Today at 16:00 I was notified that I successfully defended my thesis. Preceded by a 15 minutes report by me and slightly over an hour questioning me. It’s an unbelievable relief to know that the hardest part is over and this chapter can be closed real soon now.

The last thing I need to do before they’ll confer the doctorate on me is to publish it — which should be done in a couple of weeks. Thanks for all of your wishes, I was overwhelmed by so many good souls bearing me in mind. Now I can fly to Brussels for FOSDEM’07 very relaxed…