Well, just pointing out that I'm rejoining the /. community and picking up on my journal entries. I'll just keep em coming as I get them done. See ya for now folks.

You know, seeing The Matrix: Reloaded a second time should have yielded some new insights, but I think, nay, I know I saw less the second time around. I blame it all on Jill

She and I will be going to the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale (Northeast PA) Monday and then back to her house. In all truth, I'm as giddy as the proverbial school girl. Having gone through several relationships that almost worked out and a few that just plain bombed, I'm being cautious this time around.



Weird, confiding in an online journal, a true first for me. But then again, who actually reads these things?

TTFN

Well, I guess you could say that I really don't like certain things, and one of those things is that Matrix: Reloaded really needs more plot development. Not that the movie doesn't kick ass already, but where's the exposition, or is the first movie exposition enough?

Moving on.
Web comics rock, and Web Comic Awareness Day went off without a hitch. I just realized the other day that Wally High is over a year old. Wow, time sure does fly.

That's it for now.

Spinning out,
Alex

Author's Note:
Alright all you people out there, I wanna hear some comments!!!
I guess you could call this an open discussion with myself which I'll just keep running along until I hit some deep meaning.

In my understanding of Candide By Voltaire, and Gulliver's Travels By Jonathan Swift, much satire is involved in the writing. This is because both authors were dissatisfied by their lots in life and wished to either bring it to other peoples attentions, affect changes, or through the former, both. Not to say that this didn't cause it's own problems, but the discussion here is about the books themselves.
In Gulliver's Travels Lemuel Gulliver, in the final section, ends up in the land of the horselike people. (I can remember their names, something like Hyooomyhmm.) There he finds that civilization is at its greatest and that he and his fellow people have had it all wrong the entire time. This is an enlightening experience for Gulliver.

In Candide, Candide and his throop end up in the Middle East (can't remember the area) and find themselves confronted with boredom and grief. After all the hardships that they have endured, the reader would think that perhaps life would be good to them. Instead Candide confronts a man who is prosperous and civilized, and he recieves his own enlightenment.
With this enlightenment, he realizes (and his throop), that the world is wrong and that everything should be done with a different attitude.

I notice that each book is almost identical in setup. First mockery, then seriousness. It may seem obvious to other people, and even in retrospect it does seem obvious to me, that this shakes up the reader and makes them pay attention. Of course, this is where the supposed morale is imparted.

Please respond as you wish.

Despite the fact that I'm relatively new to Slashdot, or message boards of this type even, I seem to be fairing rather well in my postings and comments. My karma's positive, I haven't insighted any flamewars, and the amount of spam in my inbox hasn't dramatically increased. Now why could this be?

Is is possible that by being a conscientious and thoughtful poster, I've avoided the ire of those out to take down newbies like me, or is Slashdot the type of place where maliciously inclined people are out of the loop? I wonder . . .

Well, I admit I'm a web comics artist, not a very good one, but I'm working on it, and I have to say a few words about WCA2003 and Free Comics Book Day.
WCA2003 (Web Comic Awareness 2003) is May 5 2003, and it coincides with National Cartoonist Day. This is all well and good, but Free Comics Book Day is May 3 2003. Why the hell can't we just have a Comics Awareness Week. These people are really trying to get some info out that will benefit them, but they're working against the crowd. Everyone thinks that comics went out in the mid nineties, and they're pretty much right.
Why's that you ask?
Well that's because so few people cared after that. The tech boom was on and the nations focus pointed somewhere else. Now that that's over with, web-comics are bringing people's attentions back to the media.
Comics are becoming more popular, and many web-comic artists are making a living off of their art, or at least a second income of some value.
Look at Megatokyo, Mac Hall, and PvP Online. These are people who enjoy what they do, and are making money out of it. Meanwhile, the struggling few are trying to organize some sort of awareness drive. I'm gladly taking part in this because at this point I only see awareness spreading through the artists efforts. Well, mostly, although seeing Megatokyo banners up at /. is really intriguing. Piro must be doing better than I thought to have stretched his poor server to deal with the load from here.

All in all, web comics need their own network and someone who has the time and effort should try to get the word out. I think I'm going to start this by posting a story on Slashdot later this week about it. Maybe it'll make the headlines.

Hey, just got this really old computer, but it was free and I really have a penchant for antique systems. It's an Apple Macintosh IIsi. Comes with 47MB SCSI HD, 17 MB RAM, VGA 256-color monitor, and a 28.8 Modem. Really kick-ass from where I'm sitting. Hope to have some more info on it later. Looks like the CMOS batteries going though, so I might be limited to using it at short spurts.

Anyone know where I can find parts for this thing?

This will go down on your permanent record
What kark!

Well, Fun Stuff's been happening to me. You know, I've been reading this news source for years, but just recently felt like signing up and moving into the mainstream nerd race. Anyone got anything you want to say to a newbie?

Topic One
Well, first off, since this is my own first post (well, actually just about everyone gets this type of first post, so why should I feel special), I think that I'll just put in why I've decided to join the /. community.
With all the work I've been doing lately, including A+ Cert and switching over from M$ Win to Linux, I've become a bit more comp aware. This spurred me to thinking about taking part in a community where I can get feedback and interact with more people with similar interests.

Topic Two
I've finally gotten off my duff and decided to update my web-comic. Any comments on that, leave 'em. For the link, if you can't find it (although I doubt you folks out there should need any help) it's here. General Warning, it's anthro and IMO badly drawn, but hey, I'm working on it.

That's about it for now, I'll be adding a bit more now and then,
TTFN
Alex