Cogs can think.

Okay, as far as I can see for now, the transition from Blogspot to Wordpress/Blogsome is completed.

Most of the work has gone into personalizing all this; the new header background (to fit the Cogs theme), red link color, font modification (Trebuchet MS, as always), and more. I’d like to thank Eugenia for helping me on all the technical stuff– wouldn’t have been able to get it like this without her help.

Another change is that contrary to Blogspot, Wordpress/Blogsome has categories. As you’ve seen by now, underneath each blog entry you can find the categor(y)(ies) into which that entry has been filed. The list of available categories can be found in the sidebar. This is very handy, as you can now easily see all posts related to i.e. OSNews.

Other than that, it satisfies my obsessive compulsion with keeping things organized and tidy :).

I’ve also put a syndication with Geenstijl.nl in the sidebar; this is a Dutch website that presents us with news about all sorts of subject in a rather humerous and ironic manner. This is obviously only of use to the Dutch readers.

All in all, I’m quite satisfied. My blog has its own face, all the things I want– superb.

This is my new and improved blog. Here is a repost from my other blog, so you know what this is all about. Have fun.

As you surely’ve seen by now, I have changed a few things on my blog.

I renamed my blog to “Cogs can think.” It stems from this post, and I really like the analogy of the world being a huge clockwork of stupidity, in which we are nothing but mere cogs, without a true free will, all connected to one another. Every action has an equal reaction.

I thought of this analogy myself (ahey), but I’m pretty sure on what it’s based: “Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland”, and part II, “Through The Looking Glass” (previous entry about dear Alice).

So, what is the goal of my ramblings and rants here? Well, a lot has happened in my personal life this year– my mother’s illness, me quitting psychology, taking on a new study– and it’s really miraculous to see how I’ve changed in that period; from a kid, to more of a, dare I say it, grown-up. Well, sort of. The real Thom is still there– I’ll never really grow up. What were you thinking.

I’m trying to understand what makes the clockwork of stupidity tick. The world, politics, music, film, social life, computing, automotive, all from my very own paradigm. And on this blog, screw everybody else’s.

That’s it, basically. Oh, and in the future I might buy me a nice domain name, put Wordpress on it, and stop leaching off of Google.

I can be contacted in various ways, IM, email, normal mail, and phone, but I prefer you use email (remove the two ampersands, spam protection). Check the sidebar for contact information.