Tonight I finally finished reading a 2" thick book on the JSF web development framework. I'm pretty excited about making use of it but before I do, there is one more book I want to read. It's a book on Hibernate. I'll start reading that one tomorrow night. My approach to learning this stuff is to read every page but not to worry about remembering everything. I want to get a full understanding of the big picture then when I start my first project (probably my website) I'll reference the book for the details.
And about my grandma.. Nana.. She's been suffering from a rare form of arthritis called Sclara-Derma for the past 5 years or so. It's in her organs and and she's very near the end. She's been mostly in bed lately. A while back I asked her to come visit me as a ghost when she dies for me to know that afterlife is real. I said don't scare me though, find a way to do it while I'm awake but that won't scare me. Tonight while finishing the last chapter of my JSF book I experienced something very odd. I smelled waffs of perfume. It wasn't from me, the dog, all windows were closed and the smell did not come from the tenants downstairs. It happened around 11:15 PM. It happend a few times, including just a couple minutues ago while I was typing about JSF. I'm a bit worried. I tried calling mom at work but she's not there (maybe she's on days). If she did die, that was a really good way to show me that afterlife is real without scaring me. When my aunt died, and also my last dog, I saw them in dreams. But those were dreams. This was real, I was wide awake. I wonder what will happen tomorrow. I'll phone to find out, maybe she's alive still. If so, I can't explain what happened.
Working from his home office in Toronto,
Ryan de Laplante can be found developing software in
Java by day, and obsessing with technology by night.
Ryan has been designing and writing software for
IJW since 1998 and is very passionate about his work.
