The meter seen in the photo in this article is what I work on at Biosite.

One of my recent sources of agony has been this error message from the Renesas toolset I'm using to build a project at work:
C3300 (F) Cannot open internal file
The ch38 C compiler simply quit working for me one day, leaving me only that error. It doesn't tell me which file it can't open, just that it fails. After a week and a half of back-and- ( Read more... )

I'm still at a dead standstill on my current project. The Renesas H8S C compiler quits with the error "C3300 (F) Cannot open internal file". It never tells you what that internal file is. Renesas tech support took two days to respond to me. When they did, it was "You have to reinstall as an administrator."

Fuckholes, my account is an ( Read more... )

Vendor Hell: At work, a vendor said they would sell us a chassis with an Intel shelf manager. Except they didn't say their definition of "with" is "you have to go buy it from Intel, because we don't have a reseller agreement with them yet." Then they agree to sell us a "test configuration" chassis. Only later they reveal said chassis has a ( Read more... )

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I think the world of Warren Ellis, but sometimes his taste is just too cultured. Because this fucking rules. I heard there was going to be a Transporter sequel. I thought, "You know, that really doesn't have to be made." Never mind, now.

Today was my first day at the new job. Today was just getting acclimated. Computer setup, endless update ( Read more... )

So there was no majority winner in the San Diego mayoral election this week. There will be a November runoff to determine who replaces UIUC alum Dick Murphy. It's between aging surfer chick Donna Frye and ex SD police chief Jerry Sanders. As I understand it, Jerry Sanders isn't a bad guy. But the city's fucked itself up something harsh, and ( Read more... )

I have an offer on the table from Momentum Computing, out in Carlsbad. They're a small outfit, maybe three dozen people tops, they do single-board computer solutions. I'd be doing software work, which is mostly "get Linux/VxWorks/occasionally-Solaris running on this new board", and some small shared responsibility for IT. The commute isn't bad, ( Read more... )

I got a bong letter from the school district today. I had applied for a systems administrator's gig at the district office. Their notice did explicitly ask for a CNA or MCP. I took that with a grain of salt, considering that many people who would apply for such a job may not have a 4-year degree (or at least not a 4-year degree in a related ( Read more... )