2002 : a year to forget?
According to time a year takes every year about the same time to pass. Mentally however it may seem longer or shorter. This year was shorter. Just a shortlist of what passed my eyes in 2002..
Non java stuff
- Politics got a lot less meaningfull. All the egos in The Hague made a huge mess that was noticable, when normally you don't see the mess untill you need to pay up to the government because they made up something stupid. For example I pay 380 Euro a month to be health insured (no dentals included), although most people in my position pay a max of 50 Euro. I really love the government, they don't have a goal and if they have it is to make peoples life worse.
- World politics (or is it US politcs??) are based on fear again. A cheer for progress!! The worst thread in the world is the US atm. What the heck can you expect from a country that says that weapons are the most important right that people have. A cheer for freedom, even if it is at the expense of others. Don't get me wrong I love the US. Hope the US will grow up and have a good look internally. Everyone they are fighting right now, have been helped by the US to get in that position. Enough now about the US, I still want to get into the country.
- The stock exchange is more like a legal casino. It's not worth the news they spend on it, especially if the figures where it is based on, is made up. The only stock that is interesting is your own companies stock. FYI I don't own any stock of any kind. Since money doesn't dissapear, econmically it's still going great. Curious who has the lost money now. People losing there pension because of it, is a big downside. I will luckily never be affected by this, since I don't have a pension plan and will never get one, when allowed. By the time I can enjoy my pension I will already live happily in real freedom, unbound to the things we currently see.
Java stuff
- Got into programming swing this year. This upset me so much, that I started nyx. A project that should make my life a lot easier on the gui development front (and hope will help other people too!). A lot of work needs to be done to get to the goals I set in my mind (Really need to update the site..).
- Became a commiter on apache (commons) and just gained committer access to gump and met some great people.
- Organized the ETC (European Turbine Conference) in Teteringen, because Jason van Zyl came to Holland. Organizing it was hard and not really my "thing", but it ended up great for me and I really loved to see some faces behind the names. My cat says hi to you Jason :)
Personal stuff
- I picked up sailing again, the plans for my trip around the world using a sailing boat (already wanted to make a trip around the world), started from this.
Posted by mvdb at December 31, 2002 05:12 PM