Incandescent Skies

[Opinion] Of Oil Rigs and Detonations

2010-09-02T11:00:00.000-07:00

Sounds as though another oil rig blew up. They managed to save all 13 workers that were on board at the time, but the fact remains... another oil rig. It makes you wonder what exactly happened. I'm pretty curious.

You know, it's hard to think of a situation like this without thinking about how dependent we are on oil. Fuel dependence isn't a new phenomenon; humans have been using various different fuels throughout the ages in order to achieve different goals. That being said, technology has improved much since the days of old.

For one thing, when we were depending on wood or even coal, we were more self sufficient as a people. Sure, there were a lot fewer of us in those days, but we managed to get by mostly under our own power. It seems as though that with the advent of oil and the ensuing technologies, we've become less independent as a people. These days we are heavily reliant on vehicles for transportation. Trucks transport our food from producer, to store and then finally we bring it home to our table. Cars take us from one place to another and many people have jobs that require a lengthy drives to keep.

This incident, as well as the BP oil spill of earlier this year just makes me stop and think. Oil fuels our lives, however it's obtained though, processed and then used in machines made by people. People are fallible, so it's easy to understand how their creations could fail. It's hypocritical to expect perfection of the people who built that oil rig, but to expect anything less is considered barbaric.

I'm just happy nobody was killed. Human error is the greatest weapon of all.

Return

2010-09-01T08:07:00.000-07:00

Long time no write, eh? After reading Deadmau5's blog, I realized... I've got a blog on this thing. Who knew, right?

Anyways, it's not as though I'll remember to update this thing regularly, but what the hey. I might as well give it a spin.

So school starts next week, and what of it? Well I'm going to a new school this fall and am kinda excited about it. Dorm life isn't something new to me, but it's been many years since I've moved out on my own. Should be an interesting experience. I've been collecting things all throughout the summer and decided to opt for the slow and steady method of packing. By this I mean, setting out boxes to slowly pack for school so that, when the time arrives, I can just move it all into a car and get going.

Maybe I should write a blog post about packing for dorm sometime. Someone might be able to benefit from my experiences.

Just a thought.

Archive of Greatness

2009-11-26T19:58:00.000-08:00

It occurs to me that when I'm not at home, my list of favourites isn't available. Sometimes you just find websites and music that you want to access sometimes, but not frequently enough to remember what they are. While having a list of bookmarks is useful, it's highly ineffective when you're somewhere not actually at your normal computer.

It amazes me how many times I've talked about a website in conversation, only to not be able to tell a person exactly which website it is. For one thing it's mostly useless to talk about a site you can't direct someone to unless it's -that- awful. It's kind of embarassing sometimes in fact. For this very reason I believe I'll create a little archive in a post or two of this blog. That way I'll be able to access the websites I want to visit when I'm not home. Also any people who happen upon this useless blog can have something fun to click on.

Who knows. Perhaps it'll be useless to everyone else and not just to me.

Stay tuned if you're interested. I plan to do this incrementally.

New Blog

2009-11-08T17:25:00.000-08:00

So I decided to start up a new blog. I haven't got much of a knack for using these things, but sure... why not. I figure I might as well give it a shot and see what I do with it. Usually I tend to not post on these things too often.

I do have an idea what I want to do here though. I'm thinking I'd like to post some art along with some commentary. Kind of a artblog with a diary sideline.

Should be fun to see what I come up with, if anything at all.

If anyone happens upon this and wants to get in contact with me or keep track of what's going on. I've got twitter. I should get to setting this thing up.

I'm excited.