Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Thought for the week.

Debugging a problem or an issue in research is a rewarding experience. So, what happens to the happy endorphin driven euphoric feeling when you realise that the bug you spent so much time fixing is of your own creation. In other terms: the smart bloke in me is always being slowed down by the dumb-arse, also in me.

Robert De Nero does an excellent turn as director of 'The Good Shepherd'. This film is about the origins of the CIA, its roots in the brotherhoods fostered at Ivy League schools and tempered in the work of the SOE and the OSS duing WWII. Matt Damon has not matured as an actor... he is just naturally good at portraying taciturn men with zero expression. That is what his character was... and he plays it to perfection. A discussion is to be found here.

I walked past the Diag yesterday, it was cool, not cold and there was a promise of rain in the air. There was a girl who walked by, whistling 'The Lonely Goatherd'. I found that very nice.

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