Firstly, the cutest car license plate of the month:

Secondly, our office mascot, our lord and saviour who died for our sins (from all those years of using Windows):

So instead of repeating this to 3 people, I’ll post here.

I started my first real job. I’m counting this as my first because this is the first job that I enjoy. Enjoy is really an understatement: Aside for the long commute and below average pay, it would be the perfect job. I’m working with one other person on this project, she’s very competent and we get along well. We’re using cutting edge frameworks so learning this is very exciting. The environment is relaxed and I get to tinker with my linux system all I want (as well as others’ linux systems, since I was declared the resident system administrator).

And then there’s the free coffee. It’s somewhat puzzling though: We were told it was free, but there’s a sign that says that “coffee is 25c”. I’d love to pay the 25c, but there’s no where to pay. No bin, no box, no jar. Made me think back to the bagel man from Freakonomics (reference for hyfen).

It’s working out very well so far, I’m having a great time. Bit tired though so I’m going to go make dinner. Byes.

I almost got a job at Google. Sort of.

In the middle of yesterday’s afternoon, I was contacted by a Technical Sourcer from Google who found my resume, and asked me if I’m interested in trying out for a position. My first thought was “who has the incentive to play such a prank on me?” But after googling this thing, it turned out that it was legit. Technical Sourcers are glorified recruiters. They’re hired for the sole purpose of hiring people, with responsibilities including researching candidates, cold-calling, performing interviews, testing the skills of candidates and arranging employment.

The sourcer..er..Err. Sourcer. The sourcer provided me with three positions which precisely matched my qualifications from the resume - I was impressed. I chose two: Software Engineer and Unix Systems/Applications Administrator. At this stage, we begun making arrangements for a phone interview when I asked if she realized that I was still a student with one year left before graduation. She did not. It she had assumed that my resume was out of date and I already graduated, so it all came to a halt. I was suggested to apply for a position when I’m closer to graduating, I apologized for the confusion, she wished me luck, and we went our separate ways.

Tune in next year for Attempt to get a job at Google: Part 3.

I’m sorry but I just don’t know where else to post this. I stumbled upon this. They’re making a continuation series of Quantum Leap! My beloved Quantum Leap which introduced me into the wonderful world of Sci-Fi when I was 6 years old, settled in the lands of Israel, watching it dubbed in hebrew and captioned in arabic with terrible static. Oh wonderful memories.

Although this was announced back in February, the respective wikipedia node hints that it’s still an active project. First Dean Stockwell in Battlestar Galactica, now this. Hoorah.

μ_studying = Quantity of resistance occuring during any attempt to study.
Δ_exam = The time until the next exam.

μ_studying ∝ f(Δ_exam), f(t)→∞ for t≥48 hours.

The behaviour of f is still being studied for 0≤texam11(Δ_exam1), then the values for f₂(Δ_exam2) are increased by some constant.