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  1. Mid 2011 Update

    Sun 31 July 2011

    Over halfway through 2011, so it's time to revisit my goals again. I really should post more often.

    Personal Website

    pwnguin.net consistently gets more than a thousand hits a month. That's enough that I can start adding A/B experiments on the most popular pages. I've ...

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  2. May Goals Update

    Tue 31 May 2011

    Been a few months since I've set my goals for 2011, and the holiday's a good time to reflect on progress and life.

    Goals for 2011

    The website's still doing okay. I did waste a bit of time drafting an (unpublished) guide on using grep to solve ...

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  3. Good as new!

    Thu 10 March 2011

    So much for pristine brand new car condition. Bumped into a car in a parking lot last week. The other car barely had any damage, just some paint that will probably buff right out.

    Apparently modern bumpers are made of plastic, and can be repaired with a heat gun. Witness:

    before and after

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  4. Goals for 2011

    Mon 17 January 2011

    I don't think I published or set many goals for 2010, but it was a pretty good year. I landed a new job with KSU as a Java Developer, dramatically increased my savings rate, improved my homepage and completed watching MIT's EE introduction course. Turns out Electical Engineering ...

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  5. The unexamined life

    Sun 05 December 2010

    Not too long ago, I I read a book on Time Management. Well, a month into my new job, I think the routine has settled down enough to take another look. The transition from part-time to full time only took 10 hours out of my week, but feels like more ...

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  6. One Week In

    Tue 02 November 2010

    On Monday I started my new job as a developer for KSU's OME, in particular working on Identity Management. It's been a week now, long enough to fill out the paperwork, set up my workspace and start reading documentation, but not long enough to really start coding.

    The ...

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  7. New job; apartment hunting

    Mon 04 October 2010

    Picked up a job with KSU starting next month. More details later. But first, I need to line up a place to live. I'm pursuing a number of options, but let's start with the tactic that landed me a sweet place to live last time I moved out ...

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  8. Lucky!

    Fri 08 January 2010

    SparkFun held a "Free Day" on Jan 7th, giving away up to 100 dollars in goods per order (to a max of $100,000). With a bit of planning, an employment snow day and a lot of luck, I managed to snag one of the spots, and will recieve an ...

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  9. New job

    Thu 13 November 2008

    Today I started a new job as a "Systems Analyst" for a local community college. There's a lot of silly practices going on there, but I think I can fix at least a few of them before my time is up. Personal target number one is probably going to ...

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