friends

I called a friend that I have not seem for years as he is leaving te Jeddah. I am proud and surprised at his courage to go to another place and start his life there. The sense of adventure, the thrill of surprises, etc.

moreover, it is in Jeddah, about 20KM to Mecca, the center of the earth.

I called another friend who I have not heard for years. He seem to resign to the fact that he would not meet his life partner.

new technologies

the speed of new technologies, both web-based and computing, are both extraordinary. One moment you are using perl, next moment, perl is basically death in the water.

the current trend seem to be using web-based technology to develop on-line applications.