Month: April 2006

As with any other holiday season, for the Easter the city is decorated with themed objects – bunnies, chicken, eggs, etc.

Today, I was walking down the street (no, I am not a pretty woman) and noticed one of those giant dyed eggs. A random thought popped up in mind. I thought that the egg was large that it could easily conceal a human being, or a few.

Then I tried to remember, if anyone every did it. My memory suggested the story of Trojan horse. I then realized that both Trojan horse and Easter egg are holiday season symbols, and that there are related. They are probably for different holidays, but the fact is that they are important at the times of celebrations.

So, if ages ago someone used Trojan horse to delivery soldiers inside the city, in our days, Easter egg would provide a good alternative (disregard for now the technological advances of the modern army). That sounded like fun.

But then I realized an even further correlation. Both terms are used in software development. Trojan horse is typically a malicious part of software. Easter egg is a fun feature, which is hidden, and which was not supposed to be in, in the first place.

Obviously, someone else had thought about it before. I can’t write it off as a coincidence.

I’ve got an email today from my blogosphere fellow friend Sanjay. He hasn’t posted any updates to his website recently, but he has all the reasons in the world. Today, he got engaged to a really beautiful woman Vijetha. Boy, do they look nice together! (Yes, he sent me the picture, but I’m not posting it here. Yet.)

I am a very frequent happy birthday wisher. But engagements – they don’t happen so often. Not around me, at least. To have a birthday, all it takes is to live through one year of your life. But to get to an engagement – that’s a long road. It takes some people longer than they live.

Needless to say, I’m glad to hear the good news! Sanjay and Vijetha – you guys have fun! Enjoy it! My best wishes to you two, and to both your families.

P.S.: Since I have the permission now, I’ve posted the picture as well.

Flowers are an amazing subject. They provide a rich combination of texture and color. So rich, in fact, that they can shot either in black and white to have more emphasys on texture, or with blown contrast and saturation to highlight the colors. Beautiful either way.

Album location: /photos/2006/2006-04-23_POTD/