Category: Personal
My Google-fu, it is strong
March 1st, 2010, No Comments
Friday, I found a very nice looking job lead on Workopolis for a Red Hat system administrator position with knowledge of Drupal or EC2 a plus. Brilliant! My skills fit those requirements like a glove. Friday night, I wrote a cover letter and prepared to submit said letter and resume to the [...]
Oh Canada!
February 23rd, 2010, 1 Comment
Well, it seems my time in North Carolina is coming to a close. My fiance, B, has accepted a 3-year postdoctoral position at the University of Calgary in Calgary, AB, and I’ve been job hunting for a while now. I have several job leads and we hope I’ll secure a position in time for us [...]
Fun and games with Time Warner Cable
February 7th, 2010, 2 Comments
Our cablemodem has been crapping out on us periodically. It would just stop working and we’d have to unplug its power and plug it back in to get it running again. This didn’t happen very often so it wasn’t an urgent matter. Yesterday, I had to run errands in Durham anyay, so I took the [...]
It’s the small things in life
February 3rd, 2010, No Comments
Ya know, it’s really the small things in life that make me feel good about myself. The big wins that make you feel like Superman for a day come so rarely, for me, that I can’t rely on them to keep my outlook positive.
For example, I prefer New Balance shoes and have worn them exclusively [...]
Got Engagement?
January 6th, 2010, 5 Comments
I’m indescribably happy to announce that I got engaged to my sweetie over Christmas vacation. We have no idea when we are getting married yet. She finished her Ph.D. this fall and is now looking for work after completing her school obligations and is currently in College Station, TX interviewing for a postdoc position. She [...]
Irony
October 17th, 2009, No Comments
Is playing ‘Flight Control’ on my iPhone while waiting to board my flight to MN.
iPhone MMS Problems solved
October 14th, 2009, No Comments
When MMS for iPhone landed last month, I tried it out and it failed repeatedly. The send progress bar would reach 90% or so,stall, and then pop an error message instead of sending the picture.
Today, I tried again after learning the AT&T Carrier File 5.6 update was supposed to fix this very problem, but still [...]
Bad day
September 30th, 2009, No Comments
I really hate days where one thing after another goes wrong. It’s hard to maintain a decent attitude under an onslaught of annoying tiny problems when you really want to work on the big projects on your plate.
Today was one of those days and it really got to me. I don’t like not [...]
iPhone MMS arrives
September 25th, 2009, No Comments
I just updated the carrier file in my iPhone and now have MMS turned on. Now I need to find someone I know who has MMS as well to try it out.
Monitor Envy
September 19th, 2009, No Comments
I’ve been using dual-monitor setups for something 6 or 7 years now. I got my first set at NIEHS when I worked there. I thought it would suck since I was moving from a single 21″ CRT to dual 19″ LCDs, but I quickly got used to it and really liked the additional real estate. [...]
