Published at 19:38 on 27 May 2016
Well, I’ve done it. I now have a land line after a little over 10 years of being cell-phone only. Two things precipitated this decision:
- About three years ago, I moved to Bainbridge Island. Once you leave the big city, cell coverage ceases to be so reliable. It was acceptable at the apartment I rented, but in my current home I get two bars of signal… at best. The missed and dropped calls at home eventually reached my breaking point.
- Verizon is getting more and more intolerable. They don’t care about troubleshooting the issues I currently have. All they care about is trying to up-sell me to a smart phone, which I do not want. My cell service is less reliable than ever and I have no hope of any quick or easy resolution to that issue.
We’ll see how long this option lasts. Traditional analog twisted-pair landlines are slowly dying out, and that’s what I just got. Reason is that the electric power here is unreliable, and I don’t want a cable or IP phone that depends on some piece of equipment somewhere that in turn depends on commercial power. With plain old telephone service I can use a phone powered by the battery plant in the central office.
It would be a shame if I eventually had to settle for something less reliable, but it may come to that. It wouldn’t be the first time a less reliable new technology has eclipsed a more reliable older one. (Just think of all those fidgety electronic soap dispensers, faucets, and towel dispensers in public restrooms.)
Published at 13:15 on 15 May 2016
Yes, I was there for the action. I left early because yesterday I woke with a cold and felt the need to get back home and rest. I wasn’t planning on being arrested anyhow; my role was more of a support one. Which I did.
Given how I fell asleep at 7:30 last night and didn’t get up until 6:30 this morning and have been napping all day, I would say my assessment that I needed to get home and rest was a correct one.
Published at 08:21 on 13 May 2016
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Published at 09:17 on 11 May 2016
What part of the boldfaced text (emphasis added) from my on-line résumé do you not understand, Mr. Terrell?
Note: I am not interested in jobs outside the Seattle area, nor am I interested in jobs outside the field of software development….
I know: it’s an academic question. You ran a harvester bot and then spammed me. Repeatedly. Welcome to my hall of shame.
From: Terry Terrell <terry.terrell1@swftmail.com>
To: xxxxx@xxx.com
Reply-to: Terry Terrell <terry.terrell@axa-advisors.com>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 01:09:10 +0000
Subject: hope to arrange an interview with you
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Published at 08:02 on 9 May 2016
Just because I feel like listing it, no other reason. I get several of these per day. Just because I don’t normally post them doesn’t mean I don’t get recruiter spam all the time.
Date: Mon, 09 May 2016 10:05:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Babin Raj <babin@ittblazers.com>
To: xxxxx@xxx.com
Subject: Fast Moving Requirement - Devops Engineer - San Jose, CA
Hi David,
This is Babin. I'm an IT recruiter at IT Trailblazers LLC. I found your
profile relevant to one of my current openings.
Title: Devops Engineer
Location: San Jose, CA
Duration: 12 Months
Job Description :
• Should have good working knowledge of Continuous Integration, Continuous
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Development
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• Knowledge of software build tools
• Ability to apply analytical and problem-solving skills to solve complex
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• Practical knowledge of Deployment best practices and procedures
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Gotta love all the crap in there about my receiving the sleazeball’s spam because I posted my résumé on line. It’s crap, of course: my résumé clearly indicates I am only interested in local opportunities.
