C++: an octopus made by nailing extra legs to a dog. (Steve Taylor). When C++ is your hammer, everything starts to look like your thumb. (Unknown author). I guess somebody got pretty fustrated with good ole C++ :-)

A friend sent me link two days ago making me aware that Mozilla decided to change the source code control system (= SCCS) they use. When such large and important project as Mozilla moves ahead and changes something so basic and fundamental to development as the SCCS, there must be good reason behind it. What was even more interesting was the system selected: no, it was not Subversion, but something much less established - Mercurial.

Another important step forward for all who are looking for alternatives to replace Outlook. With latest Thunderbird 2.0rc1 release it is now possible to add calendaring capability to Thunderbird (using the Lightning add-on) with Google calendar synchronization that works even with iCal invitations :-). Really nice. The author's blog at http://bfish.xaedalus.net/?p=239 seems to be down, but cached version is available. Credits and thanks to Joel for finding it.

It is a sad news - Kurt Vonnegut Jr., one of the great sci-fi writers, died at the age of 84. Thanks for all the great hours spent reading many of great books he wrote over last 55 years. I guess that best way how to show respect is re-read something he wrote - like this one.

Goal is a dream with a deadline. Found on the Net - probably by Napoleon Hill