RejectReality

On Friday, I received my very first Blogger’s Prod™ (and hereby declare ownership of this term should it not already exist). Any bloggers that are reading this would know the gentle nudge you receive from friends when they want something to read and your blog has not been updated anywhere near frequently enough.

Oh well

Truth be told, the last two weeks have been absolute chaos, primarily because I had completely forgotten how much starting a new job throws you around. To really throw myself completely in the deep end (because I’m not known for doing anything less), I’ve not only started a new job, I’ve also started work in a different IT discipline to what I’ve done in the past and joined a new company.

To give some history, it was roughly 2 1/2 years ago when I started my last position where I was in the deep end - I’m now starting to remember those days quite vividly.

Still, the experience has been good so far and I’ve learnt heaps. Now I’ve just got to keep the momentum going, get my head back in the books and hopefully catch up on some sleep…. sometime.

Other events that have occurred in the last two weeks:

• I celebrated another nail being put in my coffin. Damn, 27 feels old
• I hit 100 k’s ridden in a week (103, actually )
• I found out how far out of practice I am at Quake 3 (although the after-work tournaments should fix that relatively quickly)
• I saw Stealth (not bad, although I would consider it a rental) and the Dukes of Hazzard (well worth it!)
• I knocked off 1/2 a semester of CCNA coursework in just over a week
• I’ve learnt exactly how bad the state of internal wiring in some buildings is, especially for DSL lines (and don’t get me started on DSL end-user hardware )
• I’ve reaffirmed my rather average experiences with Linux over the years are still valid, even with one or two of the latest-and-greatest out there.

I think that will do for now - more as I can remember it (and after I grab some sleep).