Archive for August, 2001

So Much for Being Appreciated

— August 24th, 2001, 2:30 pm by Chad | Personal

So, just when you think life’s starting to really go well again, you get thrown a massive curveball. My one year anniversary at Mirim was supposed to be this Tuesday, but I got called into Linda’s office yesterday afternoon and was unceremoniously laid off. Three months ago they told me I was up for a promotion, and yesterday I became the most expendable developer in R&D. Read more…

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Ooh! Aqua!

— August 16th, 2001, 10:00 pm by Chad | Personal

While Jennie continues to play Dr. Mario 64, I decided to write my first entry on my brand new iBook. As much as anything, I bought it so that I could goof around with Mac OS X. It’s pretty cool so far. It’s got its quirks, but so did Linux when I started playing with it. The multimedia capabilities are pretty slick, and it’s really nice having a full-blown UNIX laptop.

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