I have vacation days I need to take now or else lose them. Coming off of a hell project which took 2-3 times longer for me to complete than expected, I don't mind the sudden time off. I need a moment to regroup, know what I'm saying?

So I'll be not-at-work Tuesday through Sunday. Suggestions of what to do with my time are most appreciated.
:-)

Looking back at my calendar for the past week, I noticed that I have no entries between noon 8/10 (Dim sum @ Jing Tong) until noon today, 8/16 (Tennis in Astoria w/Marcelo ( Read more... )

I've been tasked at work to evaluate Drupal vs. Joomla vs. Mambo vs. (any other credible, cheap PHP-based CMS I can find).

If you have hands-on personal experience with any PHP-based CMS platforms, I would be most appreciative of anything you've got to say about them, good or bad.

Thanks much,

-d

A lot of people I instantly vibe with have birthdays in mid-March. This includes my best friend and several other very close friends. I was born in mid-July. There may be an astrological "reason" for all this, but my science-y brain says that's all poppycock ( Read more... )

It's freakin' unbelievable, my life now compared to 6 months ago.

In mid-May I was:

• Living with my Mom and trying desperately not to strangle her on her "off" days.
• In a dead-end job at a dead-end company in NoLib.
• Sleeping in my childhood room and its tiny (albeit comfortable) bed.
• A little morose because I couldn't figure out how to get ( Read more... )

A real salary again. Just in time for Thanksgiving!

Thanks y'all for lending an ear, and listening to my occasional job search rantings and ravings these past few months.

Love ya!

Monday's interview went very well. An hour and 20 minutes all told with neither of us looking at our watches, a very very good sign. I aced the in-person skills test (still bummed I missed a question) and, again, the interviewer let me know that he's ready to schedule the next interview before the current one is over ( Read more... )

My phone interview started at 4pm, and ended 56 minutes later. Think that's a good sign? (hehehe ( Read more... )

... with a financial software company. If they meet my price, they've got insurance, and they're not completely evil (and they don't seem to be), I'm taking this one.

Charity time with Freeverse ended on Monday, when sponsored housing came to an end. I'm ready to rejoin the *real* workforce. :-)

Wish me luck!

The Google interviews went down, and I'm out. Apparently I wasn't a fit for job in question -- it must have been clear because the "we're sorry" email came less than 4 hours after the end of the interviews. At least they didn't drag it out, I'm thankful for that ( Read more... )