Archive for the 'Work' Category

Little bundles of joy

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Coming to work this morning, I stopped to watch a semi driver try to get his VERY large trailer into the alley behind Smith Tower.  Tight squeeze to be sure, especially with the pretty Lexus parked out on the side of the street.  The semi driver seemed very confident, the owner of the Lexus, coming […]

Adventures in commuting, part 1

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

As most of you know, I’ve been working in downtown Seattle for a while now. Living in Redmond makes for a heck of a commute; about 85 minutes each way including driving, riding the bus, and walking. Overall, I kinda like it, as it gives me time to read the daily geek news […]

I just want to crawl into a hole

Friday, August 25th, 2006

I just got home from attending the new-hire orientation at my contract agency. We went over the basic rules, filled out forms, then watched the obligatory sexual harassment training video. There are few things in this world that are more infuriating to me than the topic of sexual harassment. In this video […]

Fishie got himself a job

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

I had my third interview for a contract position at Microsoft last Friday and recieved an offer on Monday. After negotiating for a couple of days we finally agreed on a damn nice salary. I start Monday and there’s not much more to say, other than that I’ll be working with some old […]

New plans

Friday, August 18th, 2006

Summer quarter is now over, I took my math final last Thursday. I got an A in my online computer class, which was no real surprise, but get this; I got an A in math as well. My end score in the class was 108%! My homework and quiz scores were high […]

What was happening 10 years ago

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

I finally got my 10-Year email from MS Archives. Here’s a list of what was going on when I got here …
Microsoft Launches Windows 95:
In one of the biggest product launches in software industry history, Microsoft Windows 95 debuts on August 24. Jay Leno hosts the launch event on the Microsoft Campus, which includes […]