I suspect many of you think I'm no longer around, and in most respects, I haven't been ( Read more... )

A month ago, I had formal training from IBM on AIX.

This week, I am at Redhat for Liux training.

The AIX instructor was an older gent, short hair, looking fairly corporate casual.

The Linux instructor is a younger fellow, hair much longer than mine. goatee. amd is wearing sandals.

I think this describes the corporate cultures quite well, don't

I am very much enjoying the new job, thanks.

the top ten list of how my life has changed going back to days

10. I made gaming at tactical_grace's place - on a week night - for the first time in many years ( Read more... )

My mouth is doing better, and I have been able to be more adventurous with food. I tried potato chips, which were ok, but still better avoided (crunchy bits), and mexican (which went ok, since it wasn't quite too spicy, but the shredded chicken was still easier than the shredded beef ( Read more... )

Tonight is my last overnight shift. I have been doing this since September 1999 - a long time to be on such an odd schedule. Of course, I have been reading lj, listening to baseball on MLBtv and high_and_inside podcasts, reading the Heroes webcomics, and so on, but while I will miss that aspect of this job, I am very much looking forward to the new opportunity ( Read more... )

Last night was my last Saturday night in ops. There are a few things that I will miss about this job, but working every other Saturday night is not one of them.

The schedule has been updated to reflect my last day being Tuesday 5/15, starting the new job on Monday 5/21.

They changed the start date to 5/21.

The new job start date will be 5/14!

I have gotten the verbal offer of the position I interviewed for - Sr. UNIX System Administrator (standard day shift). Start date to be determined, but probably 2-3 weeks. I have, of course, accepted ( Read more... )

What's been going on that doesn't involve the house or birds ( Read more... )