New beginnings
One of the delights of being a certain age is being able to observe several waves of technology. Somewhere in the dim nineteen-eighties I got caught up in the world-wide web, and it wasn’t long before I did a little HTML coding and put up my very own web site. As that wave ebbed the blog wave broke, and now it is time for me to retire the old web site and learn a little about the new web; PHP and databases and all that stuff.
Why the nautical theme? Does Patrick O’Brian ring a bell? No? How about Aubrey/Maturin? O’Brian’s twenty sea novels are not only extremely well-written but describe the technology of the sailing ships of the eighteenth century in a way that I find captivating. I’ll try not to run it into the ground.
Thus the Orlop is born, and so long as the internet gods continue to smile, the only thing I need to do is write. Over time I plan to transfer the best of the old web site, dayers.net, to the Orlop.
Dave
Go for it, Dad. This will be a great blog. Mom doesn’t know what she’s missing – but oh well. I just hope that when I get to your “certain age” I have continued to take advantage of the wonders of invention and technology. It just keeps getting better!
Oh gosh! Luddite was the word I was thinking of, NOT lubbock.. that’s in Texas now that I think of it. Just shoot me and put me out of my misery.