Jay McGavren’s Journal

krysvs Once, @heisenthought coded a dating site in binary because he was bored. #thelegendofchung
about 9 hours ago from Swift

jaymcgavren @krysvs I heard @heisenthought’s favorite tool for searching server logs is “cat”. #thelegendofchung
about 8 hours ago from web

squanderingtime @jaymcgavren @krysvs I heard @heisenthought could bring a box out of kernel panic by glaring at it. #thelegendofchung
about 8 hours ago from Tweetie

alandd RT @jaymcgavren: @krysvs I heard @heisenthought’s favorite tool for searching server logs is “cat”. #thelegendofchung
about 8 hours ago from web

jaymcgavren I heard @heisenthought has to overclock his computer to play Quake… since it’s a restored UNIVAC. #thelegendofchung
about 7 hours ago from web

krysvs @squanderingtime @jmcgavren Bill Gates once personally apologized to @heisenthought (for everything). #thelegendofchung
about 7 hours ago from Swift

squanderingtime I heard @heisenthought could make a fully functional webserver using only a Speak & Spell #thelegendofchung
about 7 hours ago from Tweetie

jaymcgavren I heard @heisenthought had a client beg him to do Search Engine Optimization… it was Google. #thelegendofchung
about 7 hours ago from web

krysvs I heard @heisenthought doesn’t have an SSN; he has a MAC address. #thelegendofchung
about 6 hours ago from Swift

Going salaried at my current employer, and have to fill out a job application as a formality. So I was digging around for past employer info in my archives, and came across this e-mail, sent on the occasion of departing Pegasus Solutions…

Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005
From: Me
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317)
To: John
Subject: Re: New job!

John McGavren wrote:
 > What level are you now, and what did you put your stat points into?
 > Oh! I'm curious about the loot you got from killing the pegasus too.
 > Any tomes of knowledge? Or swords?

Um, no.  But I am gonna take my stapler with me.

-Jay

The plan was sushi, Golden Gate, jazz bar, hotel. When Logan and Stacey and their 18-month-old joined us, it became sushi, hotel (kid needs his sleep), golden gate, jazz bar, hotel.

What finally happened, though, was french cuisine, impound lot, hotel.

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Well, it looks like I don’t escape this downturn unscathed. Integrum just laid off half their staff, including me.

Three guys were suddenly called into one office for a meeting. The rest of us were called into the board room. “Oh, no,” I thought, “they’re laying them off and this is to apprise us of the situation and reassure us that we still have jobs.”

Well, I was half right - the larger group was the one getting laid off. My ears were actually ringing for most of this… “There’s no easy way to say this… The first two quarters were really rough… I hate doing this… I’ll give any of you a glowing letter of recommendation…”

The unlucky ones met up at a restaurant afterwards to talk and plan. Those with savings were going to look into consulting and side jobs for a while. Those without were going on unemployment and starting job hunts. Nobody was really angry at Integrum, just numb and sad.

I’m sad too. This was the best bunch of people I’ve ever been privileged to work with. Hopefully I will be working with them more, just in other venues…

On this page, Microsoft actually encourages linking to their cache of your avatar image. These actually update as you change your avatar, too.

So here’s a group shot of me and my friends, as we appear on Live currently, apparently with a strong wind blowing from the left…

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Rode along to Six Flags with Jennifer and Bryan - lotta fun. The wait for the X2 was ridiculous, especially considering it was like a 90 second ride, and there were zero lines for the rest of the coasters. At least we got some cool photos while in line… The Flip Mino video camera I got as a Christmas present from Integrum took some impressive video while on the coasters themselves. (Er, that is, it would have, if we had broken the rules and brought it, which we would never do.)

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In a happy coincidence, Eric and Hitomi just moved less than an hour away from there, so we got to combine trips and visit them. We didn’t get to do conveyor sushi (that restaurant was tiny and packed) but we hit another sushi place, and even Jennifer and Bryan tried some sashimi. (Pretty brave considering Bryan got some bad fish a while ago.)

On the way back Diana fought her way into a crowded outlet mall and emerged with one of those shamelessly self-branded Coach purses for $70 (which I’m assured is a great price). Hey, if she can get her shopping fix at a discount, I’m all for it.

I’ve always flown into LA in the past, so I didn’t know the drive was so beautiful. Pasadena, especially, is a place I’d like to go back and visit at some point. Guess that’s next trip!

Passed on by Jeremy:

You answer the following 12 questions about yourself.

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you attend?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One word to describe you?
12. Your Flickr name?

Type your answer to each of the above questions into Flickr’s search. Using only the images that appear on the first page, choose your favorite and copy and paste each of the URLs into the Mosaic Maker (3 columns, 4 rows).

1. Bill Gates and Jay Z, 2. Sweet & Sour Pork, 3. Brendan Benson at the Southgate House, 4. green & blue, 5. Halle Berry, 6. Pepsi Billboard on Hudson River (Manhattan), 7. Kalalau Lookout - Kauai, Hawaii, 8. Hersheys Chocolate Cake 2, 9. DataArt Software Outsourcing Developer (fun), 10. Wife, listen to me!, 11. Energetic, 12. Gamer

Iz Izzy!

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Jeremy Loves Mexican Juices