A funny thing happened to me about two months ago.  I was searching the Net for one’s purpose in life.  You know, sometimes you get tired of doing the same things no matter how varied they may be.  Did I just contradict myself? No.  Sometimes, even if you have a job or a business that doesn’t require routine work, you still feel that it’s still routine.

To illustrate, I think a programmer’s work is not as routine as a bank teller’s work.  A programmer encounters various challenges in the course of his/her software development - should I use this particular programming language, for which hardware should I program this software against, my boss wants this particular functionality.  And everyday the challenges evolve. And every few months or so, the projects change. Read more »

Astronomers predict that the earth will be swallowed up by the sun in 7.6 billion years.  However, life on earth will probably end sooner than 1 billion years - it will become very hot to live on.

Some scientists believe there’s a way to escape the sun’s wrath by using a passing asteroid’s gravity to budge the earth out of harm’s way.  Now, there’s another plot for a new sci-fi movie.

I always wonder why the days and months come by so fast.  When I was still in school the days seemed slower.  I guess maybe it’s because we are slowly getting closer to the sun (it takes less time to revolve around the sun).  I’m saying this as a half-meant joke.