Berkeley Logo

Another programming language that I learned about from the book Dealers of Lightning is Logo. I have written a few lines of code and made a function but, never a working program. The logo interpreter I used was Berkeley logo. I wanted to read the 3 books on the Berkeley logo website but, only made it a few pages into the first book until I gave up logo for another programming language. What programming language that was is lost in history.

As I thought about logo I saw myself staging code, commiting code, and the upload the code to my remote git repository. Oh, I can dream can't I. I don't know what types of programs one can make with logo, but, someday I hope I make a program or 2 or 3 or. or 5.

I don't know what to write for the headline

What to write about today. As you can see I plan my posts ahead of time. he he. I often think what if I had stuck with a programming language instead of switching them all the time. I might be a programmer by now after all I have been trying to learn how to program for 7 plus years. At least it has not been 20 years that I have been trying to learn how to program. But, still 7 years. I should be able to write my own programs by now.

Then I think well don't give up and keep trying even when you don't  understand things because you have to keep going. And who know I might become a programmer yet. It seems hard to believe but, it could happen.

Git is where dream are stored

Yes I was having fun follow the bit tutorials from Git Immersion that I found out about from a comment on a Stackoverflow post. I desperately need version control for my nonexistent project. Leaning how to use git makes me feel like a big time programmer without having to write a line of code.

I also saw mention in the Mercurial mentioned in the stackoverflow post. So that got me thinking that I need to try mercurial. I could try every version control system and that would keep me busy so that I would not feel bad about not writing programs. Then eventual I would feel bad but, it would take awhile.

As I mentioned before I am reading Learn ruby the hard way. And so I wanted to use git for the the projects towards the end of the book where the author want you to build a larger project. I hope I don't get so distracted  by lean how to use a git that I never write any code and it sits there unused like so many other programs I want to learn. Using git if fun though.

Ruby shoes

Today I installed Ruby Shoes, Hackty Hack, and Scite editor on my computer. I have had wanted to make shoes apps before but, needles to say nothing ever got made. It looks so fun that I want to see if I can make some apps.

I like that I just like installing programs on my computer and then dreaming what I might make using the program. Then after the initial excitement and the realization that programming takes work I give up and then nothing ever gets made. But, I don't give up on programming. I just keep going around and around in circles. Some I hope that will change and I start making my own programs. Maybe this will be the year. I always have that hope.

I decided to install the latest version of Gimp

So I downloaded the latest version from the gimp website. Then before I installed the executable I decided to see what version of gimp I had installed on my computer. And it had the same version number as the version of gimp I downloaded. So I did not need to install the latest version of gimp on my computer I already had it but, I installed the executable any, just for the fun of it.

I don't know why I wanted the latest version of gimp on my computer anyway. I will be another program that I had hopes of learning how to use but, sit on my desktop gathering dust. I suppose it might get used to take a screen shot once a month. I have got to get a move on learning some of the programs that I install on my computer and there is not time like today.

What I want to use this blog for

My hope is that someday some I will be able to write my own programs and talk about them on my blog. I also hope that I will eventually be able to make short movies with blender and put them here. I don't know what I will write about my programs that will interest any. I am sure I will find something. Now I need to write those programs and make the movies.That should be easy, hehe.

One day I hope to write an assembly language program

Now that I think about it I might have written about this before. So what, I will write about this subject any way. One programming language that I hope to be able to write a computer program in one day is assembly language. It does not matter what assembly language I just want to be able to say that I designed and wrote my own program using assembly language. Writing a program in machine language would be fun also but, I am not sure I would be able to accomplish that feat.

know about and using registers, the different parts of ram, things like that are exciting to me. I wish I could write a longer blog post to but, I can't think of anything else to write about assembly language. Oh, yes I can. I have installed, Nasm, Fasm, Masm, on my computer. I hope not written a program with any of those assemblers. Though I had the intention to when I installed them on computer. I would install them on my computer and then got to the website to look for tutorials. Open the IDE, or a text editor maybe write a hello world program; so I probably did write a program with one of the said assemblers I mentioned above; Then loose interest with the language after about a week. Its a familiar theme in my attempts to learn how to program.

My boring week.

I need to write more and I want to update this blog everyday. So I need to start writing blog posts again even it the are boring. As I staid above I want to write more. So what have I been doing over the past week. The same thing I always to read books about programming and never make any programs. Hoping that one day I will wake up and be able to magically code a program that will make me fabulously wealthy. Yeah, I don't see that happening in he near future but, I do have hope. he he.

I have been reading the book pro git. Yesterday I read about branches in git. And I found branches exciting. Now I want to lean to program so I can use get and upload my local repository to a remote server. Git almost makes me wish I could write programs.

Don't know processor name anymore

I used to know about processors you know I was excited about the Pentium or Pentium 2 came out. Now I now that there are probably computers that I can get a 6 core processor but, I don't know the name of the processors. A computer has a processor and that's all I care about and the more cores the better.

I want to try ruby again

I read ruby article on rubysource and it talked about a book called learn ruby the hard way. Even though I said I wanted to only learn python I thought why not so I installed ruby and rails on my computer because I also want to see if I can make something with ruby rails. I hope I can get through learn ruby the hard way I will give it my best.

I will use notepad++ because in learn ruby the hard way it recommends using the program. I don't know why but, I got it into my head that I had to use an IDE to program but, using a text editor like notepad++ and the command prompt is fun so that's what I will use to program.

Of course the important thing is that I start making programs which I have not done yet but, I do have the tools to make programs.

Random thoughts

Since I am not sure what to write about today I will start writing. I may be repeating what I have already written on this blog. So here it goes. For about 2 years I did not want to program or even be on the internet but, I was on the internet everyday nonetheless. I was obsessed that maybe sitting in front of my computer was not living. Or that since maybe someone else did not like using a computer or surfing the web that I should not like the internet either.

Then late last year I decided I wanted give one learning how to program  one last try. So I decided to practice programming everyday and enjoy being on my computer and for the most part I don't feel so upset about using my computer. I still have never built my own program but, I am having fun programming.

What do I think about using a computer? It does not bother me sitting in front of my computer. I don't like to sit in front of it all day but, I don't like doing anything all day. My favorite things to do on the internet are program and make 3d models with blender.

I enjoy reading Upgrading & repairing PCs

Its been a few years since I have read an edition of  Up Grading And Repairing PCs. Its so exciting to read about computer hardware and how to fix it and chipsets, busses, processors, monitor technology, dvd drives.  Though none of my computer has had a problem bad enough where I have to fix it using the book. I enjoy reading about computer hardware more than I do using computer hardware. Fun, Fun.

I think it would be fun to get lost of college degrees

I read about a man who has a lot of  college degrees. And the story made me excited. A life devoted to learn sounds like great fun to me. Imagine all the things that I could learn. Then that got me thinking if I got any degrees what would they be. I like computer science, welding, cars, guitars, writing, physics, math, nanotechnology. So there is a lot I would want to know more about. Bring on the learning.

I want to learn c

C is another programming language I want to lean. I want to use it with Allegro to make games. I don't know if I will ever learn it but, its a something I want to do learn a compiled language and make something with it. Heck I want to make anything with any programming language.