Hi and welcome to The Eclectic Planet.
Young people, get your parents involved in it.
I’ve been told more than once that I have a problem focusing as I have many passions. I also have trouble with grammar, driving directions, spelling, etc. etc. But I have a love of life, of my family and friends, and I am a humanist - I just wish I could see the future. But as (I think), Einstein said, “Prediction is extremely difficult, especially when it concerns the future”. So, as we can’t predict the future, it’s up to us all to make it! This is an example of what we can do -- a view from a Japanese spacecraft recently orbiting our moon:
As I said, this site is intended to share what I’m learning in my long and eventful life. I hope it becomes a repository of knowledge, of references — and questions — to which I invite discussion and advice on the forums (see menu bar).
A lot of the site is intended for students and parents, but in a big way, we are all students, because when we stop learning, we might as well roll over. Times are often hard, but I had a Chinese manager once, who told me “In every crisis, there is an opportunity”. I always try to remember those words. Another asian person, a Buddhist, told me, “Never have a negative thought”. Hard to do, but correct.
Before we dive in, here are some technical notes. You probably wont read them, but don’t say I didn’t warn you!
