Start of the Blog, start of the project

Well, we’re finally at the start of this blog. I’m not sure if I have a decent plan in place or not, but I think the effort of at least doing this should be worth something, right?

Let’s start with a journal entry. Today I helped my dad find out that there’s something wrong with his computer. He was convinced that his monitor was having problems because it wouldn’t display anything, so we had mine hooked up to his computer. Turns out there’s nothing wrong with his computer, but he’s missing his system/config file, and I’m pretty sure he doesn’t have that saved anywhere else. So he’ll be taking that computer down to the shop today.

Meanwhile, I’m still trying to figure out how to penetrate my thesis project for school. I’ve had awhile to think about it, but I really don’t have any significant ideas in my mind. My original plan to write about “internet culture” still seems like a step too far for me to complete in a single semester, but I’m really not sure what I could reduce it to otherwise. Message board cultures? The state of disabled users on the internet? Advertising online? The more I think about it, the more I realize I haven’t got a clue what direction I want to go. And there really isn’t anything I can ask anyone to help me narrow it down either.

Maybe I could do a report on internet ethics? I have a pretty good textbook on the subject, and of all the things that I’ve studied in the course of this degree, online ethics are probably the thing I’ve touched on most often.

Well, I’ll keep thinking about it today and try to figure something out. Once I know which thing I’m going to study though, I’d better stick with it if I’m going to finish this in one semester.