I know I’ve neglected the ease-of-follow (or whatever you call it) aspect of my writing here, so I’ve set up two new ways to do so through Facebook. I came across a Facebook application called “Networked Blogs”, so I signed up and linked this blog to it. Here’s a link to it, or you can check the widget in the sidebar.
I only got it an hour ago, so I’m not familiar with its reputation. It looks pretty legit, though. If you’re a blogger, I recommend it. If you’re a reader and on Facebook, I also recommend it.
The second way you can follow on Facebook is via the Steve’s Concept Repository fan page. It’ll update just as fast as the other one, but it’ll show up right in your feed and you don’t have to add another application.
If you know of any other good ways for me to network my blog, let me know here!
I talked to one of the artists on my label and he agreed to release a single for his song “x2+y2+z2-t2=0″. He has had the unmixed version of the track available for some time, 
A Slide Show of my State of Mind
This blog is a slide show of my state of mind. All personal thought blogs are, really. I see too many blogs that follow an idea path and don’t ever budge. This is accompanied by a lot of comments by other people that also won’t budge (note that seeing this type of comments doesn’t mean the blog writer is unreasonable). I wasn’t liking what I saw, and I was able to take advantage of my personal observation by not being like that. I also observed that myself and everyone I’ve met for an extended period of time has had a history of being wrong, at least from time to time.
But, with this presents a problem. If I know this, and I am able to actually come to grips with that, why do I take a stance on anything at all, given it may be wrong?
It gives you, the reader, an opportunity to inform me of what I’m missing. The ability to look things up on the Internet is an amazing thing that gives today’s people a learning advantage no generation before has ever had (though some libraries I imagine were pretty fantastic). However, it’s not perfect; I’ve made many searches for information that have been disappointing. Some people know more about certain things than I do, and in order to get their point across as well as possible, the user will post or link to the best example of the idea they wish to convey that they know about. Instead of having to skim through a bunch of sub-par versions and spammy sites, I get top-quality from a reader’s perspective.
What about the four-dimensional factor, Steve? Won’t you look back on posts and say “Man, I was dumb!”?
Perhaps I will, but unlike posting drunk on Facebook, I can look back and know I was actually thinking.
There has already been an occasion where I was intellectually ousted. A reply to a post I made about racism blew away pretty much every point I had. One part in particular: “The power of racism is that it affects one’s thinking, drawing a person from objectivity and clear thinking. Racism overwrites the very reason Steve is counting on to counteract it.” – I previously had failed to identify racism as a mind virus (Man, I was dumb!). I came to realize that I’ve been banking on a social idea that counted on there being very few people with mind viruses. Racism isn’t the only one, and much of humanity is currently infected. My previous social ideas were, put simply, people unburdened by social obligations are most able and motivated to do good, productive things. Unless I can overcome the mind virus problem (and potentially others), I have to accept that based on my current information, Yvette‘s approach is better.
Is it better? I’ll have to do some research to attempt to find out if it is or isn’t. If I find enough good counter-points, I’ll be sure to bring them up. Thanks for participating in and watching my slide show.