I responded to a question posed by bradhicks in this post: What Do You Think of Your Opponents. I wanted to also record my thoughts here. Some of my friends might be interested in this discussion also… Question (paraphrased) On the issue you feel most strongly about, think about those who actively/strongly disagree with your stance. Why do they disagree? Is it a matter of philosophy? Stupidity or non-logical thinking? Ignorance of some facts? Or selfishness/malevolence? ...

For anyone on my f-list familiar with Boston: I need a description of walking down a cobblestone street of olde Boston at 3 am. What does it look like, what does it smell like, what is open, what is closed, and what shops are closed but obviously have activity inside? Think you can help? My deadline is Friday :)

So it turns out that my boss is leaving the company to go to Google. He will be managing a team of 8 or 10 sysadmins (that sounds familiar… hmmm). I am not sure if this is on the IT side or the production side… I really envy the guy and I’m happy for him, but I can’t help but think that working here is going to start to suck. Maybe this is a signal that it’s time to start looking elsewhere. I haven’t decided to leave, actually, but I know that it’s a lot nicer to look for a job when the pressure to survive is not immediate. Better bargaining position too. ...

I have been adding people to my network using Linked In (http//www.linkedin.com/). But, because of my personal views on privacy, I’m a bit hesitant to give them the email addresses for all of my friends. If you already use LinkedIn, and you would like to connect with me directly, view my profile and send me an invitation: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nekodojo - if you’re prompted for my email, enter gconnor at nekodojo.org (they already have my email so it’s OK to give it to them again) ...

I added the rest of the gaming session to the end of the previous entry. “continued” link below jumps to the new text. Serene is the first one out the door. Holfast can be seen following three people from a distance: the two soldiers (Bombin and Roscoe) and a woman in priestess robes, probably a follower of Tyr. The three of them are also running toward something… some sounds of a commotion. ...

Finally (!!) I got around to hosting the first session of my D&D 3e Forgotten Realms campaign. Session notes posted to … As our scene opens, four adventurers have come from the Shieldmeet festival in Battledale and have ridden pretty hard to get through the forest before nightfall. They manage to emerge from the forest proper just as the sun is setting (easier to do in the peak of summer) and they reach the town of Ashabenford just as it’s starting to get dark. more…

Happy 3.14 day everyone! (But especially jake!)

For cyrano, thistle, or anyone else who does technical customer service. This is regarding a customer service job opportunity in San Francisco. Read on if you are interested…

cat pic! (that is all)

I have some smart people on my friends list, so please allow me to pick your brains. If web programming and/or databases aren’t your thing, please move along. :) I have a project here at work that I need to slap together in about a week. It doesn’t have to be fancy, as it’s mostly going to be used by me and a couple others on my team. There’s a bunch of data that I want to dump into a mysql db, and then I want to be able to create three or four web pages that correspond to certain SQL queries. I am pretty comfortable with the mysql part, and I could create the web pages/forms that I want, but doing so in perl would take me a long time. ...