I logged in to manila sites the other day, and received notice that my blog over there is going away. Bummer. But free things don't last forever.

My life is getting way to spread out anyway. Time to regroup and start getting some part of it under control.

Today, I'm listening to a bit of AYWKUBTTOD. Good stuff so far.

I grilled some meat pucks, and made a pot of coffee.

(My other blog isn't working today, so I'll post here instead.)

Monday was the first day at the new job. It was also the first day the new office was open for use. I went in and picked a cubicle, and signed up for a parking permit.

Being treated like an adult instead of cattle was a refreshing experience.

Ok, you're at OSCON, and you're stinking blog is offline, but you really feel like you'd like to make an entry.

What can you do? Post to slashdot as a anonymous coward, and hope no one notices you're post until you can get home and cut-n-paste it to somewhere more permanent.

I'm here, with only a "exibit only" pass rubbing elbows with geeks from all over, that I have never met. Reminds me of all those "World of Commodore" meetings I went to in the 80s.

I'm having a fairly good time drinking hefeweizen (wheat beer) and listening to the conversations around me. The exhibitors are a bit of a letdown, but that isn't surprising. What on earth is there to get excited about?

The "terminal room" is completely full of Apples. How can people so quickly forget that Apple would have liked to see the whole PC movement die a quick death? Apple is more like Microsoft than they'd like to admit. Remember that next time you use your PCI based system. (Apple would have us all using closed "nubus" stuff if they had their way.)

I was standing in front of the EFF booth, and Wil Wheaton drifted up. Funny. Wil didn't ever get any bigger.

I'm off to a party in an hour. Hopefully things will pick up there.

Later.