Just use Assembly language - why I blog

Why do I blog? I had quite a struggle with this. I set up a blog quite a while back, wanting to write about technology, but strangely had nothing to say, and well, thought it prudent to not say anything while that was the case. So was it writer,s block, a lack of passion, nothing to talk about, too much to talk about, a fear of the known, a fear of the unknown...after all, there are more than a 100 Million ENGLISH blogs on the web according to technorati, and I can assure you, there are plenty of people who have more meaningful things to say. I am not famous, not a politician, not a journalist, not highly accomplished in any art field...not the type of person that people would line up to listen to. Well, whatever the reason, there was something between the muddle of thoughts in my head and my fingers that was simply not making a connection, not allowing me to put my thoughts on this medium.


Well...something did break this cycle and I finally got some directon about my first blog post. I was watching a program on CNN called "we were warned, cyber shockwave". A doomsday scenario of what could happen if the United States were to face a cyber attack. The panelists were a distinguished group of politicians, technorati, and advisors. It was quite interesting to follow how each group answered questions as they were posed to them. However, at the end of the simulation, the moderator, Wolf Blitzer, asked some very pertinent tough questions as he cut through the ambiguity that hung in the air. He just broke the material down to the basics in a very rapid fire session...and all of a sudden I just developed a new found respect for the "talking heads" on CNN.

This program though, did more than that. It simply opened the floodgates to a host of memories, recollections, quotable quotes, life experiences in a way that I have not experienced recently. Reminded me of a quote from a dear friend back in the college days "simple living, high thinking", just taking things back to the basics.

It also broght to mind a statement, which, though innocuous at that time, turned into the butt of jokes much later in life....but also helped me start this blog. One semester in college as I struggled with a heavy load of programming classes, I discussed my dilemma with a young man I admire for his wit, grace, vocabulary and unflappable attitude towards life. However, this chap WAS technologically challenged, and in his own inimitable style, trying to make life easier for me, he simply said "Why don't you use Assembly Language"..and that was the extent of his knowledge of computer science. For some strange reason this just broke the gloom of that night and both of us rolled with laughter at his suggestion. As we went through life - we attempted to make light of many of life's challenges by simply "trying to use assembly language".

As I think back now, I wonder, really, why can't we use "Assembly Language" to get us through life. After all, all Assembly Language does is reduce every component to a very basic form or 1's and 0's that a computer understands. And somehow, I know what I wanted to write about, what it was that was stopping me, and self doubt shall not stop me ;-)

Well..I was able to pen down some thoughts and this will give me an impetus..so for the patient, stay that way, for the not so patient....try to be the former..and keep checking back as I add more stuff about my passion, technology, but I'll try to give it a twist, my own twist, with thoughts, analysis, reviews......some well informed, some uninformed, and who knows what else. Lets not limit ourselves.