Definition and Purpose
Let's get one thing straight from the start: A blog is simply a guy talking to himself until enough people snoop into his business that he has an audience to his self-idolization. At which point, it is still a guy talking to himself, just with people who read and possibly respond to his musings.
That being said, I wanted to start off by introducing myself (to myself, the only reader). I'm Stephen, a Computer Science undergraduate.
I dabble in many different technology fields: webpage design, search engine research, get-rich-quick website schemes, generalized programming, computer gaming, and I try to keep current on what is happening in today's technology news.
I have pretty strong opinions for open-source software, as well as generalized misgivings about the concept of copyright as a whole. I am not so radical that I believe copyright should be dropped from use, but I do feel that copyright has generated too much restriction on a rapidly-increasing global ability to harvest, store, and distribute digital data. That is, of course, through the Internet.
But back to the purpose of this weblog. For practical purposes, it is a place I will be able to publish my thoughts on topics I come across. So, although most posts will be technologically-oriented, I'm not going to guarantee anything.
What's with the title? Gaberlunzie is a word that I discovered in my family's dictionary several years ago when we were playing Boogle one night (we use the dictionary to check and see if some of the word we write down actually exist... it's a long story). Anyway:
Gaber-lunzie : A beggar with a wallet; a licensed beggar.
Source: "gaber-lunzie." Webster 1913 Dictionary. Patrick J. Cassidy, 1913. Answers.com 02 Jun. 2006. http://www.answers.com/topic/gaber-lunzie
Although, when I originally read it in the dictionary, it was along the lines of "A wandering beggar." That is why I chose it: In a sense, all students are wandering beggars, looking for a job and a place to call home.
More posts coming soon...
That being said, I wanted to start off by introducing myself (to myself, the only reader). I'm Stephen, a Computer Science undergraduate.
I dabble in many different technology fields: webpage design, search engine research, get-rich-quick website schemes, generalized programming, computer gaming, and I try to keep current on what is happening in today's technology news.
I have pretty strong opinions for open-source software, as well as generalized misgivings about the concept of copyright as a whole. I am not so radical that I believe copyright should be dropped from use, but I do feel that copyright has generated too much restriction on a rapidly-increasing global ability to harvest, store, and distribute digital data. That is, of course, through the Internet.
But back to the purpose of this weblog. For practical purposes, it is a place I will be able to publish my thoughts on topics I come across. So, although most posts will be technologically-oriented, I'm not going to guarantee anything.
What's with the title? Gaberlunzie is a word that I discovered in my family's dictionary several years ago when we were playing Boogle one night (we use the dictionary to check and see if some of the word we write down actually exist... it's a long story). Anyway:
Gaber-lunzie : A beggar with a wallet; a licensed beggar.
Source: "gaber-lunzie." Webster 1913 Dictionary. Patrick J. Cassidy, 1913. Answers.com 02 Jun. 2006. http://www.answers.com/topic/gaber-lunzie
Although, when I originally read it in the dictionary, it was along the lines of "A wandering beggar." That is why I chose it: In a sense, all students are wandering beggars, looking for a job and a place to call home.
More posts coming soon...
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