Wanderings

[casimirian]

Primarily access only journal.

Quite simply, I'm a CS graduate student who majored in English Literature. I work full-time as a system administrator and have a lot of volunteer hours in free software stuff. Despite that, I really like thinking and talking about people.

Age. 26
Interests. Free software, operating systems, programming, books, religion, and music. Sometimes video games, normally indie and older games if anything. Does anyone listen to the Mountain Goats?

My journal revolves around a lot about my daily life, what's going on, and processing interactions with friends/family/coworkers. A lot of reality is in my journal because I feel like that's what a journal should be about. Sometimes I write topical entries but only every so often. I try to cut things that I think people may find too strange or annoying.

I'm also on IRC and might expand my wanderings beyond Dreamwidth; however, this is very much my home.

Currently adding people to my access list.

Comments

[foliedemars]

Hello! I'm somewhat new here, although I was on LJ previously. I'm old (40) but I'm an equal opportunity friend. :) My posts are about 50/50 public/private. Feel free to request if you wish but don't feel obligated to do so. Cheers!

[foliedemars]

P.S. - I've heard of the Mountain Goats only because of John Green! I'll have to look them up. :)

[casimirian]

I love the "equal opportunity friend" bit. :)

I'm adding you and granting you access. See that as a soft request for equal access, but feel free to filter me with whatever you think is reasonable. Thank you. <3

[ioplokon]

Hello! I love the Mountain Goats!! My favorite album is Beat the Champ, followed by Tallahassee. Also a former English major & current grad student. I post mainly about daily life (& pro-wrestling), tho not as often as I'd like.

Want to add?

[casimirian]

Splendid. I'd be interested in your pro-wrestling entries, as I have not actively sought out something like that before. Added you.

[joziaaspen]

Hey! I saw your project regarding a better blogging platform and I'm very interested.

I'm also considering a humanities (sort of) --> CS track, so I think we could get along there as well. I'd like it if you'd grant me access.

[casimirian]

Cool. I haven't actually met anyone who is equally interested in the digital humanities, so it's my pleasure to receive your request. Are you in college now?

Concerning my project, it's on hiatus as I figure out grad school, work, and life. The prospect of legal muck also doesn't make me excited to publish any code as of late. However, I'm happy to talk about stuff relating to the project anytime.

[joziaaspen]

I just graduated, currently evaluating my options before I go back. Probably a second bachelor's before I hit grad school, since I failed to double major due to illness.

At what point did you know you wanted to add digital onto your humanities?

[casimirian]

My title is incredibly old, so my interest in digital humanities is not a formal vocation. I worked in IT all throughout college and then some. I became a technical writer for a few projects and found that there's a community of like-minded people online who are interested in the human condition and art online. You might be aware of some artists online like Kate Pitkin who do contemporary artwork in robotics and social media. Before YouTube made it cool, I became a sort of digital archaeologist hence my activity here and later volunteer work. I learned how to program and hacked a lot of programs and software all while working in IT until eventually I stumbled into a CS post-graduate program and a full-time job as a system admin in a research company. I currently don't have any regrets, but it wasn't a straight path. I dug a lot of ditches.