Ok, so for those of you who didn't know already my life has been a whirlwind this past week. I went from signing up for classes at IPFW to moving to Muncie and quickly too. So here it is.
Monday morning:
I get a call to do an interview at Yorktown High School, they need a new chemistry teacher. They want me to interview at 5:00 that day. I had just been trying to sign up for classes at IPFW the previous night.
Monday evening:
After a very short interview I felt like I didn't have a shot. So at 8:30ish when I get a call offering me the job I'm excited. The catch? I have to get a packet of information ready and get signed up for an emergency license. Oh, and school starts in 1 week.
Tuesday-Wednesday:
Got everything ready so I could leave work on Friday. It was sad, but it was fast enough I didn't have time to think about anything.
Thursday:
Got my books and everything I would need to start making lesson plans and such. Got a tour of the school and their expectations. Then I went apartment hunting and found a great on in Mill Pond with a balcony and a second bedroom for an office. Awesome.
Friday:
Left work at noon, had a meeting at Purdue, then packed up my stuff from home and headed out with the van and trailer.
Saturday morning:
Got up at 5AM and started loading the van here. I'm almost completely ready to go. When Kelli is ready we're heading to Yorktown to start getting the room ready and unload at the apartment. Tonight mom and dad come with the other van I loaded at home and then we head back to the lake for my desk, bed, and whatever little things are left.
Sunday:
Unpack and keep getting ready for school.
Monday:
First teacher day, meetings and training all day, meet people and hope to remember their names.
Tueday:
Students start and I sink or swim.
8/9/08
8/2/08
Microsoft supporting OSS?
Interested in Microsoft or open source? Read more:
http://tillamookrage.blogspot.com/2008/08/oss-friendly-microsoft.html
http://tillamookrage.blogspot.com/2008/08/oss-friendly-microsoft.html
7/27/08
7/14/08
Office Prank
For some reason we got a doll in, and Matt was creeped out by it. So I decided to play a little prank on him for when he gets in tomorrow.
The second picture is now also his background. I haven't stopped laughing yet.
The second picture is now also his background. I haven't stopped laughing yet.
7/9/08
I can't even make a title for this...
I just hit an all time low in tech literacy. I see a lot of strange people, and people who can't use technology, and that's normal in society. I have no problems with that and am always glad to help. But wow. I just found a new low.
A guy came in and said he couldn't get his computer hooked up so he was getting rid of it. I should preface this by saying he looked like your stereotypical crazy person with Doc Brown hair and Mr. Magoo glasses with camo pants. I expected him to pull up and shout "The government is putting fluoride in the drinking water!" So I went to unload the computer and there was no computer in the van. After my description that shouldn't come as a surprise. So I asked where it was and he told me "Well it's right there!" as if I was blind. The only thing in the back was a VCR. I asked if that was it and he again acted like I was stupid. I had to stand there in shock for a moment, but I knew why he couldn't get his computer hooked up. To make things better, on the release form he asked us to physically destroy the hard drive to remove all data. That will be easy...
A guy came in and said he couldn't get his computer hooked up so he was getting rid of it. I should preface this by saying he looked like your stereotypical crazy person with Doc Brown hair and Mr. Magoo glasses with camo pants. I expected him to pull up and shout "The government is putting fluoride in the drinking water!" So I went to unload the computer and there was no computer in the van. After my description that shouldn't come as a surprise. So I asked where it was and he told me "Well it's right there!" as if I was blind. The only thing in the back was a VCR. I asked if that was it and he again acted like I was stupid. I had to stand there in shock for a moment, but I knew why he couldn't get his computer hooked up. To make things better, on the release form he asked us to physically destroy the hard drive to remove all data. That will be easy...
7/7/08
Fire in the hole
I set up a drive to wipe on my testbed system and walked out to throw a few things in the recycling bins in the warehouse. I came back and my office was filled with smoke, I shut off the computer and pulled the drive out to the warehouse. Here is what I found:
This is actually the second time I've seen this, in both cases it was a 40GB Seagate drive. It had gotten hot enough to melt through the metal.
Here's a closeup of the hole and the black goop oozing out the side.
I pulled off the metal backing and saw where it had burned the foam padding, which is what made the smoke and terrible smell.
If you ever wondered what a burnt circuit board looked like, here you go.
Melted chunks of circuit board and foam all over the aluminum housing of the drive. Yum.
This is actually the second time I've seen this, in both cases it was a 40GB Seagate drive. It had gotten hot enough to melt through the metal.
Here's a closeup of the hole and the black goop oozing out the side.
I pulled off the metal backing and saw where it had burned the foam padding, which is what made the smoke and terrible smell.
If you ever wondered what a burnt circuit board looked like, here you go.
Melted chunks of circuit board and foam all over the aluminum housing of the drive. Yum.So that was my excitement for the morning, I decided to post this for anyone who would never get to see this.
7/1/08
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