Welcome everybody to my last blog of 2008. I am getting on a plane tonight to go see my parents. I am taking a laptop but I will only switch it on for one of two tasks: if I get an emergency call from work, or when I want to chat to Silvia.
I won’t be reading any e-mails not from her. I won’t be on IRC. I won’t be tweeting. I won’t be blogging.
It has been said that a change is as good as a rest, but the counterpoint is often forgotten – there is no rest without a change. It’s been a long and very hectically busy year and I need a time-out. Two weeks of family and relaxation. Movies, music, wine beer and other variations on the theme of holiday cheer.
What I do not need is to be hacking build-scripts or having flame-wars^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^heated debates. What I need is to catch up on my reading (I am really in the mood to re-read snowcrash while I’m up there), sleep late in the mornings and play with my little nephew and niece.
Everything else can wait for two weeks. To quote the great Mr. Pratchett: He had given his life to the watch, it was about time it gave him a week or two, three at the outside.
Well, I have given my life to free software and trying to change the world. It’s about time I took a couple of weeks for myself – I haven’t in way too long.
See you all when I return on the 5th of January.l
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Silvia
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Silvia
