Soy Milk and Fried Bread Stick 豆漿和油條

今天突然發現其實我最喜歡做的事, 可能是胡思亂想. Even though it might seem completely random at times, 我想還是亂中有序somehow. Two years ago, at small group, b asked each of us to come up with a personal statement. Naively, I put down

“To be an active Christian and be a blessing to my family, my friends, and hopefully to the community too.” and the bible verse that I chose was:

Romans 12:10-13
“Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourself. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”

b made a lamenated card for us too. That’s how I still remember. Thanks b. Now looking at it, I think the statement still holds true for me more or less. I am not sure how I have been doing in terms of living out that statement, but I think I have tried. I feel quite blessed to be able to spend 5 years in Ithaca. The Cornell experience has definitely shaped me and grown me in many different ways. One of the things that I want to do is to be able to build useful websites for everyday use. Not for big corporations, but for regular people like you and me, people who might have little or no money but might need a web site to help them accomplish a common goal, a goal that might not have commercial values. I believe it’s totally doable with all the free open source products available these days.

I am still far from being a web application developer. (or a more vague term: distributed systems architect). But I guess I am quite serious about working toward this goal. So that leads to the whole idea of getting a domain name and owning some webspace, so I can actually play with it. Sophia’s and 腓力’s website also inspired me. Hee. Luckily, I am not doing this alone. Kev, Laifu, and Walt are all interested (maybe chyu), and we are already in the process of planning. Just want to learn what it takes to build a website. What sites are we going to build? Hm..not sure. Well I have some ideas, but I would rather talk about this offline. If you are interested, please let one of us know. I think we need all kinds of talents, especially non-technical ones :p Haha..k..stay tuned.

Posted by danio on Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at 8:18 PM | Permalink