Welcome

Welcome to my web site where I am working to write many articles related to my current interests.

First and foremost, I'm a born-again Bible-believing Christian who desires to walk with the Lord in every aspect of my life. I certainly am not perfect, and I know I miss the mark quite a bit, but knowing the Lord Jesus more and desiring to do His will is a passion of my life. Much of the focus of this web site will be recording things the Lord is revealing to me through His Word and working to apply His ways in all aspects of my life. I hope that through the resources I have on this site that the Lord Jesus is glorified, and that you may be encouraged and drawn closer to Him.

So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. -- I Corinthians 10:31

Second, I'm an avid technologist and, as such, I love computer and information technology (often to my determent spending way too much time on it). There are so many areas of study and research that I'm involved in right now, it ain't even funny, but a few recurring themes are rising to the top of my list. Specifically, I'm developing my craftsmanship and technical mastery in areas related to operating-system virtualization as well as keeping my skills fresh with various programming technologies. I do a fair amount of programming in my favorite language, Smalltalk, and I try to keep current with web development approaches by establishing this site using Drupal as well as using the Seaside web framework.

Additionally, I hope to give some coverage to a smattering of open source and Linux-based tools that support my primary endeavors. Without good tools and utilities, computers just are too hard to use, eh? I've heard it said that the greatest thing about the invention of computers is "the loop." Often times it's the mastering of pedestrian utilities and algorithms that save us from performing tasks by hand time and again.

Over time, I hope you'll find quite a bit of material on this site dedicated to my many technology pursuits. As I learn and understand these and other technologies, I'll attempt to record how I have configured and utilize these tools so that I may benefit by having a record of my findings (do you find things harder to remember as you grow older like me?) and hopefully you benefit as well.

-- If better is possible then good is not enough.

Cheers!

John Pierce