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Kyle dropped me a LinkedIn invite and mentioned that I hadn't been bloggin much recently... so I thought I'd post a quick update on life and work.

The move to Potsdam went very smoothly, considering that I did it in my 2 door VW... I was able to take much more than I thought with me in only two trips. Life here in the North Country has been pretty amazing, which is strange to say. I kind of figured I'd be quite bored for a while until I got settled into a group of friends - but instead I've found myself making excuses to stay in and enjoy the quiet time! I've met several extraordinarilly interesting people, as well as the run of the mill college students, and my social calendar is filling up quickly :).

I've also replaced my morning cup of coffee with a 15-20 mile bike ride from Norwood, down 56 into Potsdam - then depending on how I feel continuing on into Hanawa Falls, then looping back to Norwood on the River Road. I still love my coffee, but can now make it through the day without migraines if I forgo the indulgence. I've also recently taken up Kayaking, and plan to invest in one later this fall depending on the financial situation when I get to that point.

On the job front - things have fallen into place well at Clarkson - I'll be teaching EE261, Intro to Programming, and EE408, Visual Environments (aka MFC, though I'll be teaching .NET WinForms instead) this Fall, and EE368, Software Engineering Junior Lab, and one other course in the Spring. iTiE Solutions, Inc. hit the ground running a couple months ago and is fairing well, I'm just putting the finishing touches on my first contract today... I'll have details and some tech blog posts about that coming up soon. It also gives me some material to start a profile page at the company's overly neglected web page, which I intend to dedicate some time to this week.

So that's what's new with me. Hope everyone had a great 4'th!

Well it's eBay time again... I'm offloading my shiny new MacBook Pro - check out the auction and bid if you're interested :).

In other news.... well, there's nothing new yet. The summer's been pretty slow since the move back to Potsdam. My contract at Clarkson started earlier this week, but I don't have students until the end of the month. I'll have to spend a bit of time over the next few weeks getting my lesson plans and presentations together though.

Oh! Almost forgot - I'm going to see Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers next weekend in Saratoga Springs - woohoo! The Allman Brothers are opening - should be a great show!

Guess that's it for now. I really just wanted to shamelessly promote my laptop auction across the internet. Haha.

Recently at work we implemented a new Acceptable Use Policy for company equipment and resources, such as computers, email, internet access, etc. Part of the policy states that when posting to newsgroups or, in general, expressing yourself via email, that we must include a disclaimer stating that the opinions expressed are solely our own, and not the company's. I was just curious to know what, if any, disclaimer you're required to use in your company email to protect them from you running your mouth off.

Mine reads as follows:

DISCLAIMER: Opinions expressed in this email are strictly
those of its author, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions 
of Kenosia Corporation, HALO Technology Holdings, Inc., their 
subsidiaries, or affiliates.

Leave yours in the comments

Well it's official at work now, so I can finally post about it. Friday Aug 26 will be my last day as a Zedaker. I'm moving on to a company called Kenosia, starting right after labor day. I'm very much looking forward to having a fresh start somewhere new, after almost a full year of indifference towards the products I've been working on. I've enjoyed being at Zedak, and think it's been a great experience, but I've just found myself not real excited about what we do there; and an opportunity came along that's much more exciting.

More exciting how, you ask? Well for starters, Kenosia is effectively a start-up with an industry standard product. Kenosia started out as a Bristol subsidiary, and obtained quite a few major name customers. Just two months ago, however, they were aqcuired by HALO Technology Holdings, and are now starting fresh with the feel of a startup. So I'm really getting in at the ground floor during a very exciting time.

Additionally, they're going to whip my ass into shape right quick. This is a two part story; I'll start with the short one. Kenosia as an organization seems to be mildly obsessed with "personal wellness", which, as best I can figure, does NOT involve couches, tv, and beer, as I have previously been led to believe. In fact, it involves "running" (read: fast walking with noone chasing you) at lunch; 2 miles. Yikes. I think I may be able to make it a solid mile just before dropping dead at the moment. So mapped out a 1 mile loop near my home that I'm going to start running this weekend. If I can't do 2 miles without wanting to die before my start date, well then I'll just continue feeling like a big loser and life will go on I suppose ;).

So that's what's new with me. In other news, I'm working on my CSS a little. It's not perfect yet, but you can check it out here.

Google released Google Moon today in honer of the first manned moon landing on July 20, 1969. Google Moon is simply NASA imagery added to the Google Maps interface, so you can start planning your trip to the moon for those commercial space-vacations :).

Zoom in close; Google proves what we've all known to be true since childhood.

This is apparently in preparation for the opening of their Lunar Research Center. Job opportunities avaialble! Google Lunar Job Description

Just a quick update on the job situation for all of you keeping tabs. I have no job. If you want to hire me, please send me an email. Will work for money.

To that woman who called me from IBM and interviewed me for a position as a SAP consultant with CRM and supply chain management experience:

Actually it looks like I may be working for Pete @ CFDEV, which would be awesome. Me and Pete make a great development team, you might recognize us from such software development projects as "The elevator simulator from hell" and pOrganizer. Also, we made a mean lookin' Paint application back in the days of learning MFC.

Only time will tell... I'll keep you posted.