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Took the last two days off to recover from surgery to my left shoulder. I injured it sixth months ago (or so), probably being thrown about in my dojo. Martial arts in my fifties is different than practicing in my twenties, I guess. Anyways, it left me with pain that wouldn't go away, so last thursday a sports medical specialist poked in there to file things down, shave a few loose ends, and generally tidy things up. So far, it looks like a complete success.

I've been doped up for the past two days and I can honestly say that drugs and Java just don't mix, so kids .... stay off drugs! I'm clearing out of the fog this morning and have started back in on work. Too much to do to sit in the living room channel-surfing.

One of the things I'll be spending more time on in the coming weeks is requirements for Sakai 2.4. I've started preparing a Sakai 2.4 Requirements Summary page. You can have a look at it, but it doesn't say all that much at the moment. It does start to shape some of the things that we could work on, but it's not a closed subject by any means. If you have suggestions or things you'd like included, give me a shout.

It's not the job of the requirements group to tell developers or designers how to write code for Sakai, but I do think that we can make the job easier by collecting up requirements, use cases, design sketches, comments from the community, etc. into a central place and then promote what needs to be done. Again, you can help me by telling me (representing the rest of the group) what you'd like to see captured or collected.

- Mark