I was actually going to use the title, "an anvil tied to a balloon", but the wrong words came to mind while I typed, and I like this too. It's a different metaphor, and maybe it doesn't fit, but I like the imagery of two different denizens of the sky that move so differently. Imagine them tied together... what kind of motion would that make?

So I've been working long hours recently. Somehow, programming has been more fun.. maybe it's the two monitors, maybe it's that the office doesn't seem so lonely anymore, maybe it's that my workstation is actually fast. It might be that the projects have been interesting. It's good. And life, as always, goes on.

AOL settled with Microsoft, and got a free license to IE for so many years. So, they dropped Mozilla. Even when settling, microsoft gains ground. That's a really interesting way to work one's company. How can they lose? It reminds me how the federal case ended with them giving the education system free windows systems. That's just messed up. Settlements and lawsuits shouldn't end up growing the problem which the lawsuit was about in the first place.

John Travolta grumbled that turning down the lead role in Chicago was a mistake. Me? I'm happy he did -- wouldn't've seen it if he was in it. There are a few actors that I just don't want to see. John Travolta, Keanu Reeves, Leonardo DiCaprio, etc. If they're in it, I generally won't see it.

There are some places in the park, some near trails and some way out there that are really really pretty....

So, I think I'm pretty sure I know how I want the client software to work. As for the server side, I have it mostly thought out, but I don't yet know how I'm going to want to handle logins. I don't need to know that initially -- I can retrofit that back on later, I think.

Anyhow, off I go.