Older blog entries for scottyo (starting at number 13)

Update:

Coloc ISP has fixed problems. Determined tech support, at least. That's good.

Still no job, and I guess I won't be getting that interview with Linuxcare. The IT worker tech shortage is a myth. The only shortage is of perl and java programmers. I really don't like perl. Guess I may have to dig into java.

Speaking of Linuxcare, I'm glad to see lilo back. Sorry about the job. Glad you found a silver lining...

NPR just reminded me that the planets are aligning today. The dawning of new age?.....
The reporter ended his story with: "Maybe we are spending too much time staring at screens, and too little staring up at the heavens..."

Maybe so.

Argh! Just got through trouble-shooting my coloc ISP's network. It is getting really frustrating not being able to depend on communicating with my servers. I won't mention names here yet, but I sure hope it gets fixed soon.

It has occurred to me that maybe I should try to go to work for them. I'm just not real sure about SF, CA.

Columbia contact had a family emergency Friday. Looking for a job really sucks.

Well, I just posted to lilo's article on the front page. I apologize if I got it all wrong. I am sorry to see lilo go. I was beginning to track his diary.

My skin is thicker, and I don't consider what I did out of place, considering the record.

BTW, diary entries can be changed or obliterated as you all know. The statements I made in the comment were true at the time I made the comment.

Interviewed with Symatrix today. Seems like a good company.

Having fun with python classes.

Not much else here for now. Move along... ;)

I am really getting tired of all the "Meta-" articles. The only thing I can see wrong with Advogato is that it allows too many of this type of article. It reminds me of the old "should we allow anonymous cowards" discussions that popped up on Slashdot. Fortunately, *that* issue was decided from the beginning on Advogato. As a result, the articles and discussions (yes even the ones on meta-issues) are much higher quality here.

I use the certification system to "mark" people that I want to learn from or "follow" in some way. In return, I hope that people who certify me are willing to guage my progress. (In the future, maybe those who certify me will want to learn from or follow me in some way.)

I think the current certification system is fine. And I hope it is not changed too radically. And even though I get tired of the meta-topics, I hope change in what is allowed to be posted is not too great either. I liked Raph's idea of a "workshop" area for articles in progress.

Note that this diary entry is a comment on a current article that I didn't feel like posting to the actual article. It is really nice to have an option like that on Advogato. I can get it out of my system and only people who bother to read my diary will care. If you are reading this and it upsets you, that was not my intention. My intention was to vent *without* starting any kind of flame war. Yes, this is a very nice feature of this place!

Pet peeve:
I really hate websites with black backgrounds.

(Whew...glad to get that off my chest...)

I sent an e-mail to Eric Raymond yesterday to "let him know" that "someone" was using "his name" on Advogato and that I had doubts it was him...

Well...is my face red! It *is* him.

Other: I went to Columbia yesterday to see if anyone needed a Linux gun. Too soon to tell...

I've decided against going to Chicago for the Biz Expo. I've already applied to almost all the Linux companies I'm interested in anyway. Just figure it's a waste of my time and money.

Uncle.

No accounting for oversight. Oh, well...

Ah...the "Dimwit" cert level is gone, I didn't think it was all that bad an idea.

It would be nice to post this for discussion, but for now it will be here:
I like Advogato and I would be willing to pay a monthly or yearly subscription fee to keep it non-banner-ad-supported. I only mention it because I see this route chosen by successful sites that apparently feel the need for revenue to support the increased effort required to maintain them. It's understandable, and banner ads are not necessarily evil, but then follows acquisition and questions of integrity, blah, blah, blah... I'd hate to see that on Advogato. So Raph, if you're listening, and if it ever gets to that point, I'm good for $20 or $30 a year. Heck, even $5 a month would be a bargain as far as I'm concerned. It's sort of like NPR or PBS in my mind. "Viewer-supported web" at it's finest! (Just make the pledge drives brief, please ;-).

Now for my *real* diary entry:
I've begun building python data-structures for my numttt project. Slowly but slowly...

I just experimented with editing a diary entry from an earlier date to see if it retained the older date or gave it the current date. Well the answer is, "It gave it the current date." So, paragraphs below this one are from yesterday. Also, my thanks go to ingvar for leading me to enlightenment about "deities" in general and the dangers of the influence of Eris in particular.

I noticed that linus and esr have joined Advogato today. From the given notes, I'm unsure that these are who they say they are. Will someone remind me how we know?

Edited. I just noticed that whoever signed up as linus has changed their name from "The Linus" to "Linus T." This signals to me that this is someone who needs to be rated as "Dimwit". Remember, as I understand it, that someone rated as "Dimwit" can post comments. So If this guy posts some obnoxious comment, I will quickly remove this elevated certification. However, if it really turns out to be "The Linus T." , then I can proudly say I certified him as "Dimwit." (Besides, I sort of wanted to see what a "yellow" ranking looked like ;-)