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Busy and Attentive
Posted Jun 26, 2007
Well since I got my green card 4 weeks ago I've been busy applying for jobs and seeing what kind of things are available in Boston. The job market here is either not familar to me or just moves like treacle.
So I've been continuing with Dohickey, doing some art work and even found time to do a jigsaw puzzle gui for xjig the other day. Although it'll be nice to bring home some bacon and stop my wife worrying about the finances; then I shall have quite a few months of paying her back which shouldn't be as bad as all that, remember what is good for her is good for me.
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Latest reply: Jun 26, 2007
Good to go
Posted May 26, 2007
Looks like I'll be able to work. we've gotten emails through saying that the Green Card is on it's way so I'll have authorisation to get a job.
Which is about time too because I was seriously running out of money and borrowing from your wife is never good for stability. but she's been really great through the whole thing 
So now just the problem of getting a job, anyone need a really good programmer in Boston? apparently lots do you just have to find the right contacts. wish me luck.
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To many jobs not enough work permits
Posted Mar 28, 2007
Recently I've been finding out about all the really great jobs available in my local area, not only have some people asked me for me CV through the BLU (Linux user group in boston) but I've managed to talk face to face with some interesting guys doing interesting things.
Everything looks really good as far as employment prospects go; unfortunatly I still don't have a work permit and the government in the usa works like governments every where: at a glacial speed, a speed so slow that even helium atoms eventually give up and break apart before waiting for government permission to exist. I do have a biometrics apointment on Friday which should be interesting (yes they want EVERYTHING again) I'll be surprised if I'm not asked for stool samples and bone marrow for good measure.
But then this whole process is brought into sharp relief, now only do I have a decimated savings with only 18% of my original savings left. but I also get a nice email from somebody at Google basically saying 'Hey, you look like a froody young chap that's going places, why not join google' which seems like good news if people are actively seeking my employ. I must have such a good name about the town to solicit such attention.
We've had an email exchange and he doesn't seem phased by the pending paper work and work permit problem which is always a good sign. They'll want a phone call to have a nice chat about prospects which should be good.
In the end despite the number of companies that have good job offerings, I want to make sure that I pick a job that is good for me to grow and good for my new life that I must balance with work. I must try not to be tempted by the glaring lights of big names such as Google and try and look at offerings objectively.
Oh well, see how it goes.
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Latest reply: Mar 28, 2007
Diggs and Dones
Posted Mar 28, 2007
Hello again all readers,
The other day I set up a little script to do some research on computer hardware in Linux, basically I wanted to use the bios as a source of information but the bios is well known for giving out variable information depending on machine and motherboard manufacturer.
So I crafted a simple bash script which would call both a few python modules, the dmidecode program and grab some info from HAL. varified by a dump of cpuinfo and ioports; package it all up into a tar and allow it to be sent back to me so I could test my code on many machines without having physical access to many machines.
I created a thread in ubuntuforums, I got about maybe 20 to 30 replies... then on Sunday BOOM 400 emails arrive in my inbox all giving me their hardware profiles. What had happened is someone had linked my request on ubuntuforums to digg.com and it got a lot of diggs; even ended up on the first page. there were some confused emails too not reading what I had original written in my post.
Over all I now have a great statistical significant sample of hardware which I can test any hal or dmi code for errors and problems.
Say Lavie (we do)
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Sickly Programming
Posted Mar 15, 2007
Hi all,
I'm been involved in a number of projects, a big one called dohickey (dohickey-project.com) and a small one to be able to insert barcodes with inkscape.
Well the inkscape one is finished; but just my luck to get sick. I've been so full of gunk that I can't seem to sleep as the beating of my own heart keeps me awake.
Which is one reason why it seems like such a struggle to do these projects. although I am glad things are moving along just not as quickly as I would like.
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