One of the things I really liked about my last job was the ability to go into geek mode, and get paid for it. I'd spend a full day either writing code or researching something that I thought might help the biz. The mundane world would just fade away, and only the project at hand would, or could, be thought about. Now, I'm not a geek. More rather a geek wannabe. I have nither the skills nor experience to classify myself as a geek, though I do know the culture. So, when I say geek mode, I'm trying to convey a deeply satisfying and focused time. A happy time.
(Makes it even better that I was supposed to be working at my new job.)
Today I successfully installed, on my notebook:
Apache Web Server
PHP
MySQL
and an e-commerce engine.
Problem is, I gots no ones to share it with!
I'm the alpha geek in my world. (With the exception of some friends that I don't get to see F2F)
P38Pilot
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft
(accurate to within 11ft)
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Things that I'm afraid of...
To quote a prophet of mine:
"No aliens, psychopaths or MTV hosts
Scare me like vampires, mummies and the Holy Ghost"
But seriously..
These things scare me:
Acinetobacter baumannii - Currently accounts for 7% of all hospital acquired infections and few drugs can fight it.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - 102,000 infections per year and becoming ever more resistant to antibiotics.
Aspergillis - Once present in the bloodstream, you have a 50% chance of survival, even with the best antifungicides available.
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium - Major cause of heart, brain and abdomen infection. About 10% of hospital patients are infected. Current drugs fail to kill it quickly.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa - One of the best at learning how to adapt to anything we can throw at it.
Escheria coli - Nearly half of the drugs used to fight this infection are no longer working.
Klebsiella - Nearly half of the drugs used to fight this infection are no longer working.
H5N1 - Not really terrifying, yet. Current speculation is that it will enter the US soon. It's been the cause of over 200 million dying from the disease or being killed to prevent it's spread.
Maybe I shouldn't be working in the Sanitation industry...
Oh, and more subtley, I'm afraid of the Hamster Syndrome.
P38Pilot
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft
(accurate to within 11ft)
"No aliens, psychopaths or MTV hosts
Scare me like vampires, mummies and the Holy Ghost"
But seriously..
These things scare me:
Acinetobacter baumannii - Currently accounts for 7% of all hospital acquired infections and few drugs can fight it.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - 102,000 infections per year and becoming ever more resistant to antibiotics.
Aspergillis - Once present in the bloodstream, you have a 50% chance of survival, even with the best antifungicides available.
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium - Major cause of heart, brain and abdomen infection. About 10% of hospital patients are infected. Current drugs fail to kill it quickly.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa - One of the best at learning how to adapt to anything we can throw at it.
Escheria coli - Nearly half of the drugs used to fight this infection are no longer working.
Klebsiella - Nearly half of the drugs used to fight this infection are no longer working.
H5N1 - Not really terrifying, yet. Current speculation is that it will enter the US soon. It's been the cause of over 200 million dying from the disease or being killed to prevent it's spread.
Maybe I shouldn't be working in the Sanitation industry...
Oh, and more subtley, I'm afraid of the Hamster Syndrome.
P38Pilot
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft
(accurate to within 11ft)
New Day
Ok.. so it's a new day. Big fragging whoop.
I loath my new job and that makes actually showing up a bit of a chore.
There are so many things missing, from what I think a company's structure should look like.
We lack simple things like an org chart or SOP manuals. For a company this complicated, they are a necessity. And they are totally absent. Leadership would be nice.
I learned a few things about the owner. He's never worked for someone else.
His father ran this company until his death in '96. He dropped out of college to take over.
This explains quite a bit about how things are run, or rather allowed to run, as there is certainly little direction be offered by The MGMT.
This also explains why the Monday morning meetings don't start until he shows up, sometimes over an hour after the scheduled time, and the use of words in which I'd not post in a public forum. Quite obviously, the use of the "N" word in a sales meeting is inappropriate.
Many have told me to record a meeting and turn him in....
Though that would be the 'right' thing to do, there are issues with me not having the ability to pay the mortgage shortly afterwards.
Side note: Thinking of going on a bit of a fast for Lent. Not that I've any inclination towards religion, but the timing seemed to fit my need for a change.
P38Pilot (Skillset Exportable)
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'88.98' W158 01'52.29
Elevation: 78ft
(accurate to within 11ft)
I loath my new job and that makes actually showing up a bit of a chore.
There are so many things missing, from what I think a company's structure should look like.
We lack simple things like an org chart or SOP manuals. For a company this complicated, they are a necessity. And they are totally absent. Leadership would be nice.
I learned a few things about the owner. He's never worked for someone else.
His father ran this company until his death in '96. He dropped out of college to take over.
This explains quite a bit about how things are run, or rather allowed to run, as there is certainly little direction be offered by The MGMT.
This also explains why the Monday morning meetings don't start until he shows up, sometimes over an hour after the scheduled time, and the use of words in which I'd not post in a public forum. Quite obviously, the use of the "N" word in a sales meeting is inappropriate.
Many have told me to record a meeting and turn him in....
Though that would be the 'right' thing to do, there are issues with me not having the ability to pay the mortgage shortly afterwards.
Side note: Thinking of going on a bit of a fast for Lent. Not that I've any inclination towards religion, but the timing seemed to fit my need for a change.
P38Pilot (Skillset Exportable)
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'88.98' W158 01'52.29
Elevation: 78ft
(accurate to within 11ft)
Change your mind.
For a good number of weeks now.... frag, it's more like months..
Anyway, I've been in a funk.
I followed a difficult desicion (quit my job) with the accomplishment of a goal that I was never really certain that I could complete. (See Viscious Cycle Blog)
The new job did take a bit of time and I let some really sorry-ass excuses get in the way of living my life. Life began living me. And that sucked.
I dropped off the diet that I was on... and quit riding.. and more of less gave up on a lot of the goals that I'd planned for the new year. Sorry ass excuses really..
Today, in a fit of enthusiasum (which has been quite rare of late) I decided to change my mind.
To rethink why I do the things I do and change the behaviors I'm less than pleased with.
P38Pilot
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft (Sitting in a hammock)
(accurate to within 11ft)
Anyway, I've been in a funk.
I followed a difficult desicion (quit my job) with the accomplishment of a goal that I was never really certain that I could complete. (See Viscious Cycle Blog)
The new job did take a bit of time and I let some really sorry-ass excuses get in the way of living my life. Life began living me. And that sucked.
I dropped off the diet that I was on... and quit riding.. and more of less gave up on a lot of the goals that I'd planned for the new year. Sorry ass excuses really..
Today, in a fit of enthusiasum (which has been quite rare of late) I decided to change my mind.
To rethink why I do the things I do and change the behaviors I'm less than pleased with.
P38Pilot
Current meatspace coordinates:
N21 18'43.98' W158 01'06.29
Elevation: 12ft (Sitting in a hammock)
(accurate to within 11ft)
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