Forgot to post this...

My blog is now at http://www.romsteady.net/blog.

For those of you who don't read my blog at http://romsteady.blogspot.com/, I begin work at Ritual Entertainment a week from today.

I'm no longer writing my journal entries here.

Instead, I'm updating my domain, http://www.romsteady.net/, on a regular basis. I'm also blogging at http://romsteady.blogspot.com/.

That way, people who are philosophically opposed to coming to Slashdot won't have to come here.

Two small items.

1. There will be an updated version of my whitespace article next week on Code Project.

2. I will also be submitting an article on auto-updating applications to Code Project next week.

I have taken a side job as a contractor, and I'm debating as to whether or not to keep it.

When I was working at Microsoft, I knew the project intimately and I could work on anything and use as much time as needed as long as it advanced the project.

Now, I'm working for Layton City, and I've got 30 projects on my plate. I can work on any of them at any time, although I'll usually focus on one or two for a couple of weeks to advance them quite a ways or even finish them.

Well, we've rolled out the first major project from our small development team (here).

Now, I'm rewriting our business licensing program. Joy of joys.

Since when is commenting on "opt-out" instead of "opt-in" when referring to a telemarketing bill "Offtopic"? I've only done Offtopic mods *once*, and that was when the post was not only Offtopic, but severely offensive.

Mods, save your points. Moderate up the posts that are hidden gems, and moderate down the posts that are complete crap. Leave the middle posts alone.

I'd say that's one way to reduce/eliminate the annoying "First Post" crew, but it makes it a bit annoying to have to wait, especially when you think you have something useful to say.