So, mostly to sharpen my programming mind, I am writing an e-mail client in a combination of C, emacs-lisp and guile-scheme, all based on a database (searching) approach to e-mail, but still supporting folders. I hope it'll be ready for the next version of mu. It's been especially a nice learning experience to figure out how to write non-trivial emacs-lisp programs. And I like very much how I can already use the e-mail client for my normal communications, and making improvements whenever I need something.

Then, I'm training for a marathon, still this year. It will be my third, and I'm aiming for a time, maybe 3:45, which will be challenging, yet seems not unreachable. I'm training quite a bit, and have been experimenting a bit with a diet for this - after reading Taubes' Good Calories, Bad Calories. I've been trying to avoid carbohydrates and eat more proteins. I'm not really sure what to think about Taubes' non-mainstream dietary advise (which would be an interesting but different discussion). I am not overweight at all, but it seems to do well for my strength/endurance, but yeah, n=1.

Finally, it seems I'm exceeding my one-book-per-week target for this year it seems. I'm trying to alternate classics, modern/sci-fi and pop-sci, with some more technical books thrown in now and then. Many books I consume as audiobooks, which obviously goes well with my marathon training.