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  • Not a fan of NED or ITA but man those headers were perfect and ITA has all but given up. Sweep the leg, NED

  • Synthus said:
    Interview was had. I kept on the front foot the entire time and kept up-selling myself wherever I could. "We have some problems with our query speeds." Well, it's a good thing I have five years database administration experience as well. Also apparently the magic words during a group interview with an engineering department are, "I'm concerned that if I read the AWS documentation aloud, I might accidentally summon an eldritch horror." 

    The recruiter advocating for me was able to push the envelope off my performance. They not only matched the max range of my offer, but because I would have to move for the company, they threw an extra 6% on top of it as well as additional benefits. 



    I start at the end of next month after my vacation. Woohoo!
    Fuck yeah! Good for you man!
  • @Tahquil
     - I love the metal models. Keep posting! 



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  • @Anaidiana rest assured this series will continue. However, given reason to celebrate I have refrained from drunking metal modelling like a good girl.
  • Tahquil said:
    @Anaidiana rest assured this series will continue. However, given reason to celebrate I have refrained from drunking metal modelling like a good girl.
    It's only the USS Missouri. How inportant could it be? *eye*

  • Day 3 : USS Missouri still trucking on. We had a few issues with 2 tabs snapping off as I was trying to free the metal pieces from their frames. You can see that I've used the second set of cannons to prop up the back crane as superglue dries to keep it in place.


  • AthelasAthelas Cape Town South Africa
    edited July 2019
    A conversation I had this morning:

    Colleague: You still quitting smoking?

    Me: Yea.

    Colleague: When did you smoke last?

    Me: I don't know. Three weeks maybe? Hold on, let me check. * gets phone out to check calendar. *

    Me: O.M.G! No! It's been six weeks already.

    Colleague: * slowly nods head, quietly impressed *
  • Not usually a fan of coming into London for work, especially in a suit in his weather. But, Borough market is awesome to come to for lunch. I'd highly recommend it to anyone visiting. (Along with the HMS Belfast, or "Grandads boat" as my kids call it)

    (Party): Mezghar says, "Stop."
  • Work has been a battle and some things are pretty awful, but among the interspersed bits of joy, a few pieces of music have carried me through, like Mahler's second, ninth, Das Lied von der Erde, Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, Mozart's 41st. Good to go home, put something on, and just listen. If only I could enjoy these things live, to feel the beat of the timpani or all of the texture and colour.

    In slightly related news, it's that time of year - the Proms!
    And as he slept he dreamed a dream, and this was his dream.
  • Ellodin said:
    Work has been a battle and some things are pretty awful, but among the interspersed bits of joy, a few pieces of music have carried me through, like Mahler's second, ninth, Das Lied von der Erde, Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, Mozart's 41st. Good to go home, put something on, and just listen. If only I could enjoy these things live, to feel the beat of the timpani or all of the texture and colour.

    In slightly related news, it's that time of year - the Proms!

    Been listening to Herbert von Karajan and the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics at work.  Beethoven is a bit 'played' but the Brahms is nice.  I always like a good piano and violin concerto(s). 

  • edited July 2019
    Yeah I like Beethoven. But he gets played a lot is all Im saying. So it is nice to hear others.  Definitely a fan of Tchaikovsky and occasionally Rachmaninoff in general.  I do like a few of Mozart's violin concertos.  But I like the 'classical' style of warm sounds as opposed to the tinny baroque stuff. 

    Then to annoy my obnoxious office mate I play it without my headphones on, then switch to Slipknot, then 50 Cent.  He was officially dead to me when a Sirius station played Nickelback before I could change it and he said 'finally some good music'.  I almost beat him to death with my keyboard.

  • ArchaeonArchaeon Ur mums house lol
    What a bunch of geeks
  • edited July 2019
    I had the good fortune of attending the Philadelphia Philharmonic's rendition of, among other suites, the second from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. Capulets and Montagues was honestly one of the most stirring musical experiences I've ever had. A bit modern, but I think he can be forgiven, for that.

    And maybe it was only because I was young at the time, but hearing the 1812 overture performed by a full orchestra changed my mind about what music could be like. Talk about sitting under a cascade of beautiful sound.
  • Caelan said:

     I always like a good viola concerto(s). 

    Fify 

  • Is that knit or crochet?
  • Dang. That pattern is really nice and I was going to try and smooze a copy of it from you.
  • edited August 2019
    On to the last third of a knitting project I challenged myself to complete. There is a lot of lerarning going on.
  • Into part 2 of my 3 part hectic August. Having just had a week in Austin and another in LA for holiday, I was home for 2 days and now currently in the Venetian in Vegas for a conference. 4 days after I get back I'm.off to Belgium for the Formula 1. Sounded a good idea at the time, but this conference slap bang  in the middle is taking its toll on body clock. Still, Vegas never sleeps, right....?

    (Party): Mezghar says, "Stop."
  • Sobriquet said:
    Into part 2 of my 3 part hectic August. Having just had a week in Austin and another in LA for holiday, I was home for 2 days and now currently in the Venetian in Vegas for a conference. 4 days after I get back I'm.off to Belgium for the Formula 1. Sounded a good idea at the time, but this conference slap bang  in the middle is taking its toll on body clock. Still, Vegas never sleeps, right....?
    You probably should be at one of those Sunday Pools where everyone is getting wasted. Get out of your hotel room!
  • Currently putting Casino losses on expenses ;)

    (Party): Mezghar says, "Stop."
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