Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 21:38:00 GMT Server: NCSA/1.4.2 Content-type: text/html Last-modified: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 22:01:32 GMT Content-length: 2665 Personal page for Joshua Seims

My life story, in html:


Since one's personality is composed of many non-related elements, it is difficult to present oneself in a linear fashion. Luckily, with the wonders of hypertext, linearity is not needed. So I've given examples, in no particular order, of facts, tales, and thoughts that are important to me.


Inkwell

Want some background information? A brief autobiographical compilation of my life? Look no further than this page for my life story.






Brain map

Deep Thoughts, by Josh Seims. Ever wonder if God really exists, what is the true nature of reality, or if pushing a fat guy over a bridge to stop a runaway trolley is really such a bad idea? Do you ever use the words "teleological," "deontological," and "metaphysical" and not realize how pretentious they sound? Find approaches (not answers -- answers will never be found) to these questions here.



World's eye

When we travel, we stare in wonder at the kinds of people we ignore at home. By traveling (and I refer more to living with locals than visiting museums), we are forced to confront different beliefs systems, behavioral norms, and ideas of friendship. Although I'm PC enough to believe that no pattern of life can be shown to be objectively the best, I believe that the closest we can ever come to objectivity is to experience the widest variety of different cultures as possible. Here, I've collected my reactions to traveling in South America, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa and (perhaps strangest of all) the American Midwest.


Beavis

Some people have heard that CS grad students spend their free time doing recreational programming. These rumors have been greatly exaggerated. Here's what I do for fun.