The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated....
Wow, take a little "vacation" and look what happens? Two months slip away just like that!
Where was I? Oh yeah. The new windows in the condo. So, um they are really nice...and I guess I would be writing on how well they keep the heat in, except that it really has not gotten very cold recently. In fact, it was so warm this weekend that (ironically enough), I had to OPEN the windows because it was getting too warm inside for my liking.
Now the weather forecasters are saying that it's possible that we won't see any snow at all in January, and the outlook for snow for the rest of the season looks pretty grim. Personally, I think that sucks a big toe. I mean, I LIKE winter because of the snow. Sure its cold, but you also get to go skiing, and sledding, and snowball fights, and snowmen, and hot cocoa, and... fun stuff! Of course Rosie can't stand the cold, and if warmer temps mean no snow...she can live with that. But if we don't get one snow storm, someone is getting a big BAH-Humbug from me!
The Christmas holiday came and went, mostly because I was pretty busy in the month of December; between my new job and the Classes I took...what? Oh I didn't tell you? Right then...
So, things at Yale are good. Someone apparently decided that I was doing my job so well, that it was time to give me another job. There was some political maneuvering, and some other things going on the in the background; but essentially the "Powers that Be" decided to shuffle some people around to better satisfy the faculty. And since I showed interest in other available positions at Yale, I was "Volunteered" for the transfer.
All in all, made out alright in the shuffle. I am still working on computers, but now instead of going out to the computers, I work at a Computing Center, and the computers come to me. I have my own workshop, just like Santa, but he gets the elves, and I get the...busted computers. But I like my new(er) job, and I have my own office, and the work comes to me, and it included a marginal raise...so I think it was a good move.
In addition to a new job, Yale decided to educate me some more, and sent me off to Apple Computer School. I spent a week in New York City learning that Apple Computers are not "evil" and are definitely not reserved for "elite-yuppie-scum". My instructor was a Hippie, in fact I think he was one of the original hippies, and peppered the classes with "Man", "Dude", and when he got excited, he used some other colorful expressions that I shall not disclose. He was a character, and fascinating man, which I could probably do a entire posting on him; but I will refrain.
And yet, it was somewhat odd to see this long-haired man with a salt and pepper beard go on about "File Permissions, and Library structure"...despite his best attempts, he looked a little out of place in front of the Powerpoint Presentation...but I was strangely OK with the whole setup, and a small part of me had expected nothing less.
By the end of the week I was so confused. I have used Windows ever since I discovered computers, and was subliminally told that Apple Computers were forged by Lucifer Himself. But that is not the case, in fact they are...better in many different ways. Bill Gates would not lie to me...would he?
Yeah, so the Apple Computer class was refreshing and interesting. And now I am really comfortable using Macs, if not a little guilty that I am cheating on Bill Gates. The only bad thing about the whole experience was that I was staying in a Hotel in China Town, and had all the Asian Food that I wanted for the month of December. I also felt weird walking down the streets; at times I was the only "white-boy" to be seen, and if you removed the street signs you could have sworn that I was in a far away country in the pacific. The other bad thing was that I was away from home for the entire week before Christmas, and that sucked as well; but the good news was I got a warm homecoming.
Hmm...that is all for now.
Continue monitoring this frequency...update will follow...sooner
Where was I? Oh yeah. The new windows in the condo. So, um they are really nice...and I guess I would be writing on how well they keep the heat in, except that it really has not gotten very cold recently. In fact, it was so warm this weekend that (ironically enough), I had to OPEN the windows because it was getting too warm inside for my liking.
Now the weather forecasters are saying that it's possible that we won't see any snow at all in January, and the outlook for snow for the rest of the season looks pretty grim. Personally, I think that sucks a big toe. I mean, I LIKE winter because of the snow. Sure its cold, but you also get to go skiing, and sledding, and snowball fights, and snowmen, and hot cocoa, and... fun stuff! Of course Rosie can't stand the cold, and if warmer temps mean no snow...she can live with that. But if we don't get one snow storm, someone is getting a big BAH-Humbug from me!
The Christmas holiday came and went, mostly because I was pretty busy in the month of December; between my new job and the Classes I took...what? Oh I didn't tell you? Right then...
So, things at Yale are good. Someone apparently decided that I was doing my job so well, that it was time to give me another job. There was some political maneuvering, and some other things going on the in the background; but essentially the "Powers that Be" decided to shuffle some people around to better satisfy the faculty. And since I showed interest in other available positions at Yale, I was "Volunteered" for the transfer.
All in all, made out alright in the shuffle. I am still working on computers, but now instead of going out to the computers, I work at a Computing Center, and the computers come to me. I have my own workshop, just like Santa, but he gets the elves, and I get the...busted computers. But I like my new(er) job, and I have my own office, and the work comes to me, and it included a marginal raise...so I think it was a good move.
In addition to a new job, Yale decided to educate me some more, and sent me off to Apple Computer School. I spent a week in New York City learning that Apple Computers are not "evil" and are definitely not reserved for "elite-yuppie-scum". My instructor was a Hippie, in fact I think he was one of the original hippies, and peppered the classes with "Man", "Dude", and when he got excited, he used some other colorful expressions that I shall not disclose. He was a character, and fascinating man, which I could probably do a entire posting on him; but I will refrain.
And yet, it was somewhat odd to see this long-haired man with a salt and pepper beard go on about "File Permissions, and Library structure"...despite his best attempts, he looked a little out of place in front of the Powerpoint Presentation...but I was strangely OK with the whole setup, and a small part of me had expected nothing less.
By the end of the week I was so confused. I have used Windows ever since I discovered computers, and was subliminally told that Apple Computers were forged by Lucifer Himself. But that is not the case, in fact they are...better in many different ways. Bill Gates would not lie to me...would he?
Yeah, so the Apple Computer class was refreshing and interesting. And now I am really comfortable using Macs, if not a little guilty that I am cheating on Bill Gates. The only bad thing about the whole experience was that I was staying in a Hotel in China Town, and had all the Asian Food that I wanted for the month of December. I also felt weird walking down the streets; at times I was the only "white-boy" to be seen, and if you removed the street signs you could have sworn that I was in a far away country in the pacific. The other bad thing was that I was away from home for the entire week before Christmas, and that sucked as well; but the good news was I got a warm homecoming.
Hmm...that is all for now.
Continue monitoring this frequency...update will follow...sooner