A Fulfilled Day!

I don't know who said about work, "You know how successful your day has been if at the end of it you are dog-tired with a smile on your face, and a deadline met."
To say I am paraphrasing is to say the sun is a dim speck in our sky.

But I digress; what a day I've had...
So many bugs to iron out, un'spec'ed issues to which I had to generate solutions, a time schedule to meet and a girlfriend to IM and explain why I was unavailable for Valentine's Day - I was at a wedding, but unless you are ready to commit, do not take your girlfriend to these especially if you haven't even exchanged keys yet - but at the end of the day - fulfillment.

I met my deadlines - don't tell the boss just yet - and she accepted my explanation, at least I hope she did.

So what to do with myself now. Hmn, I wonder...

See, that's why the better adage to live by is:
Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now!

New Year's Resolution.

I know this has come two months late but the reason for it is simply that I was never as motivated as I was by this kid:

That was a huge jolt of reality for me, I don't think I should refer to myself as a programmer. This is a NINE year old kid doing this and what can I say for myself.
Now to that resolution: To learn at least one new programming language and use it(them) to write a real world application that can help someone out there simplify his/her life.

I have made a multitude of New Year's Resolutions, but never followed through on a single one but this one I'm committed to - I think. We'll see. Get back to me on 1st January 2010 and we talk.

2010 - World Cup year, African Edition. I can barely wait for it, I can only hope it's at least half as good as the 2006 edition for preparation and the Euro 2008 for entertainment value on the pitch - fingers crossed an African team makes the Final itself (I'm not sure we can win it yet) - here's to hoping. Ciao all for now.

King of Kings - 2

Did you know there are over 32 ways to write Colonel Gaddafi's full name? Here's a few:


(1) Muammar Qaddafi
(2) Mo'ammar Gadhafi
(3) Muammar Kaddafi
(4) Muammar Qadhafi
(5) Moammar El Kadhafi
(6) Muammar Gadafi
(7) Mu'ammar al-Qadafi
(8) Moamer El Kazzafi
(9) Moamar al-Gaddafi
(10) Mu'ammar Al Qathafi
(11) Muammar Al Qathafi
(12) Mo'ammar el-Gadhafi
(13) Moamar El Kadhafi
(14) Muammar al-Qadhafi
(15) Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi
(16) Mu'ammar Qadafi
(17) Moamar Gaddafi
(18) Mu'ammar Qadhdhafi
(19) Muammar Khaddafi
(20) Muammar al-Khaddafi
(21) Mu'amar al-Kadafi
(22) Muammar Ghaddafy
(23) Muammar Ghadafi
(24) Muammar Ghaddafi
(25) Muamar Kaddafi
(26) Muammar Quathafi
(27) Muammar Gheddafi
(28) Muamar Al-Kaddafi
(29) Moammar Khadafy
(30) Moammar Qudhafi
(31) Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi
(32) Mulazim Awwal Mu'ammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Qadhafi

P.S. His preference actually is "Moammar El-Gadhafi".

Some of the spellings of just his first name include - but are not restricted to:

Gaddafi
Gadaffi
Qaddafi
Khadafi
Gadhafi
Kadhafi
Kadafi
Qadhafi
Kaddafi
Gadafi
Ghaddafi
Khaddafi
Khadafy
Khadaffi
Ghadafi
Qadaffi
Ghadaffi
Gadafy
Kadaffi
Qadafi
Khadaffy
Gaddhafi
Gaddaffi
Khaddafy
Gaddafy
Ghadhafi
Gadhaffi
Qaddaffi
Qaddhafi
Khadhafi
Kadafy
Gadaffy
Kaddhafi
Kaddaffi
Kadhaffi
Kadaffy
Ghaddaffi
Khaddaffi
Qaddafy
Kaddafy
Ghadafy
Ghaddafy
Qhadafi
Qadhaffi
Qadafy
Qadaffy
Kadhafy
Khaddhafi
Ghadaffy
Qhaddafi
Qhadaffi
Khaddaffy
Gadhafy
Kadhaffy
Gaddhaffi
Gaddaffy
Qhadafy
Qadhafy
Ghaddhafi
Kaddaffy
Qhaddafy
Kaddhaffi
Khadhaffi
Ghadhaffi
Qhaddaffi
Gadhaffy
Kaddhafy
Ghaddaffy
Qaddhaffi
Qhadaffy
Ghaddhaffi
Qhadhafi
Gaddhafy
Qaddhafy
Qadhaffy
Kaddhaffy
Ghadhafy
Qaddaffy
78 and that's not all of them.

King of Kings!

Before you assume this is me spouting about the real King of Kings (I am a card carrying Bible thumper), it's not.
This is about Africa's chase for unification.
An idea is in place to pursue a United States of Africa á lá USA, but here's the thing; Africans have long had this failure to relinquish power and also to demand - for lack of a more appropriate word - respect.
So in comes Colonel Muammer Gaddafi, President of Libya. True he was the first to openly float the idea of uniting Africa after the failure of OAU and as such he believes he should be top dog. Anywho, at the latest summit to deliberate this move he referred to the african leaders as kings of their respective countries (read kingdoms) and suggested that when Africa is united, he - of course - should be referred to as 'King of kings'.
As is to be expected, prior to his declaration the leaders were nodding in agreement until his bombshell. You could have heard a pin drop. But like the so called silence before the storm, it didn't last everyone was up in arms. Suddenly it had become such a bad idea and all were opposing it. Not directly of course, that's not the African way to oppose someone with power; they just began dilly-dallying around the issue. Wasting time.
When he realised his fight would have to be fought another day he sashayed out of the summit - fez cap, dress and all.
African leaders are odd like that, they go for summits to deliberate unifying Africa but pussy-foot around the situation in Darfur and the tragicomedy that is Zimbabwe. Did you know that somewhere in the world right now there is a nation with a 1,000,000,000 currency note, a nation where everyone is a billionaire but all are poor, a nation where it costs 50,000,000,000 cannot buy you a loaf of bread or a bus ticket - Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you (drumroll) ZIMBABWE. So when do we actually debate deposing the summamabeech (RIP Bernie Mac).
Maybe tomorrow.
Ciao all.
As always, Me.