I came to conclusion (yeah, I can still do it ;-) that full time programming has negative effect on my mental and physical condition. Worse, I began to realize that I'm loosing my drive to code and I'm becoming little bit averse when I have to fix bug no. #75414 or code that little tiny feature that will make our SW perfect.

There are few reasons why I'm feeling so. First, I didn't have real vacation for 4 years, *sigh*. Second, I work for a consulting company. This means that there are no big celebrations after one project is finished. We have no "shipping parties" because we simply don't ship. I'm working on three projects now and I hardly notice when I finish one, because service phase begins immediately and lasts for another one year (at least). And after I "finish" one project, there are 2 new waiting to be done. I have no time to play with VS 2005 / Longhorn, no time to explore Linux, no time for hobby projects, no significant time to relax; 4 years and counting...

I feel that something / someone must change. OK, as first thing, I bought inline skates :-) (Nike n-dorfin 6). I don't know how to skate, but I hope to learn it fast :-). Any inline freaks around here? Let's see what this will do with me... ;-)

Next, I want to start some small hobby projects. Just *coding for fun*, nothing more, nothing less. I’m excited about Web Services and smart devices, so perhaps something from this area…

I’m curious about the results…