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New job, other newness

Mar 16th, 2008 by

So far I’m enjoying the new job. I certainly have my work cut out for me. I was looking for apartments up north so I could cut out the 30 minute commute and ran across the place that’s literally across the street from the office. Looks pretty spiffy, has granite countertops, so I’ll have to check it out.

My new 20″ LCD arrived at home, I’ve been so productive this week. This week’s hotness, Aberrant behavior detection in time series for network service monitoring. The other hotness is Roadhouse on DVD for $5, coz who doesn’t love Roadhouse and Patrick Swayze kicking ass?

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Boston – NYC roadtrip

Mar 10th, 2008 by

I have returned from my whistlestop visit of the east coast. On the EWR->AUS flight there were three ultra hot, size-2 girls. Listening to them chatter about timezones and daylight savings, they revealed they were coming from Saint Maarten. One of them even smiled at me as I did a double-take as they were boarding. They clearly could not keep up with my standards, they were back in row 27 while I was happily enjoying my tea from row 3. I would’ve loved to know their story anyways. I lost track of them after the luggage carosel, so they’re about this city somewhere.

An airplane appears to be my coveted place for reading. After putting in earplugs to block out the drunk and loud Scot behind me, I was able to knock out nearly five chapters of a VPN book tonight and actually feel like I retained it.

I start the new job tomorrow; at present time I only have the address, no floor nor suite number. Interestingly, yesterday I was a few blocks away from the corporate office in Jersey City.

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TSA warnings, what?

Mar 6th, 2008 by

So at AUS, CLE, and BOS today the announcements seemed extra excited about the ORANGE security color, advising travelers to be extra cautious about suspicious items and people. What does orange mean? Is that worse than red? or is it worse than yellow? Fuck if I know. As Alex says, they need a numbering system, “today’s threat level is 3” on a scale 1-10 is much more useful. But, I wouldn’t know what it was yesterday… today it’s 3! did it go up or down?!

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Departing employee

Mar 5th, 2008 by 

From: Data Foundry Intranet
Subject: [PERSONNEL #165496] Departing Employee - Bryan Wann [bryan][e254596]
Date: March 5, 2008 4:18:07 PM CST
To: undisclosed-recipients;
Reply-To: personnel

Employee Record Inactive.
Data Foundry Intranet access disabled.

It is done. Goodbye Giganews, it’s been fun.

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Hello CentOS

Mar 5th, 2008 by

So far the move from Fedora Core 6 to CentOS has been pretty painless. Aside from having to remember how to change selinux contexts on directories, all seems well. If you’re seeing this, you’re gold!

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New virtual home

Mar 4th, 2008 by

My colo is disappearing tomorrow, so you won’t be reading this for a day or two until I get my new home sorted.

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No more on-call! thrilled! excited! hurray!

Mar 3rd, 2008 by

HARRRRRRRRRR, last stint of on-call coverage finished! No more on-call ever ever ever ever ever ever! Hello every third weekend, I’ve missed you!

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Copper thief, extra crispy

Mar 2nd, 2008 by

The other day we noticed our lights at the office flicker and the facilities people at the datacenter logged a brief voltage sag. It turns out there was a guy in east Austin who broke into an Austin Energy substation to steal copper wiring. Several articles report he got into live conductors, was hit with 80,000 volts and was engulfed in flame. Amazingly, the bastard survived (for now) with 100% burns to his body and he was flown to the burn unit at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.

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Feb 25th, 2008 by

In a fit of boredom I cleaned off my desk in my bedroom and migrated the Mac from the kitchen counter to it. While I’m still sitting here squandering life away, it feels a lot more productive. I think this is because this is how I started off spending my 20s, sitting at a desk in my bedroom until the very wee hours of the morning building my empire. I spent a LOT of time there. Shortly before I moved here, I had migrated to the diningroom table so I could watch TV. After moving, my Powerbook took over the kitchen counter. It didn’t get any more convienient than that, coming and going, perched on my stool, pecking away. Eventually I’d put a leg to sleep, then move to my chair. Here, the 120+ F degree heat would eventually roast my legs and I’d migrate to the floor or back to the kitchen counter. Suffice to say, that’s not a way to stay productive for long hours.

So here I am once again sitting in my old task chair and old desk, listening to old techno, all which served me well for many years. I feel ready to produce and I’m looking for something to do. I do miss having my spacious 20″ monitor, so I need to craigslist one.

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Fin

Feb 20th, 2008 by

I finally did it, I turned in my resignation today. It’s been a hard decision to make, I hope I’m doing the right thing. I’m giving up on over three years of familiarity and going to somewhere new to do different things. I vowed a couple months ago this would be my last year there, I just didn’t anticipate this new job coming up so soon. I think it’s going to be better for me, so I’m feeling better about it and a bit more relieved.

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