I’ve been a little busy as of late, but I still wanted to share a few things with you that are either interesting or funny:
- Marc Fleury (formerly of JBOSS before selling) has finally grown tired of playing PS3 and DJ’ing and has started working again. My hope is this will give him more to write about on his blog, which is always entertaining.
- Phillip Greenspun makes a reasonable prediction that Obama will win the election in 2008: “The Republicans will lose the 2008 election. People are tired of war. Churchill was victorious in World War II and nonetheless his party was voted out of power in 1945 because, presumably, Churchill reminded the British of their sufferings against the Germans.” I agree with his point and that people are ready for something entirely different. I think Obama has a good chance, however I think the field is still open to the Republicans if they can field a new type of Republican candidate. 2008 will be the year of the good-natured, optimistic president. I think it could be Huckabee or Obama, really. At this time, both represent at least the appearance of an alternative to the usual cut-throat political calculation.
- Two great tastes that go great together: Google releases a tool to sync Google Calendar with your Blackberry.
Google Talk with my AIM and MSN buddies from the Gmail interface, all my email accounts filtered and used via Gmail, feed reading in Google Reader… My move to Google is nearly complete. If they can improve Google Docs and Picasa, I will be pleased.
- Good quotation: “It is ultimately a cruel misunderstanding of youth to believe it will find its heart’s desire in freedom. Its deepest desire is to obey.” – Leo Naphta, Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain via Ben Casnocha. It reminds me of the Frank Herbert quotation: “Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.”