Reluctant 31 year old software engineer; with a love of all things Apple and all things geeky.
Those we love don't go away,
They walk beside us every day,
Unseen, unheard, but always near,
Still loved, still missed, and very dear.
Peacefully sleeping, resting at last,
His weary trials and troubles past,
In silence he suffered, in patience he bore,
Till God called him home to suffer no more.
Although we smile and make no fuss,
No one misses him more than us;
And when old times we often recall,
That's when we miss him most of all.
I am not an emotional person, those who know me will testify to that. I find it hard to express the way I am feeling most of the time, and have a habit of bottling things up inside rather than speaking my mind. This is why this post is truly unique; I wouldn't generally be one to blog about the way I feel.
Today while reading an article on Mental Floss, I actually found myself with a tear in my eye. The article in question is here http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15131, and while I will give a little synopsis of the content here, I can never truly do the original article the justice it deserves. The original article, tells us a story of a man, Jamie Livingston. Jamie was a photographer who led a normal life, but did an extraordinary thing: every day from when he started his project in 1979 until his untimely death in 1997, Jamie took a photo each day with his Polaroid SX-70 camera. If you wish to know more about Jamie, I would suggest you read the article above; it really moved me. Looking through the pictures had a profound emotional affect on me, I felt as if I was there, actively participating in Jamie's life. The photos which are set over nearly 20 years, chart the artists life, from being young and care free, to his eventual marriage, through to his battle with cancer and his untimely death aged 41. Someones the picture has a subject, other times, to those looking from the outside they may seem totally random. You can access the photos directly here http://photooftheday.hughcrawford.com/, but I strongly recommend you read the above mentioned article first as it really sets the context. This is an incredible story, not only to a man who has sadly departed this world, but to the legacy of a man. Jamie Livingston will never be forgotten by his friends, but now thanks to these photos being shared with the world, he will never be forgotten, his legacy and his work through this project are now immortal.Something tells me that he is going to share my love of fast cars.
Previously I used a blogging engine I created to control my blog, and while it worked great, I often found myself adding features to the code base rather than using it. So I have decided to go for a hosted blog in the hope I will spend less time tinkering with the settings/setup, and more time writing about things.
I don't expect anyone to actually read this blog, at most it'll be a collection of postings relating to 2 things, my family or computer science; by computer science I am referring specifically to programming (that is what I do for a living after all); I will be posting source code I find useful, either for windows, mac or mobile devices, not in the hope that I have pioneered some new way to do things, more with the aim that I can find things again in the future.
If you have read this far, thank you, I doubt you will be back for more so I wish you well :)
