Fresh Content is Coming!

I’ve been so busy discovering that I haven’t had time to write everything down!

That’s lie… I’ve actually been busy with school, work, and my birthday as of late. However, rest assured, I have been busy learning me some good stuff I will want to share with you soon!

I’ll file this post under “undiscovered” since I’m still trying to find more free time.

I Must Give Credit Where It’s Due [Hat Tip]

I’d like to tell you that idea for the domain name and title of this blog was entirely the result of my own creativity and brain power, but, as I’m sure you’ve assumed from the title of this post, it was not.

Actually, to confess, I’m not very creative. This isn’t to say that I steal all my ideas, but I do often need to observe the work of others in order to “spring” off of into my own ideas.

The “spring” for this blog came from a combination of my own desire to give back to the Internet community and most notably from French blogger Jean-François and his blog 365Questions.org.

I first discovered 365Questions.org October 17th, 2006 (The comment I posted on that day; the only way I knew the date). I’m not sure what I was searching for, all I know is that I ended up on 365Question’s popular compilation of creative 404 pages. I read some of his other entries and decided I liked what I saw. This is also about the same time I discovered the magic of RSS, so I added his blog to my reader.

I don’t know where Jean-François got the idea for his domain name, but I liked the name, and since I already had some “philosophy” for this blog regarding discovery before I had constructed it i thought a “365-site” would work well with the philosophy.

So, consider giving 365Questions.org a read if you’re interested in discovering oddities from different corners of the Interwebs from a different perspective!

The Meaning of Serendipity [And Discovery]

The best thing about my discovery of the meaning of the word “Serendipity” is that is was serendipitous in nature. While looking for the full dictionary / encyclopedic meaning of “discovery” to provide more description for this site, I found that discovery is very similar to serendipity but their meanings differ in how the thing is found. Discovery is detecting and learning something willfully while serendipity is accidental discovery that turns out to be fortunate.

Previously, I thought serendipity had something to do fate… well, I guess it does depending on what you believe. But, I’m glad I found the full meaning of the word because it’ll help describe some of the discoveries I’ve made that you’ll find here. Instead of you thinking I’m a blundering idiot by saying it was “accidental,” I can elegantly say it was “serendipity.” Doesn’t that sound so much better?

WordPress 2.5 is Different

I think I’m really going to like the new admin interface for WordPress 2.5, but it’ll take some getting used to. It’s very different.