Category: Joel

My company has now moved over to Factoria and today was my first day in the new offices.‚  The offices are nice, with plenty of room for employees and their stuff.‚  Unfortunately, whoever planned the seating arrangements put me far away from the person I work with the most.‚  My seat is also in the worst spot- right by the entrance and everyone stares at me and my screen as they walk in or out.‚ … read more “Factoria Offices”

After looking at a lot of crappy rooms with various semi-slumlords, I found a good place in Factoria near my new workplace.

The CL ad describes it pretty well below:

$575 Nice Master Bedroom in Bellevue Live with young Professionals UW Grads (Bellevue Eastgate)
Nice master bedroom for rent in South Bellevue. Private bedroom with separate shower.… read more “Found a New Place”

First few episodes were a little slow, but it picks up. Check it out if you haven’t already. Hell, I’m probably the last person to have not watched it.

I owe my readers a big apology.‚  Recently, I wrote a blog post on how I thought “People Are Fading“.‚  Rarely have I been so sorely mistaken in one of my theories.‚  The very first line “Relationships with people have been one of the primary sources of joy in my life” was absolutely true.‚ … read more “Sorely Mistaken”

Nick and I went over to Brian’s place in Fremont tonight and played a board game called Settlers of Catan.‚  Apparently, Settlers has become a very popular game but I hadn’t tried it yet.‚  The game is basically a combination of Risk and Monopoly- players try to control the continent of Catan using strategy, luck and negotiating ability.… read more “Settlers of Catan: Mardi Gras Style”

My Advanced Web Application Development Course at UW is coming along well.‚  I have bought myself a GREAT C# book (Beginning C# 3.0: An Introduction to Object Oriented Programming by Jack Purdum) and am learning tons about C#.‚  Since I have been so focused on learning C#, my progress with ASP.NET has started to lag a little bit.‚ … read more “Update on Advanced Web Application Development Course”

I woke up about twenty minutes ago and have been wide awake since.‚  Not a bad “tired, but can’t sleep” awake, instead a fresh bright mental state.

I have no idea why I am so awake.‚  I’m concerned I may have started to overtrain on my workouts.‚  For the last few consecutive days, I’ve been doing “ergs” -1,000 calorie workouts on a variety of machines plus my regular weight lifting.‚ … read more “Insomnia or Enough Sleep?”

The post below is incorrect.‚  My official retraction letter and apology can be read here “Sorely Mistaken“.

Relationships with people have been one of the primary sources of joy in my life.‚  The people have begun to fade in importance to me though of late.‚  I am becoming more and more focused on my goals and have lost a lot of interest in people I used to really enjoy talking with.‚ … read more “People Are Fading”

Gratuitous.