Aftermath

Posted on Tue 14 December 2004 in general

Well yesterday went well, no going back now. My boss took my
resignation well and now everyone* knows I'm off to new pastures next year. In other news:

The weekend was entertaining although not quite in sync with my plan to drink less alcohol. It could be my age showing …


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I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own!

Posted on Mon 13 December 2004 in general

Well I resigned from my current job today. My last day will be Thursday the 13th of January. I'll start at the new place the following Monday. New Year, New Job. I wonder what else 2005 holds for me....

Brand Loyal?

Posted on Tue 07 December 2004 in general

Two changes of pattern last night. Instead of my usual Monday Pepper href="http://www.bennee.com/~alex/wiki/index.php/Pasta%20Carbonara">Carbonara
I cooked myself a Penne Arrabiata.
It was nice although I overdid the chillies so it was a tad warm. Still all part of the learning …

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The Weekend

Posted on Mon 06 December 2004 in general

Not much happened shopping wise on Saturday. I make it to the pub on Saturday and meet up with various people which was nice. Drinking beer is a lot more enjoyable than shopping.

Sunday was also appropriately low impact although I did get a little garden work done (and introduced …

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Running on it own Four Pads

Posted on Sat 04 December 2004 in general

It only took around 5 hours of system time to compile the base system and large chunks of Gnome. Its still not fully setup yet but I'm getting there. One thing has already come to my attention. If you execute:

[root@malory]# netstat -ln
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Active …

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