It turns out that, until I opened up Blogger this morning seeking a place to start keeping a blog in its original form, I actually had no recollection whatsoever that I had already started this very blog back in Summer 2010.
It was fun to read through all the old posts just now. As was noted by the leader of the Software Carpentry Bootcamp I attended a few weeks ago, the human brain appears to have unlimited long-term memory, but accessing it requires the proper cue. When you read old, forgotten journal entries, this fact becomes abundantly clear: literally every single detail of every event that I described I could recall, but without the journal many of them would have had zero hope of ever resurfacing. Pretty cool, and also obvious motivation to really, truly keep a consistent but simple blog going. My old roommate Ben does it, and I love reading it even though I may go years without seeing him in person.
Here's to making these memories last :)
It was fun to read through all the old posts just now. As was noted by the leader of the Software Carpentry Bootcamp I attended a few weeks ago, the human brain appears to have unlimited long-term memory, but accessing it requires the proper cue. When you read old, forgotten journal entries, this fact becomes abundantly clear: literally every single detail of every event that I described I could recall, but without the journal many of them would have had zero hope of ever resurfacing. Pretty cool, and also obvious motivation to really, truly keep a consistent but simple blog going. My old roommate Ben does it, and I love reading it even though I may go years without seeing him in person.
Here's to making these memories last :)
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