EXT Monday is my birthday, so I shall be on an early vacation until shortly after Xmas (probably December 28^th). I can be reached by few common ‘social’ methods and I will keep an eye on E-mail too. This post might be the last one for this year, so here’s signing with my train of thought.

A few months ago I found an essicient way to keep up with news online, write articles (on my tablet for the most part), and still find time to hang out with friends, sleep sufficiently, exercise a lot, do my full-time job, and spend a lot of time with the wife. Next year I expect to have even more time (than this year) for online activities, which hopefully means that this blog too should become more active. With the recent rebuilding of the homepage I also hope to take my company further. All of that activity does not cause stress or burnout. It’s all about how one manages one’s life.

My 8-year-old PDA recently died. I tried to achieve fast recovery, but it’s impossible to redeem or mend the darn thing even by opening up the chassis. I ordered a new one (identical to it); yes, I owe my productivity to Palm PDAs and I found no adequate alternatives for Android. Since my aunt in Florida bought me one over a decade I have managed to multi-task at micro and macro level, especially the latter, meaning that taking on many things at once remained manageable. Writing online is actually a hobby, but this hobby has proven to be of much value in the sense that it brings good and offers contentment. It is still my most cherished activity. Increasingly I find that friends of mine wish they could do the same thing (if they had the time).

Our wedding’s photo album is finally online.

hoda, Rianne’s cousin, is excellent at computer arts and fashion. She is also a former model. For our wedding she has been working on some stuff with the raw photos we gave her. She’s not done yet, but she gave us these previews of her work. The poems are hers, too.

Living together for 3 weeks

Surprise kiss

TSL uniform

At the flat

Out of town

At the mall

Train

Waiting for cab

Pool at night

Another pool (there are 5)

Pina Colada at the beach

Arriving at Cyprus

Breakfast

Sunrise at Cyprus

Sunrise at Cyprus (room view)

HANKS to all those who sent us warm greetings, gifts, and surprises. Some made cards for us, others created decorations, and some are working on yet more surprises (there are 4 more wedding-related parties planned, culminating next year). We will post more photos in the coming weeks (hectic as we have lots of work). We also have an overview in this Web page. Here is a collage of some stuff we received.

Here is one of the several digital greeting cards we received (there are more on paper).

Over the next few days we’ll assemble about 1,000 wedding photos and gradually release some.

FTER nearly four weeks of vacation, wedding, etc. I am back to work and I am eager to show through my research & activism that nothing has changed in my professional life. I am as dedicated as ever before to the cause of technology rights and freedoms. Moreover, combining family life with the rest should be possible given compartmentalisation and correct division of time. I am fortunate to have found somewhat who is so like myself, including academic background and mentality.