My name is Dylan Nugent. My friends call me Dylan, "Dyl," or "The Nuge." Of course, for the most part, anyone reading this is likely to already know me. Just in case someone happens to stumble upon it without knowing me, I am a high school sophomore attending Northside Prep. I specialize in computers, especially programming and software design. I have been trying to set up a company for some time now. I was always interested in starting a blog, since I commonly have a lot to say, but I never got around to it until now. As anyone who knows me can tell you, that should be quite a lot.
Other then computers, I am also fascinated with music and nature. I am a registered Boy Scout, but despite the reputation some give us, the fellowship, leadership, and life skills are invaluable, and camping out in the wild is just plain fun. I play two instruments, guitar and piano (I've only played guitar for a little while, whereas I have been playing piano for almost 6 years). I also like to sing and write my own songs.
Even though it might seem like that takes up most of my time, especially if you through the huge amount of schoolwork I get every day into the mix, I still watch TV and movies and play video games like just about every other teenager my age. I don't just watch any crap that comes on the TV, though. Other then sports, of which I watch football most of the time, follow baseball, and watch soccer or basketball if they are on and I'm interested enough, I like a few interesting dramas (like Lost) and some very funny comedies (like The Office or Scrubs). Similarly, I try to watch movies with subjects that interest me. The best movie I have seen recently is Into The Wild, which I highly recommend to anyone who doesn't mind watching a somewhat depressing movie. It chronicles the life of Chris McCandless, who in 1990 left behind the world to head into the wild, but it also talks about why he went, his parents, and everything that he discovered on the way. It is truly an inspiring film, and a beautifully shot one at that.
Enough of that for now though. Every blogger has things they want to talk about. That's why we start one in the first place. So, here are a list of subjects I will be discussing through this blog:
- Computers
- How they affect us
- New/emerging technology and trends to avoid
- How to's and helpful tips
- Nature and Camping
- Movies, Music, and More
- Politics
- Global Issues
- Misc
However, and once again with that said, some of the topics I express may have my opinions among the facts. In fact, all of them will. Except for this...well, nevermind. Even my introduction included a brief review of Into the Wild, my favorite TV shows, and why I think bloggers write blogs. Notice any of that? It's important to be able to differenciate between opinion and fact. So, please take comfort in the following fact:
Nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing, in my blog is to be taken as fact unless it is extremely clear that it cannot and could never be an opinion.
In other words, "computers are expensive," is an opinion. "The power supply is part of a computer," is a fact. "Am7 is a chord," is a fact "It is relatively easy to switch between Am7 and Am or C," is an opinion. And so on, and so forth.
When it comes to opinions, I, like everyone else, have bias. Anyone who says they doesn't is either unaware that they have them or just plain lying. I hope my brief introduction to myself has served its actual (masked) purpose as a bias declaration. My political standpoint is that everyone should be entitled to their basic freedoms, and that no law or person can infringe on these freedoms. If you were the media, you might label me as a Democrat or "liberal." I take my own views on issues, and try to look at every angle. Just because I personally have done that doesn't mean that you can get every angle by reading my blog. Instead, you need to take this as a single angle and find the others for yourself. As a personal policy of mine, I will not delete comments unless they are either spam or extremely offensive (tons of vulgar language and nothing but, insults to either me, other comment posters, or groups in general, etc.)
Thank you for taking the time out of your most likely frantic day to read through this introduction. I hope you will continue reading my blog, since I plan to have many interesting topics raised and provoked. I'll see you there.
-The Nuge
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