Forecasting Cloud Computations

There is much I don't understand. So, so much. Econometrics, statistical mechanics, intentionality, how to identify poison ivy, why Gwyenth Paltrow is co-host of a food show, and now - God, will it ever stop? - cloud computing.



But it's more than just technological and scientific advances that I don't get. It's also wondering why people are increasingly using their speaker feature on their cell phones (Hooray. Now we can listen to BOTH ends of the conversation!) and why some think being labelled an "intellectual elite" is a bad thing. As if someone wouldn't want their child to go to M.I.T. and study environmental geophysics, especially in light of our planetary meltdown. That's a college major with some serious career potential.

Anyhoo, as I'm fond of saying, there is much I don't get. I try. I really, really try. Always have, always will. I've taken beginning sewing classes four times in a row but still am unable to do anything more complicated than a simple straight hem (on plain white sheets, to be exact). I got goosebumps reading Janna Levin's How the Universe Got its Spots but today have only a vague notion of topology except that it's something curvy and time-related and looks cool sketched out on a page. I like to order Shiraz wine because it tastes good and seems to carry more cache than Merlot, which is so 1998, but the truth is I don't know a damn thing about wine even though knowledgeable friends are continually recommending wines to match specific moods and foods. I carefully note the names of recommended wines on one of the bits of scrap paper littering my kitchen table, then promptly misplace them.

I try really hard to understand lots of things - from science & technology to politics & social events to psychology. I knit my brows and dive into whatever has piqued my interest or gotten my goat. Sometimes I get it, sometimes I don't. This blog is my place in the universe for exploring all that I don't get...like forecasting cloud computations.