This well written post was not what I needed to read this morning, but I recommend it nonetheless.  Mornings are for solutions, not problems.

Update #1: Shelly finished the four part series article on permalinks.  They are rather verbose and poetic so I haven't read rest of the series yet.  Anyway, they are here.

Latest news on Apache's Geronimo project.  I agree with the BileBlog's view on the subject: JBoss takes it up the ass.  Sun's favoritism is irritating though.

When I look at www.gotdotnet.com and www.asp.net sites, I can't help wondering why Microsoft chose to stop there.  It would have been far more interesting to let developers run and showcase live ASP.NET applications instead of just having workspaces and downloadable files.  If ASP.NET ISPs can do it, Microsoft can do it too and it won't cost them much either.  Scoble should do it for Longhorn as well to demostrate the remote WinForms applications written specifically for Longhorn.

Everyone needs rich clients, everyone except the rich clients themselves.  As for me, I don't care whether they are thin or not.

Every country has their share of idealistic fools.  Here are some pictures of idealistic fools in Korea via OhmyNews.

Standing on top of a tank is not an act of peaceful protest

I am thinking explosive American flags...

South Korean university student associations are riddled with fools like the ones you see above.  If Korea wasn't my mother country, I would have demanded Bush to pull American troops out of Korea and let these ungrateful bastards rot in Kim Jong-Il's infamous prisons.  Since it is, I don't know what to say but apologize for their behaviors.  Another example of my double standards.  *sigh*

Update #1: South Korean government has issued arrest warrants for the Korean students in the pictures.

Update #2: Most Korean newspapers are condemning the act and police are actively searching for members of Han-chong-ryun who planned the act.  Good.  FYI, Han-chong-ryun is a illegal student organization which has strong influence over most Korean university students.

In my view, it is cult-like in that its members are brainwashed and opposite views are not tolerated within its rank.  Apparently, Internet failed to break up their highly selective consumption and interpretation of information.

Current Han-chong-ryun chairman held a press conference saying the act was a peaceful demonstration.  Very funny.  I don't remember Ghandi pushing British soldiers around.

I got tired of my picture, so I took a new one.  No glasses this time but with a four day old beard.  My hair is so thick and thorny that wife can't kiss me and my son has learned to avoid me when I have beard on my face.  A good way to torment people I love.

I wish I could grow a full beard instead of four islands of hair.  My father had full beard when he was in highschool and I was told that my grandfather was practically covered with hair, chest and all.  So the hairy gene weakened over three generations to a point where all I can muster is a distraught accountant look.

What is really unfair is that the baldy gene hasn't weakened at all.  According to my father, the gene will fire when I am about 50.  Great.  I got less than ten years to go.  I hope they come up with the antidote before then.

Bruce Tognazzini, rather well known UI designer, say it is time UI designers got some respect.  In his It's Time We Got Respect article, he starts off rightly so with proper branding of the profession.  He suggests unifying 'soft' titles into one powerful and memorable name: Interaction Architect.  Sounds about right and the name is good too.

I am all for this except there are those like me who are more than just a Interaction Architect, a hybrid of various talents.  My background domains are Game, System Software, Desktop Application, Developer Tools, Web Application, Wireless Applications and GUI.  My roles are Architect, Leader, Designer, Manager, Prototyper, Implementor, and Entertainer.

I am clueless as to what my title should be.  Swiss Army Knife seems appropriate but doesn't reflect the focus and passion that powers me.  Not having a good name for one's profession can be very frustrating.  Not only that, my ambiguous role often cause confusion and turmoil in companies large enough to have political atmosphere.

Heck, it also confuses me enough to pause whenever someone asks me what my profession is.  In the past three years, I have been occasionally using:

I am a Rainmaker.  I do anything and everything, including moving mountains with chopsticks, to make it rain.

I am sorry if I danced on your back in the frenzy...