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Tuesday, April 19, 2005

 Attachmate Sold: Merging with Competitor, WRQ
The company I work for, Attachmate Corporation has been sold to an investment group, which will merge it with a Seattle competitor, WRQ, who is in basically the same business, and was purchased by the same group about a year ago. This group has tons of cash, and owns many big name companies.
 
I have no idea what effect this will have on job security, but the best-case scenario is a large influx of money and a better sense of direction. The worst-case scenario is upheaval and chaos, and a big trail of unemployed software developers all competing for the other two jobs in the sleepy town of Bellingham.
9:27 pm pdt

Sunday, April 17, 2005

 Wx Update: Just When You Thought It Had Stabilized...
Now my internet connection has gone flaky. Verizon made a bunch of changes to their web networking configuration, and DHCP lease times went from 24 hours to 15 minutes. My router doesn't like that. It keeps locking up, leaving big blank spots in the charts on the web sites that I'm posting to.
 
I put my spare modem and router on line. I'm watching it and keeping my fingers crossed.
11:38 pm pdt
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Welcome!
This site is dedicated to my interest in engineering. I use it as a place to just put stuff "out there" for anyone who might be interested, as well as a job search tool. This page contains my engineering web log (to your left). Anything that seems timeless enough, or too involved for a log entry may get it's own page as a full-blown article. And, of course, my resume is here for anyone who might be considering hiring me to do something. Email me.

About Me
I have worked as a broadcast engineer, electronics designer (analog and digital) and software developer. I especially enjoy audio engineering, although I've been writing software for the last several years, since that's where the opportunities are in the Pacific Northwest (this is Microsoft country after all). I'm currently working as a Senior Staff Engineer -- Resume at another large independent software vendor in Washington State.

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I majored in mathematics and physics in college. Other interests include music appreciation (baroque, classical and early romantic, ragtime, and 60's and 70's rock & roll), high fidelity audio electronics, meteorology and of course, computing hardware and software. I tend to think a lot like this guy.