Spring is here! Time to dust off the camping gear and get outta here.
Spent yesterday afternoon and evening installing dotLRN at work. The installation did not go smoothly – lots of compile issues – but I got it worked out. As hard as it was to install, it is easy and intuitive to use. The doc we presented it to today seemed to like it, so we’ll see where it goes from here.
There’s talk at work that I may shift to a purely programming/sysadmin role, which I’m hoping happens. Don’t get me wrong – I like what I’m doing now (mostly tech support with a little sysadmin thrown in), and I generally like the people I support…but I’m definitely bored and that makes me feel stagnant and generally unproductive.
Today I got a call on my cell from Chuck, a homeless (I think, although I’m not sure) guy who comes up to the fountain for Food Not Bombs. I gave Chuck my phone number last weekend because he skips in and out a lot, and he showed up saying that he had broken his back. Today he called from the hospital, upset and saying that his back is fucked and they want to do surgery on it, which he doesn’t want. I didn’t really know what to say, except that it sucks and I’m glad that he is not in a life or death situation, even though it’s painful as hell. I think he just wanted to hear a friendly voice.
