Maxim went through the operation today. Everything went well, and he is now back home, sleeping and recovering. We’ll check back with the doctor in about 20 days, unless there will be any side effects (hopefully not).
Once again, thank you all, who wrote and called.
Yesterday I briefly mentioned that Maxim is about to have a surgery. That was very inconsiderate of me. I got a lot of people worried without providing any details whatsoever.  And for this I want to apologize. Thank you all who called and wrote.
Here are some more details just to lift that burden of the unknown. Maxim will undergo removal of the adenoids and a related clean-up.  We are arranging blood tests and paperwork, and if everything will go OK, he’ll be operated tomorrow (Friday). The procedure is widely practiced and should take only about 20 minutes, but will require general anaesthetic.  He should be back home before the end of the same day.
We tried to avoid the surgery for as long as we could, hoping that the problem can be cured other ways. Unfortunately, in his case, it can’t. And pushing it further is getting dangerous for his health. He has been sick pretty much every other week for the last 6 month or so. More often than not he needed antibiotics treatment. His immune system needs a break, as well as his ears, which suffered to the edge of degrading his hearing.
So, that’s how things are for now. I’ll keep you posted on how it will go.
Once again, thank you all for calling and writing. Your support is very much appreciated.
One thing that Google Maps could benefit from is a time dimension. Imagine, being able to scroll the time-line while looking at the satellite picture of the same place. You could see how cities are growing, roads built, and rain forests destroyed. You could see traffic jams. You could see how building shadows drop to find the better parking in a hot place like Cyprus…
I guess Google will have to collect much more data than they already have though.
When she brought the tray and put it on the bed table I thanked her and ate a little of the supper. Afterward it was dark outside and I could see the beams of the search-lights moving in the sky. I watched for a while and then went to sleep. I slept heavily except once I woke sweating and scared and then went back to sleep trying to stay outside of my dream. I woke for good long before it was light and heard roosters crowing and stayed on awake until it began to light. I was tired and once it was really light I went back to sleep again.
Can you guess the author? Here is hint : these lines were written in 1929. Yes, you got it right. It’s Ernest Hemingway, “A Farewell to Arms“, last paragraph of Chapter 13.
While reading the book, I caught myself a few times thinking that it feels a lot like a blog – first person story telling, simple sentences, a few “what I ate for breakfast” paragraphs. But then again, somehow it feels better than a blog – connectivity, metaphors, a tiny hint of old times.
They say that one can improve his own writing by reading great writers. Having this book in mind, I do agree with that. And, it seems, I’m not the only one thinking of what and how to learn from Hemingway for my blogging – Copyblogger published Ernest Hemingway’s Top 5 Tips for Writing Well some time ago.
Today I stumbled upon Clippings Firefox extension. It makes it very easy to save and organize bits and pieces of text. It offers really simple and intuitive interface, supports folders and drag-n-drop. It’s the closest Firefox alternative to notes implementation in Opera, and I really enjoy it already, even though I used for just a few hours.
There are only things that I can think of that could make this extension better: search and support for hyperlinks. Other than that, it’s just perfect.