Jet lag
Apparently I'm not over my jet lag just yet, as it's 5:30am and I can't get back to sleep. I've been up for about an hour now. Oh well.
The book
Just a little status update... The book went to print last night, so I guess that makes me a published author or something. Cool, huh?
Arrived yesterday
So, Andrew and I arrive in Santa Clara from Canberra yesterday. It took about 24 hours of travelling, and a lot of queueing to make that happen, but we're here finally. I must admit I'm really liking things so far, I was a bit worried about the expense of rent until we went and saw am apartment complex this morning, and I'm not worried about that now. The mall is nice (the local one that is), the temporary apartment is nice (photos soon), and the rental car is crap, but that's ok. On a musical note I only just recently discovered the Black Eyes Peas, so I picked up Elephunk this morning. Damn that's a good album -- it's rare for me to find a disc that I like every track on, but this is one of them. Anyways, here. Alive. In Santa Clara for now. Must wander off now...
Recursive linkage zen
University of Canberra, my undergraduate university has banned Sony music CDs because of their evil DRM scheme. I can confirm that Professor Cheetham is real (he lectured me on electronics), and that the address certainly looks correct too. [icbm: home]
Stilly, the lump of meat
It turns out that not only am I a diagnosis, but I also over estimate, and secretly hate project managers. Thanks Gordon, that's probably the nicest farewell I've ever had. [icbm: home]
Giving Google Analytics a go
Just when you think you have a good idea for an application, you're employer announces that they now have one in the form of a web analytics package. So, I've set it up here, which took all of about two minutes, and am giving it a go.
Building an answering machine using a $10 winmodem
Perhaps I'll use the uber PC I intend to get in the US as an answering machine as well, although going the whole hog with Asterisk is pretty tempting too. [icbm: home]
Packing
It's time for Catherine and I to start thinking of packing for the move, and as ever it's a barrel of laughs. We've made the decision that there is a bunch of stuff which we're not going to bother to take with us... Mainly things like reference books which I haven't used in years, but can't bear parting with. We've therefore entered the exciting world of boxing and listing everything which we're leaving. We're also doing something similar for the things with a lot of value which we're moving to the US. I decided that it was time to roll out an official stillhq wiki to hold this sort of documentation, as well as other things which seem like they should be documented over time. This is the first time that Catherine has used a wiki, and so far it's working well.
Microsoft Australia’s profit
Microsoft Australia's profit drops by 40%. Interesting given that I haven't noticed a marked drop in their sales of desktops and office... The market has grown, and I suspect their share of that market has therefore fallen, but I didn't realize that they were less profitable. Is this because they're not innovating fast enough and there are large gaps between product releases? [icbm: dcs]