Musings

One of these funny stories - looking at them retrospectively: I have been wearing glasses since I was 4 or 5 years old. I’m so used ot them, that they don’t disturb me the least. Until now I thought that my two kids (aged 3 and 5) wouldn’t need glasses because we always had the impression that they had great eyesight. But: My older son complains about headaches a lot - and that is a symptom of bad eyesight. So of to the ophthalmologist for a check with the two. And indeed - they have problems. The doctor want’s to do a more thorough check after a couple of days. In preparation for that, the kids have to have atropin drops applied the night before. Ever tried to give small kids drops into the eye? ...

Check out the Sidney Morning Heralds Story about the checkpoint incident that cost 7 to 11 civilians their life. Now we know what decapitating in war means.

Via vowe: Mesopotamia. Babylon. The Tigris and Euphrates by Arundhati Roy is a strong text that sums up a lot of the problems we, the people, have with this war. A must read! (and while you’re at it, read [The algebra of infinite justice posted on 29. September 2001)

Lee has released an electronic version of his book LotusScriptor’s Plain Simple Guide To The Lotus Notes C++ API. . Thanks - this might come in handy sometime

I’ve been playing around programming my P800. (BTW: This is by far the best mobile phone I’ve ever used - and it’s PDA capabilities are impressive.) There are a couple of things missing - that’s why I’m looking at the programming side. I have coded with Java and my first application is coming along nicely. Stay tuned for more info. In the meantime, here are some links to get you started: ...

Several of the war blogs quote this article on praying for Bush. What’s next? The little black book of Dubyah?