You can’t find everything on Craigslist. In San Francisco, you can find everything in life on Craigslist–furniture, apartment, job, lover, moving supplies, etc. There’s no need to go elsewhere. For me, that’s the place for apartments. I don’t think more than a handful of San Francisco apartments aren’t listed on…
Internet access is insanely expensive. FedEx Kinko’s charges $0.20 per minute. A coffee shop on Denny charges $0.14 per, but the first 30 minutes is free with a drink. This other copy place in Capitol Hill charges $0.10 per, which is the best I’ve found. I think I spent $24…
I tired out the 545 ST Express Bus from Capitol Hill to Microsoft this morning. Traffic-wise, the problem–at least at 9:15am–is getting out of Seattle, onto the 520, and then onto the bridge. After that, there was little, if any, traffic until the Microsoft exit (just like the persistent “Oracle…
I ditched the Crown Vic! First thing on my agenda this morning was to track down a smaller car from Avis. Quite challenging. The phone number for the Avis desk at SEA-TAC doesn’t connect to the desk there. It transfers to a variety of national 800 numbers. Hit zero, you…
That’s all it took to make me realize how much I will miss San Francisco and my small circle of friends there. The Crown Victoria was the only car available from Avis. It’s the kind of car used by taxi drivers and the police. It is a boat. It is…
I took everything down from the walls today in preparation for the packers arriving Thursday. All my pictures and wood masks and posters. I replaced the relatively expensive polished chrome electrical faceplates with cheap white plastic ones that cost just $0.50 a piece. I have even taken down most of…
For the past week, my stomach has been bothering me more and more. Every meal has been a chore, no matter how hungry I am, and each meal has been harder to eat than the last. I think I know why, now. I was worried it was just the malarial…
I’ve been thinking of “Last Times” these past few days. Wednesday was the last lunch with Kevin. Wednesday was my first and last developer marketing meeting with Michelle and Andrew. Thursday was my last Caltrain commute, and my last long bike ride along the Bayshore trail. Thursday, much to my…
Andrew– Each day this moment has come closer, it’s becoming harder and harder to do. But I have received an offer from the Visual Studio team at Microsoft, and have decided to accept it. It’s a very good career move for me, an offer I can’t turn down. The reason…
Told my boss this afternoon that I plan to leave Oracle. I find out Monday if I’m getting walked. I hated every minute of it. It feels like breaking up with someone. You know they’ll be disappointed. And it feels even worse when you care about the people you work…
