Molasses

I have had no time to edit/post any more India photos :( but I am still working on them. Watch this space ). It is amazing to me how much the details of running a life impede on time spent on hobbies. In retirement I thought that I would not need to manage my time efficiently. I would have at least 12 hours a day extra to do whatever I wished. Ha!
So, I have started organizing myself along the lines suggested by the "Getting things done" cult. So far, I feel much better. I have lots of lists of things I need to do. I do many of them every day. However, the harder I work at the lists, the behinder I get.
But...having lists of all things that I have not done is very liberating. I don't worry about them any more - except for taxes, and the market, and...

More pictures from India

I am slowly getting my India pictures posted online. This latest set is from the eleventh day AC (After Chicago), which corresponds to the 2nd day WB (With Bags).

I can't make Blogger show a picture now, so I will go with this text link.

This is the set from Agra

Propinquity - someone wants to bring the term into more general use

I am listening to a podcast by Dr. Karen Stephenson - she wants to get the word propinquity into more general use. Seems like a good idea to me. Propinquity is the foundation of functional mailing lists and internet groups.
Propinquity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

D-Wave Demonstrates First Quantum Computer: Practical Uses

This minor announcement may be equivalent of the first computer in 1837.
D-Wave Demonstrates First Quantum Computer: Practical Uses

The Build-a-War Workshop

At last the obvious has been officially discovered. Now it is time to throw them in jail. See The Build-a-War Workshop.

"The inspector general did not recommend criminal charges against Mr. Feith because Mr. Rumsfeld or his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, approved their subordinate’s “inappropriate” operations. The renegade intelligence buff said he was relieved."

But how about charges against Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and Cheney?

Microsoft Office 2007

Today I attended the launch event in Chicago for Microsoft Office 2007. Not very exciting. Very proprietary and server based. Their technology seems to have stood still for several years. Web based applications will do to Microsoft what Microsoft did to IBM.
This blog entry is being prepared as I wait for a train. They run every hour - I missed the last one by 5 minutes!