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2006 Task List

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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

So Long, Farewell, Adieu

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After four and a half years, I’ll be leaving AOL. The company has been through numerous changes in management and direction while I’ve been here, and so I suppose this will be one more (albeit small). I’ve accepted a position as a Sr. Web Developer at Mbira in Chicago, IL. But don’t let the title fool you, the new job is a mix of LAMP development, systems administration, systems engineering, and architecture. My new company provides a web platform for musicians, offering a store front for gear sales at zzounds.com and samedaymusic.com, as well as forums for musicians at gearwire.com. Despite how much I will miss the people I’ve worked with over the last 5 years, I’m extremely excited about my new job and relocating to the third largest city in the US. And now to leave you with something humorously appropriate (*cough*soi*cough*)

Dilbert BOFH