Time. That four letter nuke. How I wish my day was 2x everyone else's. There is so much I want to do. Sometimes I feel I am carried by the sands of time and that I have no control over what I do.

 

It's times like these I turn to concepts like fate, destiny and etc, and give them a fresh look. Do I really have the power to shape my future? Or, is there a path laid for me? One which - at best - I can sense, but not shape? I've always believed there is no invention. It's all just discovery. After all, its just a matter of time.

 

I'm sorry for those who might chance upon this blog entry and give it a read. Something just made me type all this. I'm still in the quest of finding out what that force is.

It's the football season, and guess no one can escape from it. No, not even this blog. I'm deeply hurt to see the English drop out of the tournament in such a manner - after they played so brilliantly even with ten men for a full 120 minutes. Aah, thats fate. Destiny. Whatever.

 

I recently noticed that Microsoft has released a small Scoreboard for Genuine Windows customers. It's so typical of Microsoft. That look-at-me design and simple UI. Their designers sure know their job. No, programmers don't get the credit for this one! After all, its idea -> design. Okay, I admit its all probably Expression and Visual Studio behind it, still, you need to use them right ;)

 

It also sports a handy RSS feeder. I guess we must get used to seeing RSS support in many applications from Microsoft in the future. It's very thoughtful.

 

If there is one man to blame for England's exit, I'd say, without hesitation, will all due respect, that its Frank Lampard.

I'm not gonna say "I'm baaack!" again. For, I expect this trend to continue. Short bursts of activity when I'm umm, free? Whatever the case, somethings are just meant to be. Say, like Google's betas? ;)

 

A lot of people shot at Microsoft for going all out on betas and all, but I'm so pleased to see many of their services like OneCare and Windows Live Messenger release out to the wild. As is always said, the best way to answer is not by words but in action. And hasn't Microsoft been doing that for years!

 

Also, the Windows Genuine Advantage programme seems to be very promising, and I really do not agree to claims from legal copy users that it intrudes privacy and all. After all, just as you agreed to Google's robotic scanning of your email content and advertising accordingly, only computers are going to read your system configuration data. Microsoft has promised not to misuse that information and keep pinging back at you. You have to trust them - your system depends on it. Don't tell me you will go to Linux and start using OpenOffice! We won't believe you.