One thing I’ve noticed about myself is that I seem to believe that anything can be done well or poorly. As a result of my perfectionism and scientific curiosity, I often spend hours obsessively researching even the most mundane problems that crop up in my life — which air humidifier to buy? how to build a quiet PC that can run recent games? what mp3 bitrate should I use to compress my music? what could be causing vibrations on the steering wheel of my car?
I construct clever Google queries, read through hundreds of posts, engage in long and painful thought processes, and — when all else fails — I actually do something and see what happens. In the end, I usually come up with some sort of useful synthesis.
Since I am unable to break this habit of trying to do things the Proper Way, the least I can do is share the knowledge I’ve accumulated with others. So when I get an interesting result that I have not been able to find on the Internet, I will post it to this blog in the hopes of helping a few hundred other people with similar needs.
My blogging heroes are Philip Greenspun and Joel Spolsky.
About me
My name is Tomasz P. Szynalski. I live in Wroclaw, Poland. I’m writing this blog in English because I want my posts to help the broadest group of people possible and because I want to promote the use of English as the language for the Internet.
I also made Antimoon, a website where I share a kick-ass method of learning English (here’s a page about me on Antimoon), and TypeIt.org, an online tool for typing accent marks and other special characters easily. I occasionally work as a freelance Polish translator. I spend a lot of time thinking philosophically about the world around me.
6 responses so far ↓
Thomas W // July 8, 2009 at 4:53 pm |
Tomasz, you write better English than 99% of the so-called English-speaking population that I’ve encountered in my lifetime. Wow. You must be directly related to Joseph Conrad.
Przemyslaw Moscicki // November 16, 2009 at 7:41 pm |
Wow – Tomek – your blog has PageRank 5 – a lot of people would kill for it:)
Congratulations!!!! I envy you:)))
Gaetano Marino // November 17, 2009 at 6:45 pm |
Hello Tomek,
thank you for the typing program and links. I have shared our pages with ten friends learning English.
FSILanguage.com is a page you will enjoy.
If the first attempt to open it is unsuccessful, please don’t quit. It is great.
God bless you.
Megha Patel // November 23, 2009 at 7:58 pm |
Wow, I do the same thing! Except I do not post >.<
I just started blogging so maybe I might add my experiences. I wanted to thank you for the loads of helpful information you have posted and will be looking forward to your blogs ^^
And I agree Thomas W, your English is flawless.
Take care!
Bill Smith // December 11, 2009 at 2:03 am |
If I searched, I could probably find some English language flaw. But from what I’ve read so far, nothing has stood out! Good job in your English language learning.
Charles A. Gorzenski // January 5, 2010 at 8:41 am |
Hi Tomek.
Your Blog helped me out of a gap regarding Volume Shadow Copy.
My congratulations and thanks a lot.
Have a great new year 2010 and keep on writing.
Kind regards – pozdrowienia
Charles