Author: sroot
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Prelude to Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
A book has a beginning and and end. A story is infinite. When a book begins certain things are accepted as happening before the part you read and as you close the last page of a book you know that as time is ever lasting the story could continue had the author so wished. So…
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Happy Birthday to me! (30 today)
Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear me, happy birthday to me [claping, cheering, blowing out an inferno of 30 candles]. Wow, I’m so lucky. I’m 30 and have already achieved so many of my goals that there’s little left to make me happier. Perhaps that’s because I have realistic goals…
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Woohoo! a new uptime record for my Win XP laptop
I just noticed my laptop was turned on 5 days and 4 hours ago (yes, it’s Friday today, and yes, I do work Sundays). Now, if only I could work for that long without a rest….