First post!

First post on the first blog. I grew up with technology, I remember our family's very first computer, an apple ][ e, that Christmas morning with typing wizard on it, running on a five inch floppy. They had bought the 64k upgrade, and it was probably the most powerful computer around in a hundred miles; I think I was about six.

Strange that with such a young starting in computers, I'm so late to the game with blogging. To begin at the beginning of where computers started to effect our society on a personal level, and be old enough to remember it. Seeing the changes that have happened: word processor, spreadsheet, 3-d graphics, photo manipulation, games, BBSes, cable news, Video toaster, Darpa-net, internet, world-wide-web, MP3, search engines and blogging; it's amazing that modern society hasn't torn itself apart, though you can see some creaking at the seams.

If you have been looking around you know what I mean, the world is abounding with the signs, it's the age old cry "Daddy! I don't know what's going on!! I'm scared!!! make it OK!!'. If there is a god, he's a distant one, either the watchmaker, listener, or giving blessings in the dark, where only the truly needy can see; everyone else is selling something. The jihadists are selling Allah-daddy, the neo-cons are selling State-daddy, and the theo-cons are selling God-daddy, but the price that you will pay for any of their goods is power over you; your dress, your sex-life, your voice, your beliefs, and fundamentally, your soul.

Thankfully, I think we have passed the narrow point, though not through the massive efforts of both sides to tip us into the abyss. Global jihadism never really ignited, and the neo/theo-con alliance (really need to come up with better, non-current-politics, terms for the mindsets) is back on its heels, and looks to go down for the count in 2008. If we survive the next three years without: a) a nuclear/chemical terrorist attack with over 1000 dead, b) an American martial law coup/nuclear attack or c) some thing that throw the world into utter chaos I think we are good for the next 20 years or so. We will see, I've been quoting the old curse "may you live in interesting times" for waaay to long to get comfortable with my predictions.

Good enough for a first post. I'll see where I go with it tomorrow.