07.26
Finding motivation lately has been more challenging than usual. My posts about perl have grown further apart. I have mostly slowed down working on my pet projects. I haven’t been reading my Perl related blogs anymore. Even writing this entry seems forced and unnatural. I hope this post is not picked up by the Ironman Perl planet due to the complete lack of any substantial content.
Don’t be mistaken, I am still interested in all of these things. I have a stack of interesting modules that I want to clean up and release. My feed reader is chock full Ironman Perl entries. I have 2 unfinished posts about Perl 5.
There are several reasons for my recent sloth. The summer is drawing to a near. I have a large list of honey-do items that need to be done around the house. Worst of all, I am working lots of overtime for some projects that are perpetually behind schedule and over-budget.
On the positive side, I have spent a majority of my summer learning about compilers, programming languages, and parsing grammars. I was really taken by the Topaz project, which has been a source of inspiration. I was also very impressed with the PGE presentation and discussion at the Parrot Virtual Machine Workshop.
I have exceeded my ability to maintain my attention about my own blog post. I’d say more about my next post but I just want to stop typing.
I find that when I get in a similar slow-motion state it’s good to pick up another programming language. Have a look Lua for a pleasant surprise.
Hey,
I think all of us in the Northern Hemisphere are experiencing a bit of the ‘lazy summer blues’. For me, I sit outside with my dog and laptop and just end up dozing and or watching the dog play. Don’t worry, it will come back!
As someone with an exceedingly short attention span (once I feel I “get it”, I lose interest), the last few weeks have just drained the life from me.
Maybe it’s just the 100+F temperatures that are killing my ‘tuits.