Finally…

So – after an extremely busy year (which will likely be the subject of future posts, but that’s another story), I’ve finally gotten around to actually setting up a blog. Like most blogs, I expect it will be a place for all the random thoughts and musings that periodically pop up in my head. Obviously it assumes that I think that there is at least one other person apart from myself who will find these ideas interesting, or potentially even useful. Time will tell whether that is true.

As far as the title goes, that may or may not persist. I was going for something that reflected my interest in:

• Systems administration
• Software development
• Australian Rules Football (hence the “footy” for any non-Aussie who may be reading)
• Other, more cerebral pursuits, like mathematics (hence the intersection sign "∩")

And yes, that combination pretty much assures me of my blog being “unique” – I don’t expect too many other people to be interested in all of those topics, so intersection is actually an appropriate operator for the blog name. But – if there’s anyone else out there that is also sitting in that very small part of a rather unique 4-way Venn diagram, let me know…

Hopefully I can also find more time in 2009 and onwards for developing my photography skills – Nick has already mentioned something interesting for early in ’09, so we’ll see how that pans out. I expect that I’ll post the end results of any interesting shots somewhere here – was reading about HDR the other day, and it sounds pretty damn cool from a purely technical perspective. Some people aren’t fond of the results, but I think it’s just another way that DSLRs are “expanding the envelope” of what is possible with digital technology that simply wasn’t practical with film-based media.