April 2009
5 posts
“The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority”
– Henrik Ibsen
easter break
We are back from a very nice easter break in the south of Portugal. Three days of relaxation and good food, capped by a very nice and unexpected lunch on saturday.
Now I need to put on my trainers to try to lose those kilos that I gained.
spring
Walking to work today I passed a park where the keepers were busy mowing the lawn. The smell of freshly cut grass really brought forth the feeling of summer.
This, coupled with the fact that we could take the kids to the beach this weekend, has given me a distinct holiday feeling.
editor change
At work I have been using the Komodo IDE for editing XML files. However, I have to deal with fairly large files (as in 10K lines) on occasion, and Komodo slows to a crawl on those.
I have now switched to eclipse, which now has very nice features for searching and navigating XML files. Also, compared to Komodo, it is snappy!
great writers
This morning I was thinking about what separates great writers from the rest. To me, the ability to grab my attention and transport me to an alternative reality that I accept without question no matter how improbable, is one of the indicators.
What triggered this thought was that this morning I started reading “Man in the Dark” by Paul Auster. Five pages into the book I was...