1. So What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

   

   This past weekend, I went and saw Iron Maiden in Toronto. I like a lot of different kinds of music, but there’s just something special about Maiden. They’re the Rolling Stones of metal…they’ve been around forever.
   
   As I’m watching them, I get thinking about Steve Harris, the band’s bass player and founder. He started the band back in 1975 when he was just 19 years old. Who would have thought that 35 years later, he’d have such huge musical success…all because of decisions he made so many years earlier. Fascinating.
   
   Then I got reading about the band’s lead singer, Bruce Dickinson, who is a polymath. “Polymath? What the heck is that?” I wondered. Must be a medical condition or something. Turns out, a polymath is someone who has great skill and knowledge in a variety of fields — what we today would call a Renaissance Man, or someone who is “worldly.”

   Further research into this revealed some interesting information; and lead to some thought provoking ideas…

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2. First Post Evaah!

   Well here it is, the new Zap! Bang! Boom! blog. Over the past few years, Zap! has gone through a few different incarnations, and in trying to figure out what the heck I was going to do with it, I decided to make it the home of my own personal blog…A place where I can share my musings, thoughts, and opinions on a variety of topics.

   So in the weeks and months ahead, I’m looking forward to talking about all sorts of different things…technology, mythology, self-education, science fiction, and more. I have a huge array of interests, so it looks like this is gonna be the place that’ll serve as the dumping ground!

   As for the visual design of the blog, I intentionally kept it pretty skimpy. Interface design has a way of spiraling out of control and consuming hours of work. Instead, I’ll be focusing more on content here rather than on a killer design interface. Sound cool?

   Enjoy!!

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