My birthday was uneventful this time(it was in October). Partly because it wasn’t the best of times for a celebration and partly because i had a lot on my mind. So like every year, i decided on some new year’s resolutions. I make mine on my birthday so it is my new year and not everybody else’s. One of my resolution was a stronger commitment to my ideals and convictions. I already try to do my part in advocacy and evangelism, and so decided to put my money where my mouth is(sort of).

I read today about Microsoft releasing the source code of the .Net class libraries and i have to say that it is an excellent move on their part. In an earlier post, i argued why i think that all frameworks should be open sourced and i still believe that. In fact, it is because of this that i started cutting down on using .Net programming for any of my work.

A year ago, i decided to replace my mobile phone. The battery had terrible durability and this was the second one that i replace. So i decided to bite the bullet and replace the phone. I spent a little time doing some research to know what types of phones are available locally and was quickly saddened by the alternatives. You see, i wanted a phone that would do more than make calls.

Taken from page 170 of State of Africa book. This quote talks about some African countries right after their independence between the 60s and 80s(1960-1980) or so. But what really surprised me is how accurately it describes the current and former Lebanese politicians. The problems with these African countries was the destructive influence that the former colonization forces had on them. It isn’t the only reason, but at that time period, it was the most influential.

Working on several different projects and juggling around many different ideas in your head can get pretty tiring and will affect your ability to be creative. Your head gets taxed with keeping all of this information concurrently and thus this gets in the way of actually considering each idea separately and acting upon it. To put it simply, if your mind keeps on buzzing with ideas, you won’t be able to get any work done.