Exercise log for May Tue 5/1: Wed 5/2: Thu 5/3: Fri 5/4: Sat 5/5: Sun 5/6: DDR 30 min, weight 269.8 Mon 5/7: DDR 45 min, weight 273.2 Tue 5/8: Wed 5/9: Thu 5/10: Fri 5/11: DDR 30 min Sat 5/12: Sun 5/13: Mon 5/14: Tue 5/15: Wed 5/16: Thu 5/17: Fri 5/18: DDR 30 min Sat 5/19: Sun 5/20: Mon 5/21: Tue 5/22: Wed 5/23: DDR 30 min Thu 5/24: Fri 5/25: Sat 5/26: Sun 5/27: Mon 5/28: Tue 5/29: Wed 5/30: Thu 5/31:

Does anyone know Flash here? I found out Shutterfly is seeking a Flash developer. If you are one, or know one, contact me, or email jobs@shutterfly.com and tell them gconnor sent you. (looks like they’re in a hurry for this one, hence the broadcast, but if you’re looking for other types of jobs, browse shutterfly’s jobs page!) Sr. Flash Developer Does an opportunity to work with the latest technologies to serve millions of enthusiastic users excite you? Are you passionate about designing and building products that will have an immediate and personal impact on a loyal customer base? Do you want to experience the thrill of a working in a successful fast growing engineering organization with opportunities for leadership and personal growth? Shutterfly pioneered the exciting world of online digital imaging. We are now looking to extend our lead by building the next generation of digital image based Products and Services. We are looking for a self motivated, outstanding Flash Developer who will join a team that will work closely with our experienced Product Marketing, User Experience and Creative teams to deliver web based application, client based applications, and presentation components for our valued customer base. Responsibilities: • Collaborate with product managers, interaction designers, operations, and other members of the project team in requirements specification, feasibility analysis, detailed engineering analysis and launch planning • Design and Development of Flash animation and applications for our Web Services and desktop application • Provide leadership in the use of Flash technology and mentorship in educating the organization on the capabilities and constraints of Flash • Participate in deciding the direction of Flash in our products and services Qualifications: • Minimum 4 years of Flash development experience on major Flash Projects • Mastery of ActionScript 2.0 and object oriented programming • Experience creating dynamic Flash applications that use XML and server side technologies • Experience with XML and Flash, including an understanding of XSD/DTD for validation • Flash Remoting and Communication Server experience a plus • Comprehensive understanding of web browsers and front-end technologies, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. JSP a plus. • Will need to work well with User Experience team (interaction and usability), Engineering team (server communication and application integration), and Creative team (look and feel). • Must have a portfolio or other way to demonstrate previous work for reference. • Experience and desire to mentor others in understanding Flash, appropriate use of Flash, and learning to program with Flash. • BS/MS in Computer Science desirable Our employees at Shutterfly are passionate and possess the deeply held belief that a team working for a cause will reach and benefit millions of people. We are looking for those rare individuals who share our passion about building a great company while delighting our customers, partners and fellow employees. Shutterfly offers many perks and benefits beyond salary. We offer Shares in our company, 401K, 10 Company Paid Holidays as well as 15 PTO days per year – and your birthday is a paid day off! We are easy to find off 101 on the peninsula, half way between San Francisco and San Jose in Redwood Shores, right next to Oracle. We keep a fun and casual environment at Shutterfly. Free drinks and cheap snacks are always available. We have walking and biking trails all right outside the front door. We have the excitement of the dotcom era and the stability of an established, profitable company. We provide Medical, Dental, and Vision as well as Life Insurance, Short & Long Term Disability, and an Employee Assistance Program. Shutterfly is an equal opportunity employer. Please submit your resume to jobs@shutterfly.com. No Phone Calls Please.

I got a Playstation3 a week or so ago, along with DDR and a dance mat… and it turned out that the dance mat doesn’t work with PS3 directly. (The game itself works fine, if you count “works fine” as “you can play the dancing game with the hand controller if you want”… feh). Earlier readers may remember that I tried a normal “PS2 to USB” converter and this didn’t work… my “controller” lacks either a “PS” button or “Analog” button. (Problem is now resolved. Read on…) ...

I wanted to get a game machine so that I could play DDR (Dance Dance Revolution). I was pretty close to getting the PS2, but I noticed that the PS3 is available, plays PS2 games, also plays Oblivion, and has HD support (including playing BluRay disks). So, I took the plunge. Apparently, DDR works fine in PS2 compatibility mode, but the dance pad/mat doesn’t work, even with a PS2 to USB converter. (Silly problem… PS2 controllers work with the USB converter, if you’re playing a PS3 native game, but playing a PS2 game causes PS3 to forget which controller is which, and you have to press the “PS” button on the controller after loading the game to assign a port number to the controller; the dance pad lacks this magic button) Which means I can use the mat for other games, but not DDR, and I can play DDR with the handheld controller only (not a great workout). I guess the people who were supposed to test that old controllers work and old games also work didn’t think to test these things at the same time? hmmm. ...

Exercise log for April Sun 4/1: Mon 4/2: Tue 4/3: Wed 4/4: Thu 4/5: Fri 4/6: Sat 4/7: Sun 4/8: Mon 4/9: Tue 4/10: Wed 4/11: Thu 4/12: Fri 4/13: Sat 4/14: Sun 4/15: Mon 4/16: Tue 4/17: Wed 4/18: Thu 4/19: Fri 4/20: Sat 4/21: Sun 4/22: Mon 4/23: weight 270.8 Tue 4/24: DDR, 20 min Wed 4/25: DDR, 15 min Thu 4/26: Fri 4/27: Sat 4/28: DDR, 20 min Sun 4/29: Mon 4/30:

Tonight’s talk started out with me saying “I am out of clean clothes, do you think you might be able to do laundry tomorrow?” and from there led to “By the way, you mentioned a long time ago that you would like to make dinner once a week or so, do you still feel like you want to do that?” Finally I got to my real question which was, “Do you think I should ’take it easy’ on you and avoid asking you to do things because you are depressed and need taking care of, or do you think I should just start asking you to do the things I want you to do?” Anyway, I made her very upset, mostly because she feels like now she is not going to be able to do the writing assignments she pledged to do and that I should have known that this was a bad time to talk about things. Yes, I probably should have known, because she DID tell me about the writing projects and I said at the time that I would be supportive. I probably should have just said “Hey can you do laundry tomorrow” and left it at that.

OK, it’s been a little while but let me see if I can remember most of what we talked about. This was on her birthday, as we were driving to dinner.

Job? Started. Commute? Sucky. People? Awesome! Challenge? Huge. Storage? Peta. Docs? Wiki. Machines? Two. Desktop? Nice. Laptop? Nicer. Network? Wireless. Email? Exchange. Inbox? Thousands. Filters? PLEASE?! Tired? … tud.

Happy amcnh day!

We had a good talk tonight. I will tell more about it later.