Okay, now to business, or rather the future of business.

I've been pondering the areas of research that need to be done in computer sciences. Over the last couple of weeks I have come up with a couple that are intriguing.

1. 'the id of the computer' - this is an idea - double entendre intended - that goes to the heart and soul of a computer. How is a computer identified and how does it identify itself? How do we reliably and securely recognize a computer, and vice versa, how does a computer reliably and securely recognize itself? It seems that the core of this is memory, the organization, and the association of memories....

2. 'visualizing software development' - this goes to the thought that if you can see something being developed, you have a better chance of determining if it is going well, adjust as needed, and you can have an entire team working hand in hand on the same problem, rather than discrete unconnected pieces. My first thought on this is to use CVS as a source for visualization data. Using the frequency, quantity, and quality of changes in a region of CVS could be used to give visual hints about the activity that is going on in a software project. This relies on an assumption that the organization of the source is somehow reflectvive of the overall project. The key would be to use some 3d tree viewer that could color code the sections that were being modified. You could see higher frequency by the shading -- with, for example, red being a very hot area of development.

Wow, what a long holiday weekend will do for the psyche. Ah, much better now!

We had a wonderful family holiday, from a quick road trip to Athens where we ran around on the Dawgs' practice football field, getting tackled by the girls), to a romp in Centinial park with a flock of other kids running around getting completely soaked but entirely excited by the prospect, to washing the car, to putting together a new desk for the girls' computer, to hanging out with some friends (the Friedmans'), going to the Decatur Arts Festival and having some yummy Felini's pizza. All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable weekend!

Speaking of Matrix...check out this blogger.

Last night had Jimmy over to babysit for the girls. Pam and I had a nice bar food snack at Champs, hit the bookstore to pick up a couple of books: 1 SF in the series Pam is reading, something about nothing...some book about zero, GEB, and some other Pammy book. Then hit the theatre to see Matrix Reloaded. Great flick, fun, action, special effects, and some plot. A bit to contrived in it's 'depth' and intellectuality, but still a fun watch.

Sunday - It's been a relaxing, ideal kickback family day. Up @ 8, read the paper and hang with the family 'til 11. Do laundry, dishes, clean up. Play with the kids, watch the basketball finals, take a walk around the 'hood. Pick some dandilions with the girls and put them in a plastic cup vase. Read email, watch more bball, read stacked up mags.

Tonight, Risa and Pam head to the Fox for Suesical. Laney and I will do some errands...groceries, home depot...just hang together. No real work going on today. Pam spent a few hours getting caught up, but I just don't feel up to it.

Going to go hang with the fam some more.