It's been 5 years since I've posted my last entry and so much has changed. Politically, socially, technologically. As a historian, I have been blessed to live in a time of rapid change, making me fully aware of how deeply lifestyles can change in a single generation. I was born at a time when the Soviet Union was the biggest threat to world peace, the Berlin Wall was still in place, and a time when the world was sharply divided between east and west. I saw the first home computers emerge, the birth of the internet, and the changes that followed. I love technology, for all it's flaws, I feel that it has opened up new worlds of possibility both for individuals and the human race as a whole. I will enjoy seeing what happens next.

Balint D. Szoke April 10, 4:00 AM, 2009