I’m sitting here tonight minding my own business, adding a new feature to $latest_project. Firefly is playing a game on her computer with the bird sitting on her arm. Bird discovers hair band and starts playing with it, preening it and seeming to enjoy herself greatly. The humans are amused. Somehow then the bird manages […]
Every once and a while I think that I should fulfill my mid-life crisis by doing something manly to prove myself, like skydiving. Then I see videos like this and remember why jumping out of a plane at 12,000 feet is a bad idea.
Reason 9,864 to Not Skydive Read Post »
Ugh, what a day. Started out not bad, went in early (leave home at 6:30 get to work between 8 and 8:30), and the traffic wasn’t horrible. One of the projects I’ve been working on has been some data storage for clients, basically a data vault. Anyway, in my tweaking and twiddling of some settings
Day ‘o Driving, or What I Learned About Linux Software RAID Read Post »
For the last few years I’ve done contract programming work. Sometimes on the side, and sometimes as my full time job. Lately I’ve had some projects that I feel I’ve gotten… lets just say the short end of the stick. This seems to happen when I’m the subcontractor and put in an hourly quote, and
Contract Programmers – How Do You Bill? Read Post »
A week or so ago I read this article on how to “relaxify” your workspace. Some good ideas in there, but as I read the article I realized that putting a fountain or plant in my office would do nothing, and would get lost very quickly. In fact, I think there is a fountain around
I put this here because I’ve been bitten by it several times now, and it sucks to have to figure it out each time, especially with that nagging niggle in the back of my head that I’ve done this before, just that the last time I rebooted the machine and had it was so long
Gentoo + RAID + LVM + EVMS Boot or Mount Issues? Read this! Read Post »
So my 9 year old tabby cat is feeling much better, far more himself. No more conehead either, which makes him seem way less pathetic as well 🙂 Here’s a pic of him today with his side all shaved. Stitches are coming out tomorrow I think, Firefly took a few of them out already, and
So I think that the latest (and last) contract project I’ve been working for is closing in on a finish. All features are there and work, and most of the things in the original spec are done, along with a bunch of stuff not in the original spec. I’m down to about 1 “oh this
An Odd Feeling of Relief…. Read Post »
Started doing a split shift today… that means I get to start work at home a bit earlier (an hour, so 7:30 instead of 8:30), but go into work in post rush hour traffic, around 9 or 9:30 or so. I also figured out I can get up an hour later in the morning…. Somehow
Took corny to the vet yesterday to have his drain removed. It was pretty gross to see someone remove a six inch rubber tube from inside my cat! Still, this means that there’s one less thing for him to chew at / lick at so he’s that much closer to having his cone off all