THE SITUATION: I write web software, and have a development server at home I use running web and database servers, so I can do development fast, conveniently and (mostly) self-contained here. However, applications that I use sometimes use services provided by third-parties out on the net, and access to those web services are often configured to use ( Read more... )

I'm pretty quiet.

Ominous winds at the office hint my next foray into the job market may come sooner rather than later. If it is to be so, I will look back and be grateful for the good it's done for me over the past 14 months. I will look towards the future with optimism ( Read more... )

So I'm a little late in bringing the LJ world this update, but...the job I said I started in my last substantive post (July 05)? The CF development job? Yeah..that didn't stick. I stopped working there after 4.5 days IIRC. Now, the work was good and the people were better (I swear..the nicest on the planet) and they were genuinely thrilled to have ( Read more... )

Post coming sometime soon.

But first...( Random NIN lyrics! )

Showed up this morning ( Read more... )

In honor of Go Red for Women Day ( http://www.goredforwomen.org ),I bring you the following list of websites with URLs that might not have been entirely thought through (for those of you who haven't seen this yet ( Read more... )

still reminding myself of this.

some days are harder than others, like today.

gonna wait it out...

Wow...due to an unexpected, unprecedented quickness in turnaround time for my initial background check, the federal government has cleared me to start work earlier than anticipated. New job people called yesterday morning and asked if I want to start new job this Wednesday or Thursday instead of next week. The earlier the better, says I...so I ( Read more... )

I've been living in this townhome for about 3 weeks now, and the place itself is actually quite nice. It's hard to explain what it is that makes a place seem comfortable to me, but this place does. The last place was nearly as nice, but it just didn't ever feel comfortable. I can't explain why. This place does ( Read more... )