's easy. I mean to get down and know people it's hard. I say this because I have more time than most people can possibly dream of 3hrs a day max at school and that's it.
However with the other 21 hours in a day I don't find that I'm meeting and working with other people. It seems that even with so many people unemployed, and more people than ever walking the streets that trying to gain a bit of someone's time is the hardest thing in the world to do.
My guess is that we've made it so we travel farther and do more complex things daily than we used to and our mental capacity is just filled up. Sure I get on the cell phone and call people and interact via Facebook and my blog but it seems that everything requires money to do and I don't have it and neither does anyone else.
So lets hear it for deflation. Maybe if things cost less, we could stop worrying about trying to keep up. People have wanted raises and increased minimum wages for a long time but all these things do is make people keep turning on the hamster wheel of work and then nobody has time to sit down and chat.
Except me. And every time I call someone it feels like I'm interrupting important business. So people calm the hell down and lets have coffee.
However with the other 21 hours in a day I don't find that I'm meeting and working with other people. It seems that even with so many people unemployed, and more people than ever walking the streets that trying to gain a bit of someone's time is the hardest thing in the world to do.
My guess is that we've made it so we travel farther and do more complex things daily than we used to and our mental capacity is just filled up. Sure I get on the cell phone and call people and interact via Facebook and my blog but it seems that everything requires money to do and I don't have it and neither does anyone else.
So lets hear it for deflation. Maybe if things cost less, we could stop worrying about trying to keep up. People have wanted raises and increased minimum wages for a long time but all these things do is make people keep turning on the hamster wheel of work and then nobody has time to sit down and chat.
Except me. And every time I call someone it feels like I'm interrupting important business. So people calm the hell down and lets have coffee.
Friday, July 9, 2010
A new post
It's hard to decide what to talk about when your mind is a million different places at once. But I thought I'd talk about a debate I recently listened to. It was about the morality of paying for sex.
The old joke is that you always pay for sex, and I think that's true, however the debate centered on the issue of prostitution. This is a dry post so I'd skip it if I were you.
At one point a speaker asked the question "If prostitution can be a fulfilling role for a person why aren't more men being pimped out? Don't you think they're missing out?"
While I usually don't answer rhetorical questions, especially to people who aren't near, this one provoked some thought in me. There are some areas where a man can be rented but they aren't nearly as prevalent as places to get women.
I think it might just be a problem of supply and demand. Basically there are more men who want sex than there are females to provide it. The world population ratio is evidence for that. http://www.geohive.com/earth/pop_gender.aspx There must then be greater supply of men than women demand.
However even in areas where this isn't as true say in the United States there is a historical case for having multiple females to one male whereas there aren't as many cases of multiple males to a single female with the exception of the sex industry. Men have been seen as providers (this is changing) women haven't historically had as much in liquid assets to afford the services of male sex workers.
There is also the problem of societal roles males have been taught to engage in seeking behavior whilst women aren't pushed to do the same. So we have social stigma against the receiving male and the dominant female.
In any case these factors lead me to believe that the market just can't support male sex workers and that the shear demand for sex keeps the institution alive when it comes to females.
However in the interest of Science I'll say in this post for anybody who wishes to prove me wrong that I know plenty of guys who'll go for this.
The old joke is that you always pay for sex, and I think that's true, however the debate centered on the issue of prostitution. This is a dry post so I'd skip it if I were you.
At one point a speaker asked the question "If prostitution can be a fulfilling role for a person why aren't more men being pimped out? Don't you think they're missing out?"
While I usually don't answer rhetorical questions, especially to people who aren't near, this one provoked some thought in me. There are some areas where a man can be rented but they aren't nearly as prevalent as places to get women.
I think it might just be a problem of supply and demand. Basically there are more men who want sex than there are females to provide it. The world population ratio is evidence for that. http://www.geohive.com/earth/pop_gender.aspx There must then be greater supply of men than women demand.
However even in areas where this isn't as true say in the United States there is a historical case for having multiple females to one male whereas there aren't as many cases of multiple males to a single female with the exception of the sex industry. Men have been seen as providers (this is changing) women haven't historically had as much in liquid assets to afford the services of male sex workers.
There is also the problem of societal roles males have been taught to engage in seeking behavior whilst women aren't pushed to do the same. So we have social stigma against the receiving male and the dominant female.
In any case these factors lead me to believe that the market just can't support male sex workers and that the shear demand for sex keeps the institution alive when it comes to females.
However in the interest of Science I'll say in this post for anybody who wishes to prove me wrong that I know plenty of guys who'll go for this.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
The problem with losing weight
I've been trying for some time now to lose the some of the excess weight from my body. It's hard as hell. And one thought keeps coming to my mind losing weight isn't as simple as taking off a pound here or there, since a person eats and drinks grows hair and loses it or may have less fat and more muscle.
The act of losing 10lbs isn't losing a only 10 lbs it's losing 2-3 lbs a day for a month after gaining 1.5-2.5lbs eating. At least if you want to keep off the weight.
Also every human activity we engage in requires some sort of building of trust and one of the fastest ways to do that is to eat with another person. Just think of dates. Coffee dates, dinner dates, to get to know someone well we eat with them. It's a matter of trust.
The act of losing 10lbs isn't losing a only 10 lbs it's losing 2-3 lbs a day for a month after gaining 1.5-2.5lbs eating. At least if you want to keep off the weight.
Also every human activity we engage in requires some sort of building of trust and one of the fastest ways to do that is to eat with another person. Just think of dates. Coffee dates, dinner dates, to get to know someone well we eat with them. It's a matter of trust.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
One Year of Blogging. The Challenge.
Sometimes I take people's joking suggestions seriously and I haven't regretted it yet. Though I may yet. Anyway the suggestion was that I write a blog post a day for a year. I'm going for it.
I'd like to make a comment today about knowing what it is you are doing, and why. It seems to me that many things happen because people don't know what they are supposed to do. That's fine I like being surprised. I think that finding yourself is a great thing. Looking for work, creating new art, and peanut-butter mixed with chocolate have all come from somebody who didn't quite know what they were doing at first.
But there are sometimes when you know what you're supposed to do and you just don't do it. I think this is happening in many safety checks around the world as well as some industry. I'm just going to focus on one: gaming.
The goal is to create games that people will buy, I know this but I think creating new ideas is more important. When people get on video games for being violent I think that's a stretch but there are at least 4 Call of Duty's and Grand Theft Auto games out there. They're violent but more to the point they've got no point to the violence other than following some formula.
After a while when everyone is copying everyone else things get stale and not exciting. So I think that game companies know they need to do something new. Which is why they're making more motion control and 3d technology. But the idea needs to be good. Maybe a game where you actually learn guitar instead of faking it would be a good idea. Or if that seems too hard to impliment, Piano, we already have keyboards and they can correspond to controls without too much work. Or better a game that teaches a person to draw, or animate things.
I think that we have lots of untapped ideas that want to get out. Maybe the tech is too expensive just yet but I have hope that we can get it cost effective and maybe revitalize my favorite pastime.
Especially now that games can teach me how to dance.
I'd like to make a comment today about knowing what it is you are doing, and why. It seems to me that many things happen because people don't know what they are supposed to do. That's fine I like being surprised. I think that finding yourself is a great thing. Looking for work, creating new art, and peanut-butter mixed with chocolate have all come from somebody who didn't quite know what they were doing at first.
But there are sometimes when you know what you're supposed to do and you just don't do it. I think this is happening in many safety checks around the world as well as some industry. I'm just going to focus on one: gaming.
The goal is to create games that people will buy, I know this but I think creating new ideas is more important. When people get on video games for being violent I think that's a stretch but there are at least 4 Call of Duty's and Grand Theft Auto games out there. They're violent but more to the point they've got no point to the violence other than following some formula.
After a while when everyone is copying everyone else things get stale and not exciting. So I think that game companies know they need to do something new. Which is why they're making more motion control and 3d technology. But the idea needs to be good. Maybe a game where you actually learn guitar instead of faking it would be a good idea. Or if that seems too hard to impliment, Piano, we already have keyboards and they can correspond to controls without too much work. Or better a game that teaches a person to draw, or animate things.
I think that we have lots of untapped ideas that want to get out. Maybe the tech is too expensive just yet but I have hope that we can get it cost effective and maybe revitalize my favorite pastime.
Especially now that games can teach me how to dance.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Another Ted Talk
If there's one thing in life I like it's people who work to make a difference in understanding our world and who try and use that understanding to create a better world. As such one of the things I've enjoyed most over the past two years has been the videos maintained for The Technology Entertainment and Design conference or TED. Although some of the things in it are frivolous the inventive spark and willingness to improve our world is one of the most inspiring things I've ever seen.
As a person I often feel that my duty to myself and my world is constant striving for improvement. Part of that duty includes letting others know what is available and informing myself. I figure that reciprocation is the key to these relationships. If I put enough of this type of thing out there and try to do things that improve the community a continual small return that grows will eventually outpace my efforts and the world itself (at least for humanity) will be improved.
Oh and I like the space program. Lets get more of that working.
Here's the talk:
Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world | Video on TED.com
As a person I often feel that my duty to myself and my world is constant striving for improvement. Part of that duty includes letting others know what is available and informing myself. I figure that reciprocation is the key to these relationships. If I put enough of this type of thing out there and try to do things that improve the community a continual small return that grows will eventually outpace my efforts and the world itself (at least for humanity) will be improved.
Oh and I like the space program. Lets get more of that working.
Here's the talk:
Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world | Video on TED.com
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