{"id":3,"date":"2005-08-01T00:29:33","date_gmt":"2005-08-01T05:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.p14nd4.com\/blog\/?p=3"},"modified":"2016-06-27T14:50:25","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T19:50:25","slug":"new-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.p14nd4.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/01\/new-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"New Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a new blog (old blog was <a href=\"http:\/\/p14nd4.blogspot.com\/\">here<\/a>, <abbr title=\"by the way\">btw<\/abbr>), now hosted on my own server. I set it up as a &quot;fun project&quot; while I was at work last week. I know it&#8217;s been a while since I updated, but as you&#8217;re probably aware, I&#8217;m fairly lazy, coupled with the fact that I&#8217;m also quite busy between getting up for work around 7 AM M-F, biking ~30 minutes downtown since <a href=\"\/gallery2\/v\/alwaysBEthere\/2005-07-01-new-office\/\" title=\"Photo gallery of the new office\">my work moved<\/a> to the Warehouse District in Downtown Minneapolis. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[Aside] I&#8217;m generally displeased with the move for a number of reasons.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My commute changed from a bike ride of about seven minutes to about 30 (this is particularly bad when it&#8217;s ~90&deg; F outside).<\/li>\n<li>I lost my private office, and now am not only out among annoying people, but my back is about 5&#8242; from my boss&#8217;s office door.<\/li>\n<li>I lost my free underground parking (there&#8217;s no parking by the building, actually; several people are probably paying a couple hundred dollars per month to buy a spot &#8230; great plan whoever decided to move here).<\/li>\n<li>I lost my 24\/7 building access. (While this hasn&#8217;t been a problem yet, I&#8217;ve definitely made midnight stops at the office to fix things multiple times in the past, so thils will suck.)<\/li>\n<li>Three people bring their dogs in to work on a regular basis. One of them urinates, poops, vomits, and has diarrhea on the carpet on a regular basis, and no one seems to scold the dog in any way. On the contrary, they just take the dog for a walk after it messes up the carpet. Apparently they didn&#8217;t bother to pay attention to basic conditioning techniques in intro psych :'(. It&#8217;s incredibly frustrating (and disgusting). P.S. I&#8217;m allergic to dogs.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.p14nd4.com\/gallery2\/v\/alwaysBEthere\/2005-07-01-new-office\/050717_1323_aBt_Office_001.jpg.html\" title=\"Photo of server room at new office\">The server room at the new office<\/a> is tiny, has very little power, no ventilation or lighting, and overall sucks compared to its counterpart <a href=\"\/gallery2\/v\/alwaysBEthere\/050527_1049_Office_003.jpg.html\" title=\"Photo of server room at old office\">at the old office<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Someone stole my <abbr title=\"Liquid Crystal Display\">LCD<\/abbr> (flat panel) during the move. Now I&#8217;m stuck on a crappy <abbr title=\"Cathode Ray Tube\">CRT<\/abbr> (regular monitor) at 1024&#215;768. It hurts my head.<\/li>\n<li>I think the closest Chipotle is slightly farther away than the previous location<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the other hand, there have been a few mild benefits.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My mid-day commute T-Th to and from class has been cut from ~35 minutes each way to ~15 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>My commute from work to <a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/adrianne.jpg\" title=\"Adrianne\">Adrianne<\/a>&#8216;s house is down from ~35 minutes to ~15.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But yeah, overall, not tremendously pleased with the move. [\/Aside]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My class ends this coming week, so I have a final on Thursday. Right now I&#8217;m on track for a B, with which I would be completely satisfied. For better or for worse, the final is worth 37% of my grade, so if nothing else, there&#8217;s some pressure on my performance for it.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I really meant to make this a really short entry. And while by my standards this still is unbelievably short, I need to edit and publish a ~6-page article for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techwarelabs.com\/\">my web site<\/a> before I go to bed. I kind of, uh, haven&#8217;t started that yet, and wrote this instead of working on that. Getting up at 7 AM sucks, mmkay? Particularly after staying up until ~2 AM on a regular basis. Oh, I get to move into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.housing.umn.edu\/student\/halls\/riverbend\/riverbend.php\" title=\"Riverbend Commons Info at UMN\">Riverbend<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ellerbebecket.com\/portfolio_template_194.html\" title=\"Architectural Info\/Pics\">(2)<\/a> in two weeks, which is pretty cool. It&#8217;s in the middle of campus, has a kitchen, my own private bedroom, air conditioning, etc. It should be pretty alright.<\/p>\n<p>Bah, I&#8217;m getting more distracted. Make sure to check out my <a href=\"\/gallery2\/v\/travel\/2005-06-alaska\/\" title=\"Alaska Photos\">photos from my trip to Alaska<\/a>, if you haven&#8217;t done so already. I&#8217;ll see y&#8217;all later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a new blog (old blog was here, btw), now hosted on my own server. I set it up as a &quot;fun project&quot; while I was at work last week. 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