Entries from August 2006

August 17, 2006

Old friends…

As is proper for a (somewhat geeky) computer scientist, I have a number of different eMail accounts, most of which I never use, and some of which I clean of spam occasionally. It was on one of these occasions that I came accross a genuine eMail that has been sent to me a while ago, [...]

August 9, 2006

More on marriage

I cannot remember who (guess it was a collegue of mine) said that at the moment, people are going crazy marrying left and right. Lo and behold, today another friend (in the US this time) tells me that he is getting married tomorrow! That makes it the 4th wedding (at least!) this month. Not bad, [...]

August 1, 2006

*99 is the answer

Few weeks ago I was browsing on the Internet for a cheap flight ticket to go and see my parents. The task came into a dissapointing result as there was no cheap flight available during August. It is understandable as it is the school holiday here, and everybody wants to go away and enjoy their [...]