plutherus

Dev 1: The .jar that was deployed to qa2 was bad. I kicked off a new build of it while I was out last night, but I was on the bar's wifi, so didn't change anything. Check it, though, that one may be good.
Dev 2: It was not. I made some changes while I was carpooling in today and rebuilt those.
TPM: So which one's which?
Me: I've updated the spreadsheet and put an X through [Dev 1]'s original so it doesn't get confusing. The tested ones have asterisks next to them.
TPM: So which one's which?
Me: The .jar that is marred was built in the bar, and the .jar from the car is marked with a star.

Office is nearly deserted.
The Doors aren't actually playing, but they should be.
Most of today, people have been gathering around in small groups talking about what's next. Some are taking long vacations. Some have started job searching.
There's three groups: Some who will be leaving at the end of the week. Others will be here until September 21st, and a much smaller group until the end of the year to handle shut down and any transition activities. My boss is in the last group. I'm in the first.

While there's no hope for us, it looks like Capital One may still be interested in the software we've developed. Some people are happy about that. I can understand why -- getting laid off is one thing. Having everything you've worked to create just thrown out, well, that sucks big time.

I'm spending part of my time getting documentation in order, and training those who will be here until the end of the year on how to use everything. I've removed my crontab and backed up the files I want.

Haven't packed up my toys yet. Vir and G'Kar still stand on opposite sides of my monitor, while Chibi Vader and Chibi Obi-Wan still fight over Growf the dragon.

The rest of my time I've been job searching. Got three good leads so far, including one in Salem. That would be way cool.

Turns out E-bay needs me for a position including lots of travel, too. That'd be cool.
But, I'm not too worried. If I don't find something soon, I'm can go move back in to my old room in Eugene for a few months. I've got enough savings that I could last a good while in Eugene if I'm careful with my budget.

Earlier, I wrote up a document listing and describing all the scripts and documents I've written while here, so Capital One can use them if they want. Man, I've written a lot over the last four months! All to no avail, of course, but still.

I have no idea what I'm going to do for the next two days. But, I'll still be coming in - since I'm still on the clock until Friday, might as well get paid, even if I accomplish nothing else. :)

It started last night. Yay, I finally got to wear my coat in California. I bought it here about three years ago, but I rarely wore it except during trips to Oregon.
Cable cars are fun in the rain, because the brakes don't work very well when they're wet. "OK, everyone, we can't stop, so if you want off on this street you'll just have to jump off when we slow down."

On the way home, I got to the sushi-to-go place too late. They were closed, so I just picked up a burger and fries from the disco malt shop next door. While getting the mail on my upstairs, after the mile-and-a-half walk up and down steep San Francisco hills from the cable car stop to my apartment, I realized I wasn't even breathing hard now. Hooray for me! I'm finally getting used to the daily trek!

I have a futon now. Yay, the place is finally starting to look like an apartment. Bookshelves (and new desk) arrive on Friday, and then I can get rid of the rest of these boxes. Since I have to be here when they arrive, I'm telecommuting that day, which my boss seems to think is code for "taking a day of vacation without using a vacation day", but gave me permission anyway. (Actually, unfortunately, I'm probably going to have to work anyway, since I have four-hour presentation part 2 on Monday, and need to get some code working before then...)

Cat's making me nervous, getting almost her entire body out the window. No ledge on the other side, and we're three stories up. She keeps looking like she's about to jump. No, kitty, don't jump! You have so much to live for! And I don't know where the nearest animal hospital is anyway! And have to car to get there. Hmm, what would I do if one of them got injured? Take them in a Taxi to the vet? I guess so.

And after nagging everyone about using the GWoB mailing list, and keeping each other in the loop, they finally launched several discussion threads at once, none of which I've done more than skim over yet. Guess I should go practice what I preach for a few minutes....

Today I fixed one problem on one user's machine, and wrote two lines of code.

It was my most productive day this week....