Find what you love to do, and find a way to share it with others.
— Cheerful Monk
In one of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes cartoons they’re in the backyard, completely awed by the sight of all the stars. As they walk towards the house Hobbes says, “It makes you wonder why humans think they’re such big screaming deals.” Back in the living room Calvin cheerfully plops down in an easy chair in front of the TV and says, “That’s why we have our appliances.”
Appliances also come in handy when the news gets depressing. One of my favorites is usually playing with Photoshop, but at the moment I’m trying to understand a bit more about how the innards of WordPress work. I bought a couple of books for beginners with some exercises to try, so I bought a temporary domain where I can play without messing up this site.
What to call it? My first choice was “cheerfulgeek”. but it turns out that was taken so I picked TheCheerfulGeek. I was amused that I wasn’t the first person to associate geek with cheerful, but it makes sense. I’ve been helped by countless geeks on the web, including the hundreds that have built WordPress and made it stable, free and easy to use. So many of them donate their work because they love it and they’re happy to share it with others. They’re not chasing after big bucks and fame — why wouldn’t they be cheerful and happy?
What are your “appliances”?
I agree with you, Jean: I am in awe how many people are willing to “share” their knowledge with others. Be it geeking or how to plant a tulip.
I am also in awe, and I know I’ve said it before, how you dive into all this computer, and now wordpress, stuff. Yes, I do realize you have more time than I do for the finer detail. But even if I did: Would I have the patience? The interest? I fear not. For me a comp is a glorified typewriter, well, word processor. That’s about the sum of my ambitions on that front.
Off to check out TheCheerfulGeek,
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I wouldn’t recommend this as a hobby unless you really love it. It takes an enormous amount of time, which would be a complete waste if it wasn’t fun.
How did you include the picture in your theme?
i think that is something i’d love to try too!
mayb. e. we.l.l. i don’.t. kn.o.w.
see… that is just what happens. i start out like a comet and slow down to a crawl.
BUT.
the only reason i don’t play in mine is that i’ll mess up the captain’s work and he was so kind to do it all in the first place.
so… i may secretly try a new site just for the fun of it!!! if i mess it up or break it … who’s to know … right? 😀
and calvin and hobbes is a total favorite in the wren house. i read it often. have every one of them. they’re addictive! and they help me when the world is heavy.
also… GREAT cartoon there by jbroman. LOL.
i’ve tried to find TheCheerfulGeek but the other geek keeps coming up. he’s pretty good though. you might like to read some of his stuff… found out some things about youtube i’d not heard and like you say… he apparently shares what he finds out about all that kind of computer stuff on his site… free. i think they just love it so they talk it.
The URL isn’t thecheerfulgeek.com it’s thecheerfulgeek.org. Using .org saved me $3. And I don’t have WordPress installed so going to the site won’t help. But if you use http://thecheerfulgeek.org/tammy.html you should (with any luck) see
Hi, tammy! How are you today?
I’m no Geek but I’ve always admired them.
Me too! America would be in better shape if more people encouraged technical students instead of calling them names.
If you would like to change the font sizes/colors inside your posts in your blog, I can show you how. With a free blog I don’t think you can change the size of the fonts in the header. I could also change the header image for you.
Our internet “appliances” have been unavailable for the last couple of days — no internet in the the Upper Sioux Agency State Park campground. We’re sitting in the parking lot of the St. Cloud, MN, Home Depot, catching up on blogs, email, etc.
Thanks for coming by! I hope you’re having a great time.
YOU ARE SO COOL !!! lololol!
Now check out http://peanutontable.wordpress.com
I didn’t create it as peanutonthetable (with the “the”) because I didn’t know how hard it would be to transfer it to you if you would like it. This would be a great place to play around with the looks of your posts (not the theme) if you were interested. You could also try different free themes to see how they look.
This is another possible theme:
http://cheerfulmonk.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tammys-baloon-blog.jpg
Having a resident geek in my son makes life simpler! He has no choice but cheerfully express his exasperation with his dumb old man, but solve the problems at hand.
I can’t really think of any “Appliances” that I use.
I hope he’s always at your beck and call!
my appliances that I love to use have very little to do with the computer…
my favourite purchase in the last few years is my dark green electronic lawn mower with catcher. I have a love/hate relationship with the catcher but have found the mower doesn’t work well without it… I don’t have a large lawn so it’s fun and easy – after I’ve got the mower out of the garage, wheeled it around to the back, set up the special cord and got it together. I always miss a bit but it doesn’t make me annoyed because when I’m upstairs, it feels good.
when my old microwave broke, I survived a few months and then I was given what looked like a relatively new one and it has lots of different things that take the effort out of doing things.
Of course, when the last flatmate moved out I needed to buy a couple of household appliances including a fridge/freezer and I love it’s my own; as is the washing machine in the basement.
I look around the house at things that was my sole choice and I love them! Not something by the now ex-SO, or a handmedown from someone who thought I needed it…
so it’s not always appliances that count 🙂
You’ve been through so much. I’m glad you finally have things and a lifestyle you love.