techSanctuary

This has got to be THE best tech support humor out there. The guys over in #sv2600 on irc.2600.net pointed me to it.

Now that I've officially started my first week at my new job, I figure it's time that I make a post about it. As many of you may know, I've been picked up as Lead Engineer at Chapter Three LLC. You can eve find a stylish picture of me on the about us page. So Suave.

The site is largely marketing speak at the moment, I know. What we really do is Drupal development. If you need a custom site that can cook you breakfast, we can just about do it.

Before I saw this movie, I read a few reviews. Some people were rather down on it. Others were happy with it, but noted that it was formulaic. After seeing it, I can agree with the second review. It IS formulaic, and it was the right thing to do! If they had tried to take things in a new direction, it would have ruined the experience that we were looking for. Instead, we got old school Indiana Jones all over again. It was awesome.

This has got to be one of the best movies I've seen in a while. In most movies, I find technical flaws. This one didn't seem to have any. At least, non that I saw. I might be SLIGHTLY biased by the fact the Iron Man was my favorite comic book as a kid. However, even my wife liked it.

THUMBS UP.

I'm done! I have finally finished by BS in Computer Science. I have, with the help of my beautiful wife, put myself through college.

Ok, well, "done" might be slightly exaggerated. I did walk in the ceremony. My "final" grades aren't finalized yet, but they look good. I do have an non-passing grade in the most annoying GE class ever. Hmm, I may still have to go back for those last few measly units.

Whatever... I'm DONE.

Anyone trying to reach this site (I know there are so many of you), will have noticed that the server has been unreachable. The RAID controller crapped out, and then the restore from backup had to go through a 1000Mb switch that was forcing a 100Mb connection.

This is my first experiment with the Processing language. I was inspired to try Processing by the amazing Magnetosphere video. Music is a sample of Miss You by Trentmoller. This experiment is using simple OpenGL and the ESS library provides audio playback with FFT.

I have a few friends at Google, and one of them internally submitted my resume. This is my last semester at the university, so the timing is perfect. I got a call from a recruiter saying that they would like to setup a phone interview.

Before returning to school I worked as a software engineer. Due to the previous experience the recruiter said he wasn't sure if I should be in the new-grad program or not. In any case, he said he would investigate it and that we should move forward with the phone interview.

I have a fear of drains. Not just any drain, but small ones. I don't have a problem with sewer drains or man-hole covers. I can't stand shower and sink drains.

Normally this isn't an issue for me. I've always had a shower/tub combo, so the drain is always at the edge and away from me. Showers stalls always have the drain in the center... why?... and I'm constantly paranoid about stepping on it. Just writing about this is making me nervous. If I ever build/renovate a house with a shower stall, the damn drain will be in the corner.

I am lucky enough to have a wife that will deal with the drains for me.

This is an excellent article. I wish more companies would think this way.