I'm sure the Year of the Horse will bring us all prosperity.

I'm being pulled in lots of different directions lately; as much as I want to work on Ghostscript at work (and getting stuff done with it ... truly an amazing program) I know I'll be expected to do stuff with EJB's soon.

I just can't seem to get excited about java ... I'm sure it's a good language and all, but the hype which has surrounded it since it's inception has really worn on me. It's like advertisements that scream at me ... there's no surer way to make me boycott a product for life.

I won't be boycotting java, but I have been putting it off for longer than I should.

I spent my whole weekend trying to come up with clickable text in emacs -- actually, just text that highlights when the mouse is over it, but got nowhere. I'd like to crack elisp sometime (and I have written a few modest things to help me at work) but now it seems like a black hole for my time.

I also wish I had time to persue non-computer reading: George W. Bush's naming of Iran as one of the nations in an "Axis of Evil" really got to me since I know some history. [nytimes.com] But there's so much history I don't know: I'd really like to find a good book on the history of colonialism (as if I'd have time to read it).

I wonder what the heck Iran is supposed to do now?

Oh, and I've also learned that not getting enough sleep is really, really bad for me. So, Good night!