Comments on: racing through life; dharma? http://heliolith.com/archives/2005/02/08/racing/ The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be. - Pete Seeger Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:30:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Doktor Mabuse http://heliolith.com/archives/2005/02/08/racing/#comment-401 Sun, 27 Feb 2005 02:17:51 +0000 http://heliolith.com/archives/2005/02/08/racing/#comment-401 That was such a brilliant story you contributed to my blog. Thank you very very much. I loved it. My story is going to look pale in comparison. That was such a brilliant story you contributed to my blog. Thank you very very much. I loved it. My story is going to look pale in comparison.

]]> by: michael http://heliolith.com/archives/2005/02/08/racing/#comment-373 Thu, 10 Feb 2005 19:50:25 +0000 http://heliolith.com/archives/2005/02/08/racing/#comment-373 Saheli, I feel as though I'm barely on the fringes of the living, growing movement. Besides the most basic html, I've never studied any programming language, but hope to learn bit by bit. My perceptions being through the eyes of a newbie in the tech world are still colored strongly by my own personal experiences, rather than a real reflection of the movement itself. But the idea of GPL/open-source, that whatever improvements are made <em>must</em> be returned to the public is so brilliant, so counter-capitalist and unifying a meme in itself, I cannot help but idealistically project the thought that everyone involved will be enriched by it! As far as how I manage to do everything I try and take on, I can only say that I get lots of help, especially in my class, my wife helps me more than I can imagine. If it weren't for her, I would be much more caught up in all of the basic material tasks of teaching, unable to lift-off and make new dreams real... Saheli,
I feel as though I’m barely on the fringes of the living, growing movement. Besides the most basic html, I’ve never studied any programming language, but hope to learn bit by bit. My perceptions being through the eyes of a newbie in the tech world are still colored strongly by my own personal experiences, rather than a real reflection of the movement itself. But the idea of GPL/open-source, that whatever improvements are made must be returned to the public is so brilliant, so counter-capitalist and unifying a meme in itself, I cannot help but idealistically project the thought that everyone involved will be enriched by it!

As far as how I manage to do everything I try and take on, I can only say that I get lots of help, especially in my class, my wife helps me more than I can imagine. If it weren’t for her, I would be much more caught up in all of the basic material tasks of teaching, unable to lift-off and make new dreams real…

]]> by: Saheli http://heliolith.com/archives/2005/02/08/racing/#comment-372 Wed, 09 Feb 2005 22:37:51 +0000 http://heliolith.com/archives/2005/02/08/racing/#comment-372 <i>In many ways I think that the kind of constructivist acquisition of knowledge I’m discovering in Gnu/Linux and open-source is the self-same Deweyan spirit of education that I believe in.</i> Fascinating! It reminds me of some of the ideas about participatory journalism that are being batteed around.. . . It's inspiring to see an already overworked teacher taking on so much of this technological work, Michael. I don't understand how you can possibly do even a tenth of it all. In many ways I think that the kind of constructivist acquisition of knowledge I’m discovering in Gnu/Linux and open-source is the self-same Deweyan spirit of education that I believe in.

Fascinating! It reminds me of some of the ideas about participatory journalism that are being batteed around.. . .

It’s inspiring to see an already overworked teacher taking on so much of this technological work, Michael. I don’t understand how you can possibly do even a tenth of it all.

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