Pardon me while I try to stop gut-laughing

Microsoft has decided that 2007-08 is a bit too long for another workstation release. So they decided to release an upgrade (read: unified bugfix/security patch that we'll have to pay for) of XP... and they gave it a cheesy Matrix title. Frankly, they should be a little more honest and call it "Windows XP Millennium Edition".

Longhorn is delayed; interm XP release planned

"Calling it an interim release is overstating the current plan," Sullivan said. "We are exploring ways to add value to Windows XP."

Translation:

"Our ambitions with Longhorn are overreaching and running into resistance. They're affecting the bottom line for FY '05-'06," Sullivan said. "We're desperate to dazzle the (L)users to keep them from switching to Linux or OS X which are whizzing on us like spry, little puppies."

"However, Directions on Microsoft analyst Rob Helm said that any new version of Windows is likely to slow Longhorn's arrival."

Translation:

"This steer is officially beef."

OOoops!

I seem to have misaligned part of the left margin due to my Mozilla advocacy. Fixing...

Ah, there we go!

30 hours awake...

in one place with no windows. A weird thing. Disorientates you, time-wise. My brain actually felt different, raw and frazzled. Went home around 1pm. The sky was so blue. At night, I noticed (mainly due to the temperature drop) how black the sky was. ...like I said, frazzled.

But that's over with.

Time to move on. No, move on. That could be the theme of the year for me.

I miss Germany. No, not like that. The weather and the seasonal changes were quite bad. The relatives were of the "visit but not live" variety. However, it was someplace different.

Lesson: Never let your rats see outside the maze. They might evolve away from you.