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Tonight we bought and installed an over the stove microwave oven. The most impressive part (or, the part that I’m proudest of) is that we wired up and installed a new electrical outlet. There was an old (70s) vent hood above the stove, and we severed the cord and rewired it to an outlet. All in all, it was a lot of work, and I’d be inclined to pay someone next time.

The awful economy has finally hit home. Razorfish was forced to lay off quite a few people to deal with hard times, and I was one of those people. Fortunately, they gave me a good severance package and then there’s unemployment pay if it comes to that. Being a responsible person, I have a large sum of money saved up for a rainy day, so I’m not freaked out yet. The worst part of being jobless is the idleness (and it’s only been one day). I’m currently trying to milk LinedIn for connections and job opportunities, and I’ve contacted my old consulting firm.

Meanwhile, I’m thinking of creating a new .Net blog where I post code examples of simple solutions to everyday problems (staying true to KISS - keep it simple, stupid). Rather than write paragraphs about complex and obscure solutions, I’d write fully functioning code examples that serve as a reference to common tasks. Maybe I’d mix in some Ruby, Rails, Perl, PHP, database, etc. It all depends on how long I’m idle.

I’m at the Chicago office this week, helping out on a .Net web project. I haven’t seen much of the city yet, but my first impression is that it’s big and old (old != bad). I’m staying about .75 miles from the office, so I might walk back to the hotel this evening and check things out on the way. I probably won’t get out much while I’m here, but if I do, I’ll be sure to take photos.

WW Election Night 08 Party Invitation,
originally uploaded by wweek.media.

I might be here tonight.

Someone of mild importance has finally given Lance Berkman a shout out for his insane month of May.

For six glorious days, Lance Berkman was the best hitter anyone has ever seen. This will go down as one of the best weeks anyone has ever had in the history of the game…