Saturday, July 30, 2005
Another Blah Post
Spent all day today in West Virgina apartment hunting. Found five great possibilities. I've been mulling over which one is going to be casa de cdub. What's great is that I can find a two bedroom apartment for $350 + Utilities, Furnished. Just plop down the TV and Computer, and I'm all set.
And I'm just exhausted from the hustle and bustle. Its a saturday night, and there's two parties that I've been invited to, but here I am, 9:30, drinking a scotch by myself and just taking a load off.
I know I'll head out eventually, but I'm going to be making a late arrival to wherever I show up.
And I'm just exhausted from the hustle and bustle. Its a saturday night, and there's two parties that I've been invited to, but here I am, 9:30, drinking a scotch by myself and just taking a load off.
I know I'll head out eventually, but I'm going to be making a late arrival to wherever I show up.
Friday, July 29, 2005
Manic
My friends are having a hard time dealing with me in this newfound manic state that I'm in.
Why wouldn't I be excited? I've signed a contract for a decent job.
Let's look at what I'm getting in detail:
Plus, I get to work in one of those worker-friendly high tech office centers. Lots of windows and natural light. Lots of companies (which is great for networking opportunities) work in the center, and there's a lot of cross company projects.
All in all, its looking good. What's there NOT to be happy about?
Why wouldn't I be excited? I've signed a contract for a decent job.
Let's look at what I'm getting in detail:
- A significant step up in pay from my former job
- a significant step down in my cost of living
- Full Health, Dental, and Optical Insurance benefits
- Tutiton Reimbursement for a Masters or M.B.A. depending on where I want my career to go
- Reimbursement for expenses for certification examinations
- What looks like a 7 to 10 minute commute (with traffic)
- Opportunities for International Travel
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Vacation Time
Plus, I get to work in one of those worker-friendly high tech office centers. Lots of windows and natural light. Lots of companies (which is great for networking opportunities) work in the center, and there's a lot of cross company projects.
All in all, its looking good. What's there NOT to be happy about?
Trying out Camino
I'm trying out Camino a Mozilla based browser with an optimized frontend for OS X. The end result is that its faster then Firefox but performs the same for compatibility. Its a good compromise between Safari (which has some compatibility issues with major websites, but is incredibly fast compared to firefox) and Firefox (compatible, but slow on older systems, and not exactly perky on newer systems as well.)
So far I've only been putting it through the paces for about 24 hours, but so far I've found it to pretty decent.
So far I've only been putting it through the paces for about 24 hours, but so far I've found it to pretty decent.
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Blog Comment Spam
I had to delete my first ever blog comment spam. I guess its an eventuality, now that my page is being spidered by Google because of my participation in the adSense program.
And honestly, Spam of any kind is all kinds of annoying. I don't mind deleting comments from arrogant half-wits who feel the need to spew hate and contempt at 7:30am when they've only been up for an hour. Spam is just so unoriginal. Its the principal that ads don't even need to be targeted if the audience is large enough. Which, while that's apparently true for email spam, I would argue isn't true for the web -- otherwise Google's adSense program wouldn't be considered such a good idea. Targeted, cost effect, in-obtrusive advertising.
The real question is will the spammers win? Will we end up with a Whitelist based solution to authenticate email, or will we end up using some proprietary standard because the issue of delivering a solution that gives business what it wants (accurate, cost-effective to implement, secure, well documented, and again, cheap).
Its a real problem, one that needs a solution. So naturally, a lot of companies
are trying to solve the problem, because if they can establish themselves as a de facto standard it means serious revenue from everyone in e-commerce. And because everyone's concerned about a monopolist controlling a standard, it makes sense that whatever the solution, it be open source.
I wouldn't be surprised if this was the next direction of Google's enterprise hardware like the Google Mini: After all, Google's changed how a lot of people perceive desktop search, email, and even how people perceived web software. (Others would argue that eBay changed the way people looked at how software could be developed.)
And Gmail has got the best spam filter out there. Why not build an appliance that could be used to build a corporate webmail that features all of Gmail's goodies, but also adds things to the enterprise that business wants: Encryption, employee monitoring, auto deletion of records after 90 days, and migratibility.
While a lot of Fortune 500 companies probably have already gone the SAP or Microsoft route for their IT infrastructure, a lot of Fortune 1000 companies would be willing to switch to Google before they find themselves chained to one vendor or another, and overwhelmed by spam.
And honestly, Spam of any kind is all kinds of annoying. I don't mind deleting comments from arrogant half-wits who feel the need to spew hate and contempt at 7:30am when they've only been up for an hour. Spam is just so unoriginal. Its the principal that ads don't even need to be targeted if the audience is large enough. Which, while that's apparently true for email spam, I would argue isn't true for the web -- otherwise Google's adSense program wouldn't be considered such a good idea. Targeted, cost effect, in-obtrusive advertising.
The real question is will the spammers win? Will we end up with a Whitelist based solution to authenticate email, or will we end up using some proprietary standard because the issue of delivering a solution that gives business what it wants (accurate, cost-effective to implement, secure, well documented, and again, cheap).
Its a real problem, one that needs a solution. So naturally, a lot of companies
are trying to solve the problem, because if they can establish themselves as a de facto standard it means serious revenue from everyone in e-commerce. And because everyone's concerned about a monopolist controlling a standard, it makes sense that whatever the solution, it be open source.
I wouldn't be surprised if this was the next direction of Google's enterprise hardware like the Google Mini: After all, Google's changed how a lot of people perceive desktop search, email, and even how people perceived web software. (Others would argue that eBay changed the way people looked at how software could be developed.)
And Gmail has got the best spam filter out there. Why not build an appliance that could be used to build a corporate webmail that features all of Gmail's goodies, but also adds things to the enterprise that business wants: Encryption, employee monitoring, auto deletion of records after 90 days, and migratibility.
While a lot of Fortune 500 companies probably have already gone the SAP or Microsoft route for their IT infrastructure, a lot of Fortune 1000 companies would be willing to switch to Google before they find themselves chained to one vendor or another, and overwhelmed by spam.
Here's a thought
Joel On Software's Guide To Interviewing
Joel Spolsky is a former microsoft programmer, and writes about how to make the microsoft interview work for your company. Its more advice for programmers interviewing other programmers. However, I wish I stumbled upon this before I interviewed.
Throughout the interview, you look for the candidate to say something that is absolutely, positively, unarguably correct. Then you say, "wait a minute, wait a minute," and spend about 2 minutes playing devil's advocate. Argue with them when you are sure they are right.
Weak candidates will give in. No Hire.
Strong candidates will find a way to persuade you. They will have a whole laundry list of Dale Carnegie techniques to win you over. "Perhaps I'm misunderstanding you," they will say. But they will stand their ground. Hire.
I definitely wiggled more then I stood my ground. No Hire.
I can live with that. And I'm going to learn from that.
Joel Spolsky is a former microsoft programmer, and writes about how to make the microsoft interview work for your company. Its more advice for programmers interviewing other programmers. However, I wish I stumbled upon this before I interviewed.
Throughout the interview, you look for the candidate to say something that is absolutely, positively, unarguably correct. Then you say, "wait a minute, wait a minute," and spend about 2 minutes playing devil's advocate. Argue with them when you are sure they are right.
Weak candidates will give in. No Hire.
Strong candidates will find a way to persuade you. They will have a whole laundry list of Dale Carnegie techniques to win you over. "Perhaps I'm misunderstanding you," they will say. But they will stand their ground. Hire.
I definitely wiggled more then I stood my ground. No Hire.
I can live with that. And I'm going to learn from that.
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
They pulled the trigger
I got a job. In West Virginia.
I'm going to have to relocate.
But I'm excited. I have a good feeling about this.
More later.
I'm going to have to relocate.
But I'm excited. I have a good feeling about this.
More later.
Monday, July 25, 2005
Change in Plans
Its amazing. I'm going to be in Buffalo, NY Tuesday and Wednesday for job interviews. If any soapboxers are out or around the area, hit me up on my cell or IM, because I'll no doubt be looking for something to do and a guide for the city.
What is NULL?
Here's a quick article for anyone reading this that's interested in technical topics.
The Wikipedia definition of NULL.
The Wikipedia definition of NULL.
I hope they feel honored...
For some reason, this is the first result from google if you search for 'Skank Hoes. It is safe for work.
Once again, I love it when someone I know types something stupid into google and decides to tell me about it.
An anecdote
A little something that clicked recently.
A gay friend of mine was complaining about how hard it was to meet someone special and enter a monogamous relationship with him. Sure, its not everyday you meet your dream sweetie at work and you spend the summer holidays with him. For a lot of people, its all about knowing where to meet people.
And for some reason I blurted something out like, "Why don't you go to the Tuscany cafe in southside. Somebody told me it turns into a gay cafe after sundown."
Smooth. Great thing to say at a party.
Of course, now that I left myself open, someone had to ask: "How do you know that?"
"Oh, that's easy. My former roommate (the psycho one) took me there sophomore year because we were discussing an idea that could've potentially been a start up worthy idea, and he felt it best if we got out of Oakland to discuss it somewhere more private."
I find myself staring back at five people whose faces contain only puzzled looks.
"Anything else you want to add?"
"Well, when I resigned from my fraternity, he did break down and cry in front of 25 grown men. And then he let me live with him for the summer and next academic year and slowly went batshit insane."
And then for everyone, all at once, something clicked. And I don't think they'll ever look at my rage-filled, tormented, monster of a former roommate the same again.
And neither will I.
A gay friend of mine was complaining about how hard it was to meet someone special and enter a monogamous relationship with him. Sure, its not everyday you meet your dream sweetie at work and you spend the summer holidays with him. For a lot of people, its all about knowing where to meet people.
And for some reason I blurted something out like, "Why don't you go to the Tuscany cafe in southside. Somebody told me it turns into a gay cafe after sundown."
Smooth. Great thing to say at a party.
Of course, now that I left myself open, someone had to ask: "How do you know that?"
"Oh, that's easy. My former roommate (the psycho one) took me there sophomore year because we were discussing an idea that could've potentially been a start up worthy idea, and he felt it best if we got out of Oakland to discuss it somewhere more private."
I find myself staring back at five people whose faces contain only puzzled looks.
"Anything else you want to add?"
"Well, when I resigned from my fraternity, he did break down and cry in front of 25 grown men. And then he let me live with him for the summer and next academic year and slowly went batshit insane."
And then for everyone, all at once, something clicked. And I don't think they'll ever look at my rage-filled, tormented, monster of a former roommate the same again.
And neither will I.
I knew I was damn right
Imagine this for a frustrating experience.
In an interview for a major corporation located in Redmond, WA. that is responsible for producing the O.S. that 90% of the world uses, you are asked a question in person that was also present on your email pre-screening.
"What are some of the differences between a pointer and a reference?"
Knowing both, but unsure how to make sure you get the "atta-boy" for explaning it properly, you use the C++ FAQ Lite online and double check. I assumed if they didn't want people to use Google, they would've said on the email pre-screening app NOT to use google.
Now imagine its you're sixth interview, and its been a long day. You're interviewing with a guy whose name, even having it pronounced three times, you have no idea how it would be spelled phonetically. Your last interview question is the above question.
So yeah, you repeat what you've learned to be true.
And then get told you're wrong.
Realizing after spending the day there, that you could consider this to be a future you would do well in, you do something out of character. You insist you're right, and that you know you're right.
That wasn't 100% appreciated. Especially since this guy makes a living writing new tools for the OS group. But again, you know you're right, and besides, when it really comes to passing a pointer or a reference, if the intended effect is changing the lvalue, there's not really a difference. As the C++ FAQ states, use references when you can, use pointers when you have to.
Fantastic, no?
He wouldn't budge, and I would't budge either. I wiggled a little. Finally, he seeing how I was so insistant that I was right, and compared to him I was still wet behind the ears, he said "What did you do, look it up?"
At this point, I wanted to do something: "Hell yeah I did. That's why I know I'm in the right, and you're in the wrong. And if you'd spend 30 seconds to google this, with me here in the room, you'd know you're wrong too. "
Instead I continued to writhe in the agony that is: Why do interviewers ask questions where they don't have the right answer for?
Now, for all intents and purposes, this company has an interpreted language that runs on a virtual machine that is just killer for both rich client applications and internet applications. Think Java in almost every way, but with that sweet, rich full flavor of being wholly owned by someone other then Sun Microsystems. This langauge also garbage collects, so pointers don't really exist. You only have references.
I guess the point of this post is two fold. One is a personal point, one is a more general, academic point. The first is that it really sticks in my craw when I'm right and that does nothing to contribute to a situation. Like when you get head to head in programmer jepordy with another narcissitic, arrogant console cowboy like yourself but can't really drive your point home for the win.
The second point is that everyone that codes really needs to get to know their memory models a hell of a lot better. Garbage collection has become essential because of the pressure for rapid time to market. But garbage collection cannot turn a flawed or bloated implementation into a flawless implementation. Garbage collection can only work as well as it is implemented, and each object-tracking system has its negatives, such as overhead. But when I look back at how the memory model is taught in academia, if its taught in academica (most schools are transitioning to Java, thinking that a more modern language will improve their CS program. My undergraduate education in CS at pitt would serve to demonstrate that CS programs should stick to what they actually know.) is poor at best.
In the basic classes, a student is taught about how an object has an address and a value, and both reside in memory. In more in-depth classes, ones regarding architecture, one traces through assembly code and learns the basics of placing a register value onto a stack. But there's a huge discconnect between initiating a new object and the low-level assembly. Somewhere in the CS programs today there should be a section where the student traces the execution of a program and actually draws the execution stack. Discusses what a function frame (or whatever its called nowadays) looks like. Pitt didn't really seem to have anything at all like that; but then again, I spent more of my time focusing on hardware design.
I feel though that a decent CS program can convey a solid "big picture" even though the field is increasingly broad, without simply giving you the bits and pieces because todays technology field often requires to be well versed in a variety of technologies. But I still feel the need to stress that a deeper understanding of the fundamentals can allow a student to learn other existing technologies faster and better then if they only understand the examples and practice quizzes.
In an interview for a major corporation located in Redmond, WA. that is responsible for producing the O.S. that 90% of the world uses, you are asked a question in person that was also present on your email pre-screening.
"What are some of the differences between a pointer and a reference?"
Knowing both, but unsure how to make sure you get the "atta-boy" for explaning it properly, you use the C++ FAQ Lite online and double check. I assumed if they didn't want people to use Google, they would've said on the email pre-screening app NOT to use google.
Now imagine its you're sixth interview, and its been a long day. You're interviewing with a guy whose name, even having it pronounced three times, you have no idea how it would be spelled phonetically. Your last interview question is the above question.
So yeah, you repeat what you've learned to be true.
And then get told you're wrong.
Realizing after spending the day there, that you could consider this to be a future you would do well in, you do something out of character. You insist you're right, and that you know you're right.
That wasn't 100% appreciated. Especially since this guy makes a living writing new tools for the OS group. But again, you know you're right, and besides, when it really comes to passing a pointer or a reference, if the intended effect is changing the lvalue, there's not really a difference. As the C++ FAQ states, use references when you can, use pointers when you have to.
Fantastic, no?
He wouldn't budge, and I would't budge either. I wiggled a little. Finally, he seeing how I was so insistant that I was right, and compared to him I was still wet behind the ears, he said "What did you do, look it up?"
At this point, I wanted to do something: "Hell yeah I did. That's why I know I'm in the right, and you're in the wrong. And if you'd spend 30 seconds to google this, with me here in the room, you'd know you're wrong too. "
Instead I continued to writhe in the agony that is: Why do interviewers ask questions where they don't have the right answer for?
Now, for all intents and purposes, this company has an interpreted language that runs on a virtual machine that is just killer for both rich client applications and internet applications. Think Java in almost every way, but with that sweet, rich full flavor of being wholly owned by someone other then Sun Microsystems. This langauge also garbage collects, so pointers don't really exist. You only have references.
I guess the point of this post is two fold. One is a personal point, one is a more general, academic point. The first is that it really sticks in my craw when I'm right and that does nothing to contribute to a situation. Like when you get head to head in programmer jepordy with another narcissitic, arrogant console cowboy like yourself but can't really drive your point home for the win.
The second point is that everyone that codes really needs to get to know their memory models a hell of a lot better. Garbage collection has become essential because of the pressure for rapid time to market. But garbage collection cannot turn a flawed or bloated implementation into a flawless implementation. Garbage collection can only work as well as it is implemented, and each object-tracking system has its negatives, such as overhead. But when I look back at how the memory model is taught in academia, if its taught in academica (most schools are transitioning to Java, thinking that a more modern language will improve their CS program. My undergraduate education in CS at pitt would serve to demonstrate that CS programs should stick to what they actually know.) is poor at best.
In the basic classes, a student is taught about how an object has an address and a value, and both reside in memory. In more in-depth classes, ones regarding architecture, one traces through assembly code and learns the basics of placing a register value onto a stack. But there's a huge discconnect between initiating a new object and the low-level assembly. Somewhere in the CS programs today there should be a section where the student traces the execution of a program and actually draws the execution stack. Discusses what a function frame (or whatever its called nowadays) looks like. Pitt didn't really seem to have anything at all like that; but then again, I spent more of my time focusing on hardware design.
I feel though that a decent CS program can convey a solid "big picture" even though the field is increasingly broad, without simply giving you the bits and pieces because todays technology field often requires to be well versed in a variety of technologies. But I still feel the need to stress that a deeper understanding of the fundamentals can allow a student to learn other existing technologies faster and better then if they only understand the examples and practice quizzes.
Friday, July 22, 2005
Blah
Its friday. I have cash money money.
Its practically sushi time. Or maybe just some deep fried food...mmmm.
I also now have the complete set of Scrubs, Season 2. (Not that its out on DVD yet). But it is definitely the BEST SEASON EVER.
I also saw another Japanese Mobster Movie, "Kamikaze Taxi". The Yakuza Underworld genre is hard to mess up. And yet they succeeded. Whatever you do, don't order this movie from On Demand.
Its practically sushi time. Or maybe just some deep fried food...mmmm.
I also now have the complete set of Scrubs, Season 2. (Not that its out on DVD yet). But it is definitely the BEST SEASON EVER.
I also saw another Japanese Mobster Movie, "Kamikaze Taxi". The Yakuza Underworld genre is hard to mess up. And yet they succeeded. Whatever you do, don't order this movie from On Demand.
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Minor Site Tweaks
More site revisions. All of them minor.
I made the google search box more prominent. I don't want it to be totally attention getting, but if someone gets bored and decided to look something up while they're staring at this blog, it saves them a trip to the address bar or google search box.
(Please note this site will only generate revenue from a search if a user searches via the search box and clicks a sponsored link. I will not encourage or discourage anyone from this beh
avior, since Google's Adsense Policy forbids me to pimp it with endorsements.)
I also don't like how much room the links for all the archives were taking up, so I moved it further down the sidebar. The downside of this new template is how much vertical scrolling you need to do to read some of the less than current posts, or the longer rants (now with 30% more banter) that I've been known to write.
I made the google search box more prominent. I don't want it to be totally attention getting, but if someone gets bored and decided to look something up while they're staring at this blog, it saves them a trip to the address bar or google search box.
(Please note this site will only generate revenue from a search if a user searches via the search box and clicks a sponsored link. I will not encourage or discourage anyone from this beh
avior, since Google's Adsense Policy forbids me to pimp it with endorsements.)
I also don't like how much room the links for all the archives were taking up, so I moved it further down the sidebar. The downside of this new template is how much vertical scrolling you need to do to read some of the less than current posts, or the longer rants (now with 30% more banter) that I've been known to write.
Check this out
I believe this is an attempt to steal the identity of an unsuspecting job hunter. Such as myself.
Why do I believe this? Who the fuck asks for your social security number in an email in 2005?
And what kind of recruiting agency sends emails from a different domain. And what kind of recruiter doesn't have a form letter that is free of mis-spellings and grammatical errors?
I would appreciate any legitimate offers to help me report these guys as attempting to Phish for identity theft.
Please note that I'm not implicating www.acetechnologies.com as a Phishing site, just fcsltd.com -- and while it MAY not be phishing for personal information with criminal intent, I think any recruiter with a brain knows that anyone with a brain isn't going to respond to an unsolicited email requesting their social security number.
I'm going to dig into this more. I'm sure it'll be one of those stupid "sagas" that is full of undue sarcasm, one sided bias, and dramatastic drama that all blogs as small as mine are known for.
On the other hand, I average 49 unique visitors daily. Woo!
Why do I believe this? Who the fuck asks for your social security number in an email in 2005?
And what kind of recruiting agency sends emails from a different domain. And what kind of recruiter doesn't have a form letter that is free of mis-spellings and grammatical errors?
I would appreciate any legitimate offers to help me report these guys as attempting to Phish for identity theft.
Hi Cristopher, Hope you are doing good!Please also note the 24/7 customer support line seems to play some kind of vaguely indian synth-pop muzak.
(Shouldn't it read, Hope you are doing well?)
This is Millie, from Ace Technologies an accredited IT consulting software solutions Provider .With more than 250 software consultants & 50 + Sales Managers working with more than 400 prestigious clients(including fortune 500 companies), we take pride as the trendsetters in IT industry & in sourcing the best of the project opportunities for our consultants all accross US.
(Above: Obvious punctuation errors. They can spell "prestigious", but they can't realize that 'Provider' shouldn't be capitialized and the period should follow immeidately at the end of the sentence.)
With reference to your profile would like to discuss our immediate client requirements . I have gone through your profile & I think we can market your profile to our client's for the Software engineer available with them.
(Above: Pretty much the same from above. Also not the negative cool points for use of an & in a professional communication. Its not very prestigious.)
Here are our a few clients: Oracle, AT&T, Lucent, General Motors, Price Water Coopers, Republic National Bank, Mulix, Tixtugo, Cisco, Real Networks, IBM, Sprint, R R Donelley, Several Internet Co., Philips, NEC, Ninex and many more.... Looking forward to a mutually successful association.
(OMG!!!! If I gave these people whatever they asked for, I could end up working for AT&T or Oracle or Lucent or General Motors or Cisco. This company is happening if they have ALL THESE CORPORATE CLIENTS WHO HAVE THEIR OWN INTERNAL JOB PORTAL AND DO NOT ACCEPT THIRD PARTY RESUMES!!!! WOW!!! I totally don't think this is the jaw dropping bait that is supposed to sucker me into GIVING AWAY MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. Funny how their website only lists Microsoft and Sun as clients, and none of these two bit operations they're danging in front of me like candy.)
Also do reply the following queries:- 1) Name as on Passport: <-- Passport? Red Flag. 2) Correspondence Address: 3 ) Immigration status 4 ) In case of H1 B : Your H1 holder 5) Expected Salary/ P.A . 6 ) Whether any relocation Issues 7 ) 2 work References with contact details 8) Social Security Number <---- BIG RED FLAG. BIG, BIG PRESTIGIOUS RED FLAG. 9) Total Work Ex 10) Relevant Work Ex 11) Total US Work EX
Thanks and Regards, Millie Chawla | Technical Resource Specialist | ACE Technologies Inc. | www.acetechnologies.com http://www.acetechnologies.com |Phone: 800.566.4604 Ext #383 | Fax: 408.324.1113 Resource Manager - Sanjeev Varshney | Ext # 261 | svarshney@acetechnologies.com svarshney@acetechnologies.com Note: We respect your Online Privacy. This is not an unsolicited mail. Under Bills.1618 Title III passed by the 105th U.S. Congress, this mail cannot be considered Spam as long as we include contact information and a method to be removed from our mailing list. If you are not interested in receiving our e-mails then please reply with a "REMOVE" in the subject line at support@fcsltd.com and mention all the e-mail addresses to be removed with any e-mail addresses, which might be diverting the e-mails to you. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
Please note that I'm not implicating www.acetechnologies.com as a Phishing site, just fcsltd.com -- and while it MAY not be phishing for personal information with criminal intent, I think any recruiter with a brain knows that anyone with a brain isn't going to respond to an unsolicited email requesting their social security number.
I'm going to dig into this more. I'm sure it'll be one of those stupid "sagas" that is full of undue sarcasm, one sided bias, and dramatastic drama that all blogs as small as mine are known for.
On the other hand, I average 49 unique visitors daily. Woo!
Monday, July 18, 2005
They found my car....sort of...
The police called me out to the blue, stating they found what they believed could be my old car, reported stolen about 4 months ago. They found my plate on a 1990 Pontiac 6000LE. I had a 1987 Pontiac 6000. It almost looked like my $500 Ferrari.
Since the car in question they were examing was in the Hill District, and I live in South Side, I was able to meet the officers at the scene.. Dispatch called me on my cell phone and patched me through to the cellular the officer had on him. And I was off to the scene -- It was kinda like an episode of 24.
How cool is that?
It turned out it wasn't my car, but it was my old license plate. So that's the good news. The police have now flagged this other individual's plate as stolen, so they're going to be on the look out for a Pontiac 6000 with his plate, because its more then likely that whoever stole my car also switched my plate with his. So the reasoning goes: Find that guy's plate, find my old car.
Its the best news I've heard all day, aside from my friends reminding me that I should attend today's Malt Liquor Monday Madness. I have to agree...Colt 45 is kinda calling my name. But I can't stay out too late, as I have an interview tomorrow afternoon. And if goes well, I could potentially end up working for the FBI or Lockheed Martin.
How cool is that?
Since the car in question they were examing was in the Hill District, and I live in South Side, I was able to meet the officers at the scene.. Dispatch called me on my cell phone and patched me through to the cellular the officer had on him. And I was off to the scene -- It was kinda like an episode of 24.
How cool is that?
It turned out it wasn't my car, but it was my old license plate. So that's the good news. The police have now flagged this other individual's plate as stolen, so they're going to be on the look out for a Pontiac 6000 with his plate, because its more then likely that whoever stole my car also switched my plate with his. So the reasoning goes: Find that guy's plate, find my old car.
Its the best news I've heard all day, aside from my friends reminding me that I should attend today's Malt Liquor Monday Madness. I have to agree...Colt 45 is kinda calling my name. But I can't stay out too late, as I have an interview tomorrow afternoon. And if goes well, I could potentially end up working for the FBI or Lockheed Martin.
How cool is that?
Thursday, July 14, 2005
Its almost that time of summer again...
overslept today.
All the travel and lack of sleep finally caught up with me. Not that I mind spending time in my air conditioned lap of luxury, and only getting up when I feel like it.
And its that time of summer again where everything starts paying off -- in ultimate frisbee that is. This is our last game before the playoffs. And tonight, instead of having back to back games, we're just playing one team. So hopefully we can eek out a win and position ourselves a in a stronger position for the playoffs.
Last year, my team actually made it to finals, even if it didn't place. I missed finals because I was attending my sister's wedding. I hope this year will be the year I get to play in them.
All the travel and lack of sleep finally caught up with me. Not that I mind spending time in my air conditioned lap of luxury, and only getting up when I feel like it.
And its that time of summer again where everything starts paying off -- in ultimate frisbee that is. This is our last game before the playoffs. And tonight, instead of having back to back games, we're just playing one team. So hopefully we can eek out a win and position ourselves a in a stronger position for the playoffs.
Last year, my team actually made it to finals, even if it didn't place. I missed finals because I was attending my sister's wedding. I hope this year will be the year I get to play in them.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
New Style
I changed my blog template and did some work on the links.
I am linking to friend's blogs again, as wells as ones that I regularly read, which to be quite honest, is practically zero.
Anyway, the new layout isn't great, IMHO, but its certainly better then the last one.
More on Microsoft and the job hunt later. I don't feel like making quite a large post just yet.
I am linking to friend's blogs again, as wells as ones that I regularly read, which to be quite honest, is practically zero.
Anyway, the new layout isn't great, IMHO, but its certainly better then the last one.
More on Microsoft and the job hunt later. I don't feel like making quite a large post just yet.
Sunday, July 03, 2005
Live 8
Went to Live 8 with my sister and her Husband, Robert.
There were over a million people there. It was probably the largest convert EVER.
And we were super close to the main stage.
All in all, it rocked.
There were over a million people there. It was probably the largest convert EVER.
And we were super close to the main stage.
All in all, it rocked.
