Still Looking
I haven’t updated my blog in a while. I’ve been looking for a new job and about a month after being laid off, went to work as a contractor for the very same company that me go. It was a bit odd going back to work in a place I thought I would never see again. Pulling up in the parking lot the first day I had to laugh to myself, but I went back to work like I never left. My computer was still there and nothing had really changed.
During my time looking for a different job I created a new website with the domain name, www.paulhatfield.me, to keep my work separated from my blog. The website URL ends with “me”, because “com” was taken. My resume and screen-shots of the work I have done can be viewed on that website.
Also in my spare time I’ve been working to port the screen saver that I worked on several years ago to Linux and I have also been geocaching. A trip or two ago Alexis and I ran into more inhabitants, which will probably increase as things become greener. This will be our first summer geocaching and we expect the heat and humidity to rise. Our plan is to hit the trail early in the morning and hope things are much cooler.
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- Crazy Looking Lizard
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- Wise Long Horn
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- This is what Poison Ivy looks like.
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- A Travel Bug
Home Stretch
Alexis and I are reaching the end of our 6-7 month old home improvement project. There’s no picture this time since there’s not much more to see. It’s doubtful you would be able to see the grout and caulk very well and it’s not all that interesting to boot. All we have left is to seal the grout, install the shower head and shower handle, then buy and install the shower door. It will be a huge relief to be completely finished.
No transition here, but how about a picture instead.
Things I learned this month:
- You can access an array in C++ like this, “4[array]“, instead of the typical way, “array[4]“. I haven’t found a reason yet as to why it’s allowed, probably some historical reason.
- The AMC remake of “The Prisoner” is a waste of time to watch. The ending is poorly written and disappointing.
- It would have been easier to put up the X-mas lights if I had tucked the plastic doo-hickies under siding instead of under the roof shingles.
- Management is always right.
- The Star Trek movie that came out this year is great on DVD.
- Never leave home on Black Friday and the subsequent weekend.
- I’m addicted to Facebook games.
Times, they are a changing.
Here’s another picture from outside my window at work.
They are certainly making progress on the apartments across the street. I’m hazarding a guess that in a year or so the building I’m working in is going to be bought out. In its place will probably be more apartments.
Below is a view down the street. The street and sidewalks have been torn up.
