Sunny, 75-80°F. I noticed a sinkhole in the front yard where utility workers did the gas pipeline dig and refill. The soil probably got a bit more compacted after the rain and dry-off. I was about to go and get some mulch to fill the hole myself when utility workers came by with a load of dirt and did the job. Oh well. I still had one more errand ( Read more... )

Busy morning. Seems like all the good job leads came in at once and all shortly before Anthrocon. What I was really looking for is somewhere to use my Perl (or Python, or Ruby, if it came to that) scripting skills. I'd been doing the C and C++ gig for over 14 years and I would prefer not to go back to that if possible. I came across a few openings ( Read more... )

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Yesterday, I spent a few hours weeding the back section of my backyard. It's the part that looks like a vegetable farm because of all those leafy weeds growing to about two feet high. I still have no idea what those plants are so I need to check a weed database. I pulled all those weeds and filled up four contractor waste bags. This morning, I ( Read more... )