Spent the day with Aila yesterday – she is still nursing the last of a really nasty flu but was well enough for long walks, yet another excellent dinner and fantastic conversation. She made apologies for being boring company – but that’s just not true! Get well soon, my love!
The beginning of next week looks like it will be extremely hectic, so I am trying to tie as many loose ends as possible together this evening. But first I’ll do some running – it’s cold tonight, but with a bit of luck there won’t be much ice on the roads where I usually run.
A fantastic run! 1,5 hours of slow running: road & track, uphill & downhill, across the bridges along the water into the woods and then back again through the City streets… snow everywhere, no ice, temperature just above freezing point… tired, very tired… but clearheaded and strong.
Now I’m warming one of the gourmet dinners Aila made last week and put in the freezer: fish, shrimps and raw rice. She’s still at home with a fever, otherwise we’d eat together.
Zeldman and aListApart has a special issue about how people survive the Web design crisis. To me, looking with disinterested eyes from outside, the American labour market has always seemed to be all about unchecked exploitation – it’s no great surprise that people now have to work even harder under worse conditions. Interestingly enough, the few European voices all bring the same message: still plenty of work here. Enjoy it while it lasts!
On a similar note, Dave Winer sings the US blues today: while people who have to work are being screwed, others are gathering patents and trying to kill even more of what’s good about the Web.
Had another long talk with Aila. I have to get up early and work tomorrow… and I won’t have time to do much of the work I had planned to do this weekend before I go to bed. But it’s OK – happiness takes time, too.