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I know it has been a while since I actually wrote anything.

What can I say? I’ve been busy. Read more…

Find/Replace Regular Expression in Visual Studio 2008
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2k3te2cs.aspx

Implementing the ISerializable Interface
Framework 2.0:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.runtime.serialization.iserializable(VS.80).aspx

Framework 3.5: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.runtime.serialization.iserializable.aspx

It was beautiful today when I ran errands at lunch. Blue skys peaking out from puffy white clouds…

On Monday I started a new contract. I’m writing automation software to handle online reporting requirements for a company that works with medical stuff. Interesting work. My wrist is killing me from all of the cut-n-paste as I construct my most basic objects. This contract is scheduled for 4 weeks with possible extensions.

Whatever.

Back to my code…

Occasionally my German comes back… Usually at strange times and without context.

I didn’t sleep well. Too sore. I swam yesterday. I should get back to lifting weights. But neither of those are the root cause of my muscle aches. Friday night I slept wrong and woke up with a kinked neck which never really went away. Satuday was Crue Fest. After a couple hours of headbanging to my whole body was tweaked.

Maybe I’m getting too old to scream the chorus to various Crue tracks? Maybe. Buckcherry sucked. I skipped most of Papa Roach. The guy reminds me of a lame Green Day clone, which is course is yet another clone of the music I listened to in High School. Sixx AM was realy good, as was Trapt. I had a really good time. So, swimming was an effort to unwind the tension. It worked but only for a while.

Today is the first day without a contract. I slept in. I messed with the ceiling fan I have been trying to install. I need more parts. The ceiling angle is too steep. I talked to an auto parts store about picking up new seals for the slave cylinder on her Duc. It leaks. It has always leaked. $190 and it leaks because they shipped aluminum washers instead of copper washers. I am under-welmed to say the least.

I’ve got two more interivews scheduled for tomorrow and at least 3 more possibilities. This doesn’t include things that are already in-process. Something will turn up. It always does. I am still craving some moto-time, but I need to get my next gig lined up. That’s my priority at the moment.

Guten Tag

My contract ends tomorrow and everyone is scrambling to get as much information out of my brain as possible. Build issues are dominating most of my time. That and phone interviews.

I have talked with a handful of recruiters. So far I have had 4 phone interviews with 2 companies, 3 of which are with a single company. Have you ever done 2 1/2 hours of technical interviews with only 8 minutes between the two phone calls? Grueling would be an understatement. I have another phone interview scheduled for this afternoon and a rescheduled one tomorrow morning. Both are first contact with new companies.

So…

The end is nigh. I’m trying not to stress too much about it. I have come to think that the change is in my best interests. My skills have grown considerably since I started this contract and my pay rate is climbing. I will find a place to land and for a change, I actually have a choice in who I work for.

Nice.