I have a cheap clock sitting on the floor here. It was originally intended to be a wall piece, but I don’t see myself putting it up until I actually do something decent with it.

Enter a brain trying to shut down, but not succeeding.

The result? A plan to line each hour mark on the clock with a LED. Multicolored perhaps. Changing colors every fifteen minutes.

This first post on the matter is designed to be a brain dump of sorts. The questions I’m working out at the moment include:

• How many colors do I want?
• Can I get away with 6 LEDs over 12?
• What will I use for timing?
• What will I use for voltage regulation to trigger the colors?
• How much am I willing to spend?

As I like to put in customer-facing ticket updates: Additional details are pending…

Musical instruments travel to my ears. 
The organ donors of our society dispel their works.
Every note is another exercise in courage.
The Man's presence causes a lot of fear.

But fear not, my friends.
In the end the underdog shall prevail.
It'll be a modern day politicial and social match.
The question becomes: Who will be on the wrong end of the catch?

Striking the Match, setting the flame.
Being the spark that unites the oppressed in passion. 
Will it be social injustice, or the latest Macy's Fashion?
It doesn't really matter, you know. 

The flow of gasoline doesn't discriminiate.
Violence is the result of hate. 
Hate for our brothers or mothers... even corporate personhood...
..or just not acting the way that we should. 

Love, not bombs is the way we should look.
Fighting for the overall status of a human being. 
World unity is what we should be seeing.
Instead? Concern shifts towards what food was took.

As I write this, on Christmas Day 2011, I’m sitting in my cubicle at work. “But Andrew, why are you at work?!”, you ask somewhat incredilously. I’m at work becuase I was “volunteered” to work this shift. To moreso answer the question - I work as a Linux System Administrator for a large (read: huge) webhosting company. As with hospitals and fire departments, the internet never sleeps.

I will admit, the queue is rather slow today, leaving my mind wondering. Of course, I’m always multitasking with my brain, but supreme boredom and no shortage of caffiene are assisting such multitaskings. Since today is Christmas, and as such, the birth of Jesus Christ, my thoughts have turned spiritual. Say what you will about Christianity, mind you. I’m not about to shove my beliefs down your through. To each their own.

Now, I realized how Christmas has turned into an over-commericialism of sorts. It’s all BUY BUY BUY. Spend money here, spend money there. In some cases, this has resulted in violence. Before we go on, I realize I am contributing to the problem today, of all days, by being at work. Yes. I just admitted I am a hipocrit.

The point I’m making: is spending money, being rude, and all sorts of unplesantries what Christmas is about?

No. It’s not. It’s a time of joy, visiting with families, and celebration.

What it’ll take for us - as a society - to get our heads out of our rear-ends is anyone’s guess…

This is a first post. I’ve decided to yank my blog away from the -dom that is Wordpress, mainly encouraged by an esteemed friend.

I’ve also decided that it’s a good idea to start over. I haven’t done anything with this domain in quite some time. New technicial stuff, new blog posts.