... in West Seattle. Now comes scheduling the move and deciding what goes into storage.
Tag: life
Sh*t just got real
We spent four hours with our realtor today discussing what needs to happen to sell the house, what stays vs. goes for the staging, and when we need to move into temporary housing. Bittersweet.
Selling our house
We're selling our house and it hit me just today. We've been here 17 years and love it, but we want to downsize and simplify our lives. This feels very odd.
Brain shrinkage
Twice in the past month I swore I did X when I actually did Y. One time it was misremembering an online order's shipping charges, and the other time was when I committed to the wrong git branch. Maybe my inevitable brain shrinkage has led to senility.
Back muscles
They suck.
You’ll never know the real story
GeekWire had a couple of stories yesterday about start-up exits. They're in keeping with the usual exit article: Smiling faces, we're very happy to be acquired by a competitor whom we previously said we were better than, etc. I'm not picking on GeekWire — all of our news sources, mainstream or otherwise, have this problem. I'm reminded … Continue reading You’ll never know the real story
Wedding anniversary
Thirty-four years, today. 34. XXXIV.
Bye Twitter
I've left Twitter. I can no longer tolerate their arbitrary rules that favor the powerful and the fraudulent.
Your peers’ farewell
When you depart a job, the most important thing to receive is your coworkers' good wishes and compliments. And feels so good.
Vax 8600 (Venus) Ibox microcode
In a comment on my Thoughts on DEC post, Tom Miller offered a rat's ass if I scanned in my VAX 8600 (Venus) Ibox microcode listing. Well, here's Venus Ibox microcode v3.73, generated on 7-May-1984. Tom, you owe me one rat's patootie. This ran on Venus through the end of 1984. I had transferred to … Continue reading Vax 8600 (Venus) Ibox microcode
