Dom Lachowicz's post about this morning's London terrorism acts touched upon a very delicate subject: how other countries perceive the United States. I agree with almost every one of his sacarsm-filled bulletted reasons why “they” hate “us” but in the end I think his emotions got the best of him: "Try walking a mile in their shoes. If I were in a Saudi’s shoes, I might want to blow shit up.

Another gem from Piled Higher and Deeper comic! It reminded me of my last job interview… Right before I was interviewed by “the boss” I asked to use the restroom. “Sure,” he said. “I also need to go.” So there we were standing side by side making small talk… Now THAT was awkward!

Once again I avoided mentioning about a very serious job lead I had with the University of North Carolina at the Chappel Hill campus, afraid of jinxing myself. Well, today I have finally recieved the final verdict after the 3-weeks long process: they decided to go with a local candidate who had a slight advantage over me (apparently some accounting and project management experience) and had just lost her job. I confess I’m a bit disappointed at the moment for it is the fourth position in a row I was genuinely interested that I see slip through my fingers… I’m going to try to put a positive spin on this and make myself believe that the best is yet to come… Kind of hard to do when you think of the previous chances (Microsoft for instance)… =/

Spent some time hacking my new app during the holidays… Also did some tweaking on my laptop… Figured I’d show a screenie here… So, without further ado…

It was a pretty easy day today. Made the best out of my new freedom by listening to Radio Paradise all day along. Also did some serious hacking on my new, upcoming application… Life is good! Looking forward to doing some more hacking over the weekend and BBQ’ing. Will also try to rack up some more levels with my WoW character.

FREE NON-PROXY WIFI ACCESS AT WORK, thanks to my buddy kaegis!!! Woot!!!

Today I went for a job interview for a company about 35 miles West of where I live. The interview was scheduled for 10am and I was to meet the recruiter outside the building 15 minutes before the scheduled 2 hour ordeal. It took me about 30 minutes to get there and for the next 15 minutes the sales rep gave me a pep talk about the company and position.