Mario Olckers

And we’re back…

After many weeks of Christmas and New Years and clients’ deadlines and WordPress installations being compromised, I now am fired up to blog with more passion and focus. After struggling with SQL database & blog directory backups, .htaccess files and server permissions and locking myself out of the blog and nearly messing it up completely, the tech guys at support really came through on a Friday afternoon and now it is all on track again! w00t! w00t!

So here’s to 2008, may it be a fabulous year for bloggers, publishers, journalists and all creative technology-loving geeks out there!

Babylon 5 was one of my all-time favourite sci-fi series on TV, here is a quote for inspiration:

“What does the candle represent?”
“Life.”
“Whose life?”
“All life, every life. We’re all born as molecules in the hearts of a billion stars, molecules that do not understand politics, policies and differences. In a billion years we, foolish molecules forget who we are and where we came from. Desperate acts of ego. We give ourselves names, fight over lines on maps. And pretend our light is better than everyone else’s. The flame reminds us of the piece of those stars that live inside us. A spark that tells us: you should know better. The flame also reminds us that life is precious, as each flame is unique. When it goes out, it’s gone forever. And there will never be another quite like it. So many candles will go out tonight. I wonder some days if we
can see anything at all.”

– Sheridan and Delenn in Babylon 5: “And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder”