w.atching the w.orld unw.ind

Today's lyric:

"Voyager 2 where are you now?
Looking back at home and weeping
Cold and alone in the dark void
Winding down and bleeping
Ever dimmer, ever thinner
Feebly cheeping in the solar winds
I'll turn you up
Sail on, sail on, sail on
On past the howling storms
Through electric orange skies
And blinding methane rain
Sail on.
I'll turn you up."

Bob Geldof: "Thinking Voyager 2 type things"
From the album: "The Vegetarians of Love"

I sometimes think that blogging's like a video cassette recorder. Hey, remember them? VCR's, eh. With dvd recorder prices dropping through the floor, how soon will it be a schoolkid's project to chart the rise and fall of the VCR, and its impact on society?

Being able to store history and bring it back to life whenever? Taping today and reliving it tomorrow?

Anyway. A thread of thought.

Being an atheist, there's no way I can conceive of living my life in thrall to any religious beliefs. They're the product of mankind anyway, not from the god(s) they're allegedly to be used for the purpose of worship. I'm too independent for that line of thought.

And yet, despite the fact that I believe I'm a free-thinker, it sometimes seems odd to me that a large part of my job involves very detailed construction of rules and regulations for software - providing programmers with the english orders to turn into gobbledygeek and thus into an interactive piece of work.

I don't know where I'm going with this. Two intensive days of data mapping last week has microwaved my brain. I'll sort myself out and come back again refreshed...