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Video games are very dangerous, they’re so addictive… Anyway, I have to go now, I must KO many fighters (and re-learn many tricks) before kicking Mike Tyson’s ass…

I’ve been hacking some fresh Perl code while developing a new centralized system for processing sports stats. Seems like I’ve seen the light on its design and I’m having real fun starting the implementation.

Let’s see how it evolves during the following days…

I’ve spent 2 days with a slight cold (fever included) which has brought me down to the very basic activities of a day (trying to work, trying to sleep). Everything looks fuzzy and in “perspective” (the perspective of not wanting to do anything).

While some people get thrashed (or even die) at the London marathon because of the hot weather, other people get ill because of running in the cold rain. Runners are crazy…

I couldn’t do anything else but to go out for some running. It was the perfect moment for relaxing and why not, taking a bath in a “natural” shower (if acid rain can count as such…). I really enjoyed tonight’s run, it wasn’t very long but really fresh and enjoyable overall (the splashing sensation below my feet can be addictive).

Back at home, I browsed through the newsreader and found this post at Dean Karnazes blog. Great thoughts to just to keep the inspiration high

I really wish the hot weather doesn’t last much more, it’s almost May and there are still no clouds in the sky… Where’s the rain?

Researchers discover that the centralised nervous system of vertebrates is much older than expected

The rise of the central nervous system [CNS] in animal evolution has puzzled scientists for centuries. Vertebrates, insects and worms evolved from the same ancestor, but their CNSs are different and were thought to have evolved only after their lineages had split during evolution. Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL] in Heidelberg now reveal that the vertebrate nervous system is probably much older than expected. The study, which is published in the current issue of Cell, suggests that the last common ancestor of vertebrates, insects and worms already had a centralised nervous system resembling that of vertebrates today…

EMBL Press Release: The origin of the brain lies in a worm

You need not worry about your future.

Cool, thanks!

I recently finished writing Mastering Perl, the third in the progression of Perl tutorial books from O’Reilly Media. In Learning Perl, we wanted to show the 80 percent of Perl that most people use all of the time. That’s good enough to write short script of around 100 lines or so. Next, in Intermediate Perl, we showed how to write reusable code that you could share with others, as well as how to write more complicated programs. When it came to writing Mastering Perl, I considered all of the things that were usually missing from the Perl applications I saw in code reviews. What were Perl programmers missing?…

ONLamp.com: Five Ways to Improve Your Perl Programming

When Michelangelo painted The Creation of Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, he portrayed the Renaissance view of humanity as having been molded by the hand of its creator, a “perfect” physical specimen. Charles Darwin, when drafting his theory of evolution, presented imperfections in humans’ anatomic structures and functions as the strongest evidence for his theory. It now appears they were both right…

The Scientist: What if Humans were Designed to Last?

BOSTON (Reuters) – An American astronaut became the first person to run the Boston Marathon in space on Monday, completing the 26.2 miles (42.16 km) on a treadmill in the orbiting International Space Station.

Suni Williams, who was an official entrant in the race, took four hours 23 minutes 46 seconds, said John Yembrick, a spokesman for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration…

Source: Yahoo! News.