Now that I’ve officially accepted a new job and given my notice, I’ve started compiling a list of stuff I need to accomplish before January 2.

• Find an apartment with a short term lease or a sublet in Chicago
• Brush up on the various differences between PHP 4.3 and PHP 5.x, as well as PHP 5’s OO model
• Obtain quotes from various movers (since I now have far too much heavy stuff to enlist my friends help to move in exchange for free pizza and beer)
• Cash out my remaining AOL options (which will be just enough for me to buy two large pizzas and a six pack)
• Inform everyone of my various new contact methods
• Get the co-located servers out of my basement
• Find a home for my personal server, preferably in the Chicago area
• Use my AOL discounts to buy any hardware (laptop, LCD, etc) that I will need
• Dump my brain into our department wiki at AOL