It should be noted that Socom 3 comes out today.
A moment of Silence
<pause>
So I have this presentation to do. I had to wear a suit today to work. Basically, I have to fight off the chicks with a stick. The presentation is at like 3 or something. I'll have to split right after that to go get Socom. I'll play for a few hours then go to Salsa lessons. It should rule!
Also, I had a big day on my project yesterday. I successfully sent data to and from the phone and found out that the phone computations shouldn't take too long. ROCK!
It's been a long time my friend...It's been a long time.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Taste of Lexus:
Saturday we went to the Taste of Lexus event at FedEx Field. It was tight.
So the food was also very tasty there. It was rich people food so I didn't understand it, but it was super delicious.
I was supposed to go to the Red Sox Orioles game immediatly after the taste of lexus but I decided to stick around and test out the BMW 530 and BMW 330i. They were both nice cars. I am a big fan of the B dubs.
So I went to Baltimore and made the 6th inning on. I missed all of the free food and free beer but whatever. The game was fine. Only 5 innings of baseball is good enough. Steven Long almost got in a fight with some Sox fan. That was weak. The guy was such a blow hard. Went out to Federal Hill in Baltimore and it was cool.
New Job:
Got a new job. Its a networking position on a project called TSAT. It is pre-RFP which is total odd to me. What that means is that it is right up my alley in terms of process and stuff.
My first impression of the job was that I got a schedule with my name on it. So I have deliverables. Anyone who knows my old situation knows that this is a huge step for me.
So the job for now is that I am writing Linux Kernel Modules to do network filtering. Thats fun. I don't know how to do that.
Housewarming:
I'd say it was a large success. People seemed to enjoy themselves and nobody got in any fights.
The one thing that I realized during the party process, is that I seem to have a decent number of friends here. Thats pretty cool. Most of those people I would say went beyond acquaintences so that pretty much rules. I am pleased with that.
I think there were like 40 people there. That ruled.
Poker:
Played some poker with Luke, Jim (Luke's friend), Nirav and Adrian last week. I found that it wasn't quite what I was looking for and I should have taken advantage a little more. Luke and Jim like to play REALLY LOW LIMIT holdem. I thought we played low limit, but they like doing $1 max raise which to me is pretty pointless. We usually do $3 max raise with unlimited re-raising and that seemed to work out ok. With $1 raises, it takes out a gigantic dynamic in the game. That that point you are betting exclusively on who has the highest cards. I didn't like that so much. It seemed to make the game less exciting and dramatic. I didn't ever milk it though. Luke would always fold if anyone raised and I should have capitalized. I didn't. Shoot. Oh well. I learned something new.
Failure of a year:
I was debating weather or not to post this. So I will just list of some goals I had for the past 12 months.
Project update:
Speaking of which. I started doing time trials. The results for DH (switched from RSA) yielded a linear progression until you add multiply 32-bit digits. Now 1 iteration of Key Generation at 2048-bits takes about 4 hours. Good times.
WOW:
Yeah so one of the reasons I haven't been posting is because Joel got World of Warcraft and gave me his 10-day demo. Uh...yeah...I'll see you in about 6 months.....Damn that is a good game. That is a recipe for success right there. 4 million players at $12/month. Wow. Count em for Blizzard.
Thats long enough. I'll comment more later.
Best
Saturday we went to the Taste of Lexus event at FedEx Field. It was tight.
- The field is very nice. The situation is much more ideal for fans than Ralph Wilson Stadium.
- The cars were amazing.
So the food was also very tasty there. It was rich people food so I didn't understand it, but it was super delicious.
I was supposed to go to the Red Sox Orioles game immediatly after the taste of lexus but I decided to stick around and test out the BMW 530 and BMW 330i. They were both nice cars. I am a big fan of the B dubs.
So I went to Baltimore and made the 6th inning on. I missed all of the free food and free beer but whatever. The game was fine. Only 5 innings of baseball is good enough. Steven Long almost got in a fight with some Sox fan. That was weak. The guy was such a blow hard. Went out to Federal Hill in Baltimore and it was cool.
New Job:
Got a new job. Its a networking position on a project called TSAT. It is pre-RFP which is total odd to me. What that means is that it is right up my alley in terms of process and stuff.
My first impression of the job was that I got a schedule with my name on it. So I have deliverables. Anyone who knows my old situation knows that this is a huge step for me.
So the job for now is that I am writing Linux Kernel Modules to do network filtering. Thats fun. I don't know how to do that.
Housewarming:
I'd say it was a large success. People seemed to enjoy themselves and nobody got in any fights.
The one thing that I realized during the party process, is that I seem to have a decent number of friends here. Thats pretty cool. Most of those people I would say went beyond acquaintences so that pretty much rules. I am pleased with that.
I think there were like 40 people there. That ruled.
Poker:
Played some poker with Luke, Jim (Luke's friend), Nirav and Adrian last week. I found that it wasn't quite what I was looking for and I should have taken advantage a little more. Luke and Jim like to play REALLY LOW LIMIT holdem. I thought we played low limit, but they like doing $1 max raise which to me is pretty pointless. We usually do $3 max raise with unlimited re-raising and that seemed to work out ok. With $1 raises, it takes out a gigantic dynamic in the game. That that point you are betting exclusively on who has the highest cards. I didn't like that so much. It seemed to make the game less exciting and dramatic. I didn't ever milk it though. Luke would always fold if anyone raised and I should have capitalized. I didn't. Shoot. Oh well. I learned something new.
Failure of a year:
I was debating weather or not to post this. So I will just list of some goals I had for the past 12 months.
- No Credit card debt
- um....
- Project finished
- um...
- Success at work]
- ELDP - 12 months later, I'm batting .334
Project update:
Speaking of which. I started doing time trials. The results for DH (switched from RSA) yielded a linear progression until you add multiply 32-bit digits. Now 1 iteration of Key Generation at 2048-bits takes about 4 hours. Good times.
WOW:
Yeah so one of the reasons I haven't been posting is because Joel got World of Warcraft and gave me his 10-day demo. Uh...yeah...I'll see you in about 6 months.....Damn that is a good game. That is a recipe for success right there. 4 million players at $12/month. Wow. Count em for Blizzard.
Thats long enough. I'll comment more later.
Best
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
DC - Deals - Light - Football
Wanted to mention one or two more things that I forgot.
Drumcorps:
How could I forget. Finals is on ESPN2 tonight.
Soaps:
Gotta love slickdeals. Kathy and I went out and got 5 Soap Dispenser things for $0...NO REBATE!! That basically ruled. So I love those slick deal things. I was reading on lifehacker a few weeks back and he mentioned a new one that I had never heard of. It looks like slickdeals gets theirs from this guy. The best part is that they are all RSSable.
ELDPs at the Lighthouse:
Total found out that we are taking a trip down to VA Beach in October to tour our Center for Innovation. It should rule. We got very large hotel rooms. Mark (Bark) says that he was able to get the room with the "Romance" package. Should be hot. I and a few others got the view. Nirav got the "Deluxe" which is just bigger. Which is just an invitation for people to be at his place late at night. HA! Awesome.
FF:
New Strategy with Fantasy Football. I think I am going to look at individual players and based on stats and playing history, I am going to pick the best for the job. So far I am making a list of who to pick. Should be good.
Drumcorps:
How could I forget. Finals is on ESPN2 tonight.
Soaps:
Gotta love slickdeals. Kathy and I went out and got 5 Soap Dispenser things for $0...NO REBATE!! That basically ruled. So I love those slick deal things. I was reading on lifehacker a few weeks back and he mentioned a new one that I had never heard of. It looks like slickdeals gets theirs from this guy. The best part is that they are all RSSable.
ELDPs at the Lighthouse:
Total found out that we are taking a trip down to VA Beach in October to tour our Center for Innovation. It should rule. We got very large hotel rooms. Mark (Bark) says that he was able to get the room with the "Romance" package. Should be hot. I and a few others got the view. Nirav got the "Deluxe" which is just bigger. Which is just an invitation for people to be at his place late at night. HA! Awesome.
FF:
New Strategy with Fantasy Football. I think I am going to look at individual players and based on stats and playing history, I am going to pick the best for the job. So far I am making a list of who to pick. Should be good.
ELDP Rules!
LDC1:
I went on the first conference that all LDP'ers must go on. I was gone for an entire week to Landsdowne, VA. We stayed at the same place that the Washington Redskins were having their spring training so that was kinda fun.
Anyway, the purpose was for us to go to classes that deal with leadership as well as network with as many people as we possibly could. It was a pretty good deal. We got to see the CEO which was huge. He spoke to us for awhile and it was good.
I must say that I was a bit worried at first. Some of the classes seemed to be irrelevant to my job since I have no responsibility etc. The people seemed to relate to the stories about having 14 hours of work to do before noon. I was frustrated. I immediately got over that and found myself inspired by the stories I had heard. Some of these people were working really long hours in their first week and LOVING IT! After mulling in my situation, I saw the opportunities to get with these people and get job's out of them. My team coach was totally cool and as a result of a triangle of communication between Kathy, He and I: It looks like both Kathy and I may be moving.
That's right. Moving. How awesome is that.
The job is in Manassas so the commute could be unbearable. This job change could bring out a change in Organizations also. That would be funny. Funny and appropriate.
That is the biggest news.
Beyond that, ELDP so far has given me new inspiration to actually do things. I was really feeling that my career was heading nowhere. And worse, that my company was something other than what I wanted. I now believe that I have much to gain from this company/job/career. I am really excited and not so scared about being in a dead end job. I think its just THIS project that is not such a match for me. Soon I will be somewhere else. Good times.
The class so far has been pretty good. I think it should be a pretty good thing for me to get into. The degree I am now pursuing will be an MS in Systems Engineering. I'll be honest. It's not my first choice. I'd rather do the Computer Engineering degree at Virginia Tech but Logistically, it doesn't look like it's going to happen. Sucks. At least Systems Engineering is generic enough that I can use it anywhere.
Cory:
He is moving here this week. That should basically rule. Too bad I am going back to Rochester this weekend. Damn.
Prison Break:
I saw that new show on Fox called Prison break. It was pretty good. It got me excited for the upcoming season of Scrubs, Lost, Family Guy, 24 and other shows. Should be a good season team.
I went on the first conference that all LDP'ers must go on. I was gone for an entire week to Landsdowne, VA. We stayed at the same place that the Washington Redskins were having their spring training so that was kinda fun.
Anyway, the purpose was for us to go to classes that deal with leadership as well as network with as many people as we possibly could. It was a pretty good deal. We got to see the CEO which was huge. He spoke to us for awhile and it was good.
I must say that I was a bit worried at first. Some of the classes seemed to be irrelevant to my job since I have no responsibility etc. The people seemed to relate to the stories about having 14 hours of work to do before noon. I was frustrated. I immediately got over that and found myself inspired by the stories I had heard. Some of these people were working really long hours in their first week and LOVING IT! After mulling in my situation, I saw the opportunities to get with these people and get job's out of them. My team coach was totally cool and as a result of a triangle of communication between Kathy, He and I: It looks like both Kathy and I may be moving.
That's right. Moving. How awesome is that.
The job is in Manassas so the commute could be unbearable. This job change could bring out a change in Organizations also. That would be funny. Funny and appropriate.
That is the biggest news.
Beyond that, ELDP so far has given me new inspiration to actually do things. I was really feeling that my career was heading nowhere. And worse, that my company was something other than what I wanted. I now believe that I have much to gain from this company/job/career. I am really excited and not so scared about being in a dead end job. I think its just THIS project that is not such a match for me. Soon I will be somewhere else. Good times.
The class so far has been pretty good. I think it should be a pretty good thing for me to get into. The degree I am now pursuing will be an MS in Systems Engineering. I'll be honest. It's not my first choice. I'd rather do the Computer Engineering degree at Virginia Tech but Logistically, it doesn't look like it's going to happen. Sucks. At least Systems Engineering is generic enough that I can use it anywhere.
Cory:
He is moving here this week. That should basically rule. Too bad I am going back to Rochester this weekend. Damn.
Prison Break:
I saw that new show on Fox called Prison break. It was pretty good. It got me excited for the upcoming season of Scrubs, Lost, Family Guy, 24 and other shows. Should be a good season team.
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