The
title of this site comes from the following passage, as it
struck me as an interesting concept as well as a colourful
phrase when I came across it.
"The
techniques of autostimulation are extremely various.
Just as one can notice that stroking oneself in a certain way
can produce certain only partially and indirectly controllable
but definitely desirable effects (and one can then devote some
time and ingenuity to developing and exploring the techniques
for producing those desirable effects in oneself), so one can
also come to recognize that talking to oneself, making
pictures for oneself, singing to oneself, and so forth, are
practices that often have desirable effects. Some people
are better at these activities than others. Cognitive
autostimulation is an acquired and intimately personal
technique, with many different styles."
--Daniel
C. Dennett, Elbow Room
This
site doesn't have many visitors at the moment, but that will
hardly affect the content or frequency of posts herein.
I hope that doesn't bother you ... like it matters.
You may follow this link to add your own comment, but this is
what another "visitor" had to say
I
have been webmastering my own sites for several years now. (You
could say I've been the master of my own domain.) My
original home site entitled The
World Bri'ed Web is now in its seventh incarnation or
so. I write and record music, and use the site incessantly to
pitch the albums to all few of my visitors. I now invite you
to read my thoughts, rants, tidbits, musings, and brain-rains.*
May your stay be full of fruit.
*Brain-rain:
(n) Not as severe as a brain-storm, and hardly as vulgar as a
brain-fart, but somewhere safely in between.
June 13, 2004 AN INTRODUCTION FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS
What does the word "hiatus" mean? Well, some well-known dictionary with a title sporting adjectives like "Unabridged" or "Collegiate" would likely define it as something that, quite unsurprisingly, means exactly what you expected it to; but it surely wouldn't mention the fact that quoting the reference has enabled the writer to have introduced his subject, substantiating a good portion of writing without actually having said anything yet. It is the case that a decent introduction has occurred, nonetheless, and the aforementioned dictionary didn't even need to be included in the bibliography. See how easy that was?
In order to make more use of this nice, little site--one that took me a bit of effort to design, layout, and present to you--I will be using it in a slightly different manner than that which I have previously been using it. Now, you may call me hypocritical for "going back" on something I may have mentioned in earlier posts. I will be posting, or I plan on posting, entries of a more diary-like persuasion. I will not be posting, or I plan not to post, entries which read like most peoples' diary-like blogs read.
I suppose, to further understand how I plan to do this, you will have to stay tuned, assess that with which you've been presented, and compare and contrast your findings with those you've assessed from doing the same with sites other than mine, the diary-like blogs like those of which I've made mention.
I
have been webmastering my own sites for several years now. (You
could say I've been the master of my own domain.) My
original home site entitled 
June 13, 2004