In Israeli Hospital, Bomber Tells of Trying to Kill Israelis

"I feel sorry, because it was a mistake," he said. "But as a human being, I should live like others. The way there is an Israeli state, there are people living in this state, enjoying life, having someone protect them. I don't live in this situation. I don't feel I'm secure."

A reader pointed out that my link to Fateman's old Mathematica review is broken, so here's a working link of the PostScript courtesy of Citeseer/ReasearchIndex, and as a bonus, enjoy a PDF copy also! I neglected to validate the link since I have the paper stored locally, which was poor form of me. Sorry about that.

Speaking of broken links, the archives link above is still pooched, but will be taken care of sometime soon.

I have a feeling I'm going to regret this, but what the hell, it's a good paper: Software Fault Prevention by Language Choice: Why C is Not my Favorite Language (PDF) by Richard Fateman. Those who know Fateman's academic and professional history and interests won't be surprised by anything in it, but again, it's a good paper. Also interesting if you're into computer algebra systems, like me, is Fateman's older paper reviewing an old version of Mathematica (PostScript).

I'll write more about computer alegbra software some other time. As you can see, I'm stalling on packing.

Moving to San Francisco today. Thought you might need an early morning bombshell dropped on you.

I'm getting on the plane at 3 PM. No, I'm not all done packing yet. I am attempting to bring just about nothing beyond my laptops, CDs, and clothes though. Aiming for zero book content. Don't get me wrong, I love books. Oh boy do I love books. Just ask anyone I've lived with. Therein lies the problem. Books suck when you're moving.

Also, this is a highly variable move. I'm going out to the West Coast to take a job with a friends, helping them out with their startup, but I'm still job hunting at the same time, with the intent of getting something solid, and I continue to work on other "things" apace. I may be in the area for a while, forever, not long at all, or anywhere along the spectrum of where those options lie. Which means I may move again soon, and moving lots of stuff now would be bad. Plus, a friend is graciously letting me co-occupy his space for a while, and the last thing I need to do is import Yet More Crap into someone else's living area.

I am totally and uneqivocally happy to be doing something work-wise. This rocks. I'm hoping the subsequent lack of quite so much anxiety will allow me to work more on projects that I haven't been able to focus on for a while.

No, I still don't know when I'll officially "settle down" and start to "have a life", but if I knew, that would be awfully boring, wouldn't it?