Fri, 17 Jul 2009
Laundry List
Here's a list of the stuff I'd like tow write if I could find the time. It's a promise to myself in front of others, to make it nore likely that I'll do it. On the computer programming side, I'd like to finish a replacement for the blog software I'm using now (Blosxom). The replacemnt is called Stiki and is ninety percent done, but the last ten percent is always the hardest. Look for it first on my work site. Then I'd like to write a homeopathic repertorization program in Javascript, so the computational load is entirely on the client side. It will use drag and drop for the rubrics, so it will look really snazzy. Repertorization is nothing more than a shopping cart script, so it's not hard to write. Look for it first on my Boger's Card Repertory. Finally, I'd like to write a Tibetan calendar program based on Henning's book on the Kalachakra Tantra. I started and dropped this project and want to pick it up again.
On the literary side, I'm committed to doing a verse by verse commentary on Atisha's Lamp for the Path on its blog. I'd also like to write = an introductory talk on meditation for the Medicine Buddha Sangha, emphasisizing the practical benefits and deemphasizing the spiritual side, simply because that's what people like to hear. That will go on this blog. Then I would like to write an essay defending the concept of the vital force, which will wind up on my homeopathy blog. Finally, (and this is the killer) I'd like to write an essay on the relationships between Buddhism and modern physics. I'm really not competent to write this, but I've seen so much nonsense written on the subject I feel I have to.
None of this is going to happen until I get my web sites squared away.
