Post #271,294
10/25/06 6:02:06 PM
8/21/07 6:03:40 AM
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11/9
Will be my last day at big river books. (Hence the cutaway shot)
I have been handed a contract to do Seaside/Squeak/Smalltalk development for the University of British Columbia (Smalltalk was introduced to the world in an issue of Byte magazine with Smalltalk represented by a [link|http://st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/Graphics/bytebloon.jpg|balloon] just launched from an ivory tower on an isolated island - the balloon is heading towards the real world on the mainland) of indefinite duration and will begin working from home.
I'm looking forwards to my new non-commute and flexible work hours as I've been doing both jobs for sometime.
[link|http://www.blackbagops.net|Black Bag Operations Log]
[link|http://www.objectiveclips.com|Artificial Intelligence]
[link|http://www.badpage.info/seaside/html|Scrutinizer]
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Post #271,296
10/25/06 6:34:17 PM
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Congrats!
It's great to be paid for work you love.
Now all you need is satellite internet so you can do Seaside/Squeak/Smalltalk development on your way to Fiji.
:-)
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #271,297
10/25/06 6:38:56 PM
8/21/07 6:03:53 AM
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That would be ideal
But for now I'll have to be content working on my refit from my island fortress in Puget Sound.
[link|http://www.blackbagops.net|Black Bag Operations Log]
[link|http://www.objectiveclips.com|Artificial Intelligence]
[link|http://www.badpage.info/seaside/html|Scrutinizer]
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Post #271,298
10/25/06 6:43:22 PM
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Great news!
Enjoy the lack of commute, and don't get sucked into playing Minesweeper too much! ;-)
-YendorMike
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
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Post #271,303
10/25/06 6:46:21 PM
8/21/07 6:04:18 AM
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All Macs - no minesweeper around
And Squeak is kind of its own game. Trick is to focus on the hacks that make money.
I'm looking forward to returning to programming in a decent environment.
[link|http://www.blackbagops.net|Black Bag Operations Log]
[link|http://www.objectiveclips.com|Artificial Intelligence]
[link|http://www.badpage.info/seaside/html|Scrutinizer]
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Post #271,305
10/25/06 6:48:08 PM
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Good deal, congrats!
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
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Post #271,317
10/25/06 8:03:40 PM
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May it go well, Todd!
Alex
When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
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Post #271,348
10/26/06 3:14:03 AM
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Good luck!
working from home rocks :)
--
Steve
[link|http://www.ubuntulinux.org|Ubuntu]
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Post #271,349
10/26/06 5:07:23 AM
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Sounds ideal..
for a person with feet planted solidly on a pitching deck and, {I'm surmising here..} probably averse to spending daylight hours under fluorescent ghost-lighting, surrounded by grey screens.
Encouraging to hear that there remain some jobs like that, even involving computers.
(I always thought it a comfy myth that there were places to work, where you'd go - for free? - if you had the necessaries. Til I found out there Are.)
Hey, no need to wish luck, even.. less'n there's some sorta Repo weirdness with the Proprietors.
Cheers.
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Post #271,350
10/26/06 7:05:20 AM
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Cool!
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #271,352
10/26/06 8:24:10 AM
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Way! To! Go!
(still the wrong mountain in the picture, tho...)
Have fun (Like, that'll be hard...)!
jb4
"When the final history is written in Iraq, [link|http://images.ucomics.com/comics/tmate/2006/tmate060926.gif|it'll look just like a comma.]"
— George W. Bush, 24 Sep 06
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Post #271,355
10/26/06 8:57:11 AM
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Yay for you!
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Post #271,370
10/26/06 11:25:30 AM
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Cool beans!
Congrats.
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Draft Obama [link|http://www.draftobama.org/|now].
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Post #271,454
10/27/06 7:53:10 AM
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Way to go.
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. (Herm Albright)
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Post #271,482
10/27/06 8:46:55 PM
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Good job! Follow your bliss!
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Post #275,083
12/7/06 2:07:00 PM
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Good on ya.
bcnu,
Mikem
It would seem, therefore, that the three human impulses embodied in religion are fear, conceit, and hatred. The purpose of religion, one might say, is to give an air of respectibility to these passions. -- Bertrand Russell
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