Last night I was going really well getting the new database based scheduler running – and then I had a phone call from a friend… He needed some help with some software, and since he had helped me out with a job I really could not say no. So I have him a hand, and by then I had lost the chain of thought on what I was working on so I went to bed. I will get back to the coding in a few minutes when I have finished this entry. I expect the code to be finished within about 30 minutes… There is not that much to it. There are some complications, but generally most of it is fairly easy or I have already written similar code.

Last night I was talking with an old boss, talkjing about music… He brought up the song Summertime from Progy and Bess to describe his thoughts on summer. It is a beautiful lullaby… Very american, but very beautiful none the less… Until last night I had never really realised that it was written as a lillaby… But obviously it is…

In the papers you sometimes read about the Iraqi ‘Oil for Food’ project. In the USA they have a new project…. Blood for Food to encourage people to donate blood to the Red Cross. People who donate get a $5 voucher for use at Gas Stations. [Whilst we are on the subject, donating blood really does help. Last year when my mother was having Chemo for cancer she had to get three units of red blood cells thanks to the effects of the Chemo. And even then she was in hospital for over a week after that… ]

Finally, the SMH has a story on What Apple does to make themselves cool. Good Read.