The events of the past week have left me kinda numb, and I've been reluctant to update here for some reason. Hearing things on last nights news, such as it may take a year to clear the rubble and debris that remains of the WTC, and that Dubya is resolved for war, have stunned and scared me respectively.

I hope that cool heads will prevail - something else I heard this morning on the radio while commuting in was that it's a good thing the US and NATO haven't waded into combat yet, proving that they are fully investigating all leads before making decisive action.

Here's hoping the Afghan's make the right decision when dealing with the Pakistani delegation today.

smoothwall

We closed the lists for a day from 6pm GMT last Tuesday until the day after as a mark of respect. 0.9.9 went out the door finally at 11am GMT Saturday - the ISO and source are available now for download

advogato

Judging from some of the comments made this past week on advogato, related to comments by both community 'leaders' and advogato residents, we clearly have a wide cross- section of viewpoints here. Let's remember that freedom of speech should not be unnecessarily curtailed, but also that proper respect should prevail while publically commenting so soon after such atrocities. Public statements by esr and rms have been filled with personal opinion - clearly exposing the moral direction of both men. I'm not sure if I like their direction, but again it's a question of free (obviously as in libre) speech. They are allowed to state opinions, I'm allowed to retort that I think they're a bit soft in the head :)

wtc

Condolences to those who have lost, and best wishes for the future to those who have survived.