Blog Accessories

Well, I decided to do some "accessorizing" on my blog... I added a guest book (lower-right), so please feel free to sign it.

I also added a simple tracking capability to allow me to find out how many people are accessing my site. It doesn't show on the page, but it allows me to go view a daily report. I can't really tell who visits, but I'm not interested in violating anyone's privacy anyway...

When I added photos the other day, I signed up for Google Picasa Web which allows me to have web photo albums, slide shows, etc. So, while that doesn't yet, I do have a place to put such things, and future posts will likely use the slideshow rather than separate photos like I did before. In fact, I may go back and change that posting to show the pictures as a slide show...

This has been fun, and there certainly are a lot of tools out there to help newby's like me :)

No further progress on "The Hill" to show. I do have a job :)

Today is the first day my SW has not had to go to school, and it is nice to have her home. When the kids get through with this year's school work, that will be even nicer... (We home school, in case that wasn't already evident.)

Hope to see some guests sign in sometime... You should be able to make your entry private if you prefer... Thank you in advance for signing :)

First post...

That's an original title... Guess it is going to show that I've read very few blogs, but I've simply never "blogged"...

I'm sure my blog posts will vary greatly. My thoughts and interests vary widely. So, while I may sound a bit like a philosopher one day, I may sound like a geek or scientist the next. I guess after a few months (if I'm still blogging by then), my "dominant thoughts" will show through the titles...

What is "blogging" anyway? A sort of "public diary"... Remember the days when your sister would hide her diary and it had a little key? Yet, here we are, publishing our "diaries" on the "world wide web" where anyone can peek in and read our thoughts... And, worse, they can either read silently or else comment, complain, argue, and whatever else the first amendment allows them to do! Of course, I suppose we are a bit egocentric or even narcissistic that we assume anyone else in the world would take the time to look for and read our thoughts...

And, if someone does stumble across my blog, what makes me think they're going to think it is interesting enough to read it again tomorrow or the next day? Maybe you won't (considering if you're reading this, you did stumble onto my blog somehow)...

Well, I guess tonight's post is more about blogging from a philosophical perspective... Hence, I should change the title to "Why Blog" or "What is Blogging"... But, alas, then my first paragraph would make no sense, and I would have to start again -- losing this valuable piece of human reasoning...

And, so I say, "Good Night", and ask you to check back and see where we find my mind wandering tomorrow or the next day...

Thanks,
Scott